Well, for those of you who know me, you can atest to the fact that I am a nature inspired person who loves the outdoors. As is my husband, so we decided to tie that into our wedding to reflect who we are. I started with an idea I had seen, birch bark vases. I knew that was what I wanted for my centerpieces, and started to theme the wedding around them. When I started to search on how to make them, I found this was common among those who choose to DIY. So, I knew that I was going to use tall, skinny vases (I feared hollowed out logs would be too tippy) that I had purchased, and then cover them with birch bark. Well, being that I wanted a tall vase I had to have one large piece of birch bark to cover the entire surface area. Finding large sheets of birch bark to buy was like looking for a needle in a haystack....I searched and searched and searched, and then searched some more. Finally I found a contact of someone who had some, and I bought it right away!
The birch bark sheets came and my (now) husband and I started to make them. The birch was very very thick, and not very pliable. So, we decided to use contact cement to adhere it to the glass vase. After measuring, applying the contact cement and wrapping around the vase we then took cord and wrapped the entire thing as tight as possible so it would form, and stay. Some vases needed a few rounds of this. To camoflouge the "seam" I used wood glue and then filled it in with shavings/scraps of the birch. All in all it was a very time consuming process, but I loved loved loved the outcome!!
Feel free to contact me to find out how YOU can have these vases at your wedding!!!
