Showing posts with label hydrating beads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hydrating beads. Show all posts

Results of the Dollar Store Pop-up Vase Test

May 3, 2012

Well, whaddya think?  I kind of like it.


Chickadee number three helped me cut the wildflowers this morning so we could test out our new pop-up vase.  They're the first so far to bloom.  Aren't they pretty?


If you missed my post on the amazing vase from the other day,  just go here.  Back yet?  Okay.  As I was saying, I kind of like it.  When we first poured in the beads and the water it looked like this.




Then after a few hours it looked like this.


And after overnight it looked like this!


I intended to tie some sort of burlap or something around it as an embellishment but that hasn't happened.  Might look nice, though.  I'd say it was worth the $1.00 investment.  (The package says it's reusable, time will tell on that.)  Now I just have to keep my kids from sticking their hands in it!

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Dollar Store Pop-up Vase with Designer Hydrating Beads

May 1, 2012



Yes, I said "pop-up" vase.  How cool is this?


Okay, technically they call it a "folding" vase.  But I think "pop-up" sounds way cooler.


I did a double-take when I passed this in the floral/crafts aisle at my local Dollar Tree.  The gel beads came in so many pretty colors that I almost couldn't decide.  I would have bought a bunch but I only bought one in case it's a dud.  Ever done that?  But I suppose you could buy ones that compliment your flower colors!  What a neat and inexpensive wedding table centerpiece idea! { BTW, when you see it becoming the talk of blogland you can say that you saw it here first!} 


Okay, so it's supposed to expand "500X."  It also says you can let the beads dry out and then re-use it. I'm pretty intrigued by the whole thing.  Rather than running out and buying flowers to experiment with, I'm waiting till some of our wildflowers are ready for picking so that I can use them as the guinea pigs. And something tells me that they'll be ready tomorrow!


I'm pretty excited to try it, and plan on sharing the outcome, good or bad, with you tomorrow.  Keep your fingers crossed.

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