Simple Summer Decorating with Sisal, Burlap, and Blooms
Summer is all about simplicity and spending time outdoors and I love incorporating natural touches like sisal and burlap in my summer decorating.
Sometimes the simplest touches are the most beautiful… like the abundance of fresh pretty flowers available all summer. The burlap and sisal sets off their beauty without competing for your visual attention…
To create the sisal edge on the vintage milk bottle (of which I have now gathered quite a collection through garage sales), I started with a plain milk bottle. (see this is so simple that I didn’t even bother removing the flowers first!)
I added a little hot glue around the rim of the glass.
Then I pressed the sisal rope onto the glue and wrapped it around, adding additional in a straight line down one point of the bottle.
This ensures easier removal later – like next summer – when I change my mind about wanting all my vintage milk bottles embellished with sisal rope…
Simple and fresh and pretty – I love adding rope detail… in fact I even edged my big wooden living room lampshade with a little sisal rope…
Next, to embellishing the Mason jar with burlap I started by cutting a strip of burlap the width that I wanted and attached it with hot glue on the back of the jar.
To create the cute little flower embellishment I cut a smaller strip of burlap.
Folded it over at the end at an angle like this:
And then started rolling it like this:
Once it was rolled into a long strip, I used a little hot glue to secure it together.
I then pinched it together and glued it to create the beginning of the flower roll, like this:
And twist and twist like this:
To finish it off I added it to the Mason jar that had the band of burlap attached:
I loved the look so much that I added some burlap to my entry hall lamp too… Of course I couldn’t just do something once and be satisfied… kind like my three signs… seeing a bit of a repeat here.
I wish I had made the little rope ball as well but, alas, I didn’t. I will have to add that to my list to try soon…
Of course none of my embellished jars or milk bottles would look very good without the incredible flowers that they are holding… don’t you just love when the late spring flowers arrive and you can start having fresh cut flowers from the garden?
What do you do for simple summer decorating??
I would love to hear about it!!
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Beautiful 🙂
Thank you!
I LOVE adding rope to accessories and your burlap flower is so cute!
Hi Katie!! I bet the sisal rope and burlap fit perfectly with your beachy pretty style!!
Simply gorgeous! You have such a great sense of style.
KC
Thanks KC! What a sweet comment!! Hope you are having a great week:)
Always so creative and pretty! Thank you for sharing at Give Me The Goods!
Dimples & Pig Tales
Thank you Amber! And thanks so much for hosting every week!!
Where can I buy sisal? Thanks!
Hi Jenny!
I picked mine up in the hardware/rope section at Walmart – I think it was $3.97 for a 50ft roll – it is the same that I used for my texture painted side table if you want to see what the package looks like!
love this! Simple yet pretty. Thank you so much for linking up! Hope to see more from you.
Thank you Rita!! I will definitely be back- thanks so much for hosting:)
These came out adorable! Nice work and thanks for the step by step tutorial! I would love for you to link this up over at my first link party! http://www.livingbettertogether.com/2013/06/tgif-link-party-no-1.html
Have a great night!
Hi Rebecca! Thank you, and thanks so much for the personal invitation!
It’s the simple things that make the biggest impact sometimes! Love this…and the flowers are gorgeous..I love Peonies!
Thanks so much for sharing this on Project Inspired this week Krista! 🙂 Pinned!
Nancy
I agree… when the flowers are that gorgeous you don’t need to do too much to the containers:) Now that the peonies are fading I can’t wait for the hydrangeas to start!
So simple and yet so beautiful.
I know…I can’t really take any credit since the flowers are really what make the picture!! But I like the little addition of texture to the containers:)
This is so pretty and so creative. I love it all. Great vignette. Thanks tons for joining Inspire Me. Hugs, Marty
Thank you Marty! And thank you for hosting:)
Looks so beautiful, Krista! And so simple too! Thanks so much for sharing your ideas!
~Abby =)
Thank you Abby! It was totally simple… nothing too original, just pretty:)
Love those burlap and sisal touches, very pretty and of course, those peonies take the cake for sure………..can’t help but love love love beautiful flowers like those.
thanks for sharing how you did that. Gonna have to try it soon.
blessings, Nellie
Hi Nellie!! Yah, you don’t have to do too much to dress things up when you have those beautiful flowers to take center stage:) Thanks for your visit and comments!!
So cute! I love the burlap flower and I it looks so easy, and I have several things that I think need one (-; I bought some burlap strips where ribbon is sold, already cut and ready to roll. Couldn’t be simpler. Thank you for the wonderful tutorial. Pinning and sharing! Thanks
Linda
Thanks Linda! I think you could go in so many directions with these burlap flowers. They would be gorgeous additions to all kinds of burlappy crafts!! I do love fast and simple!
Krista
hi Krista, I love all your creations here and had to laugh when I read your comment about easy removal for when you change your mind next year! Ha! so true! Off to make a burlap flower now…
Jenna
Hi Jenna!
Glad someone else gets it and perhaps changes their mind fairly often as well? Lol! That is part of the fun…
Krista
Great tutorial on making the burlap flowers Krista! And I love peonies too. Thank you so much for sharing at the Pretty Things party 🙂
xo
Thank you Tanya!!
Hi Krista
I think you have done a great job….. and the flowers are beautiful…….
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Thank you… the flowers do really make it!
I love the addition of sisal rope! Milk jugs and peonies hold a special place in my heart and the sisal rope is such a great accent. Beautiful!
Aren’t peonies about the most gorgeous flower there is… I love them, wish they were around for a longer season! Thanks for your kind comments Dawn!
I love the sisal lamp shade idea. I already have all the things I need since I have sisal rope left over from my daughters cowgirl themed bedroom!
It was a super easy and quick touch Andrea. I only added a few dabs of glue to hold it on in case I change my mind (who are we kidding… for when I eventually do change my mind) so that way it won’t destroy the shade to remove it later. But I’m still loving it now. I think the next thing will be a sisal lamp base…. stay tuned:)
Krista, you inspire me so! I love the soft, delicate peonies with the rough texture of the burlap and sisal. Thanks for the great burlap flower tutorial, too. Lovely!
His blessings,
Kim @ Curtain Queen
so lovely! love how you made everything so pretty by just adding burlap and sisal rope to them! 🙂 can’t decide which one is my favourite; the lamp or the mason jar; they both look so pretty with the little burlap flowers! 🙂
I think I like the mason jar… with little flower is just so perfect and round, but maybe it is the lampshade:) I can’t decide either!
I Love Me some Burlap Krista! 😉 And you put such an elegant twist {pun intended} on it with your burlap rosettes. From the simple elegance of sisal rope you added to the vintage milk bottles to the very helpful and much appreciated tut on making your burlap embellishment….thank you. Very cool.
Pinning:)
Cheers to you and yours,
Therese
Thanks Therese! I am loving the little bit of extra texture it adds… but really the flowers steal the show! Have a great weekend:)
Krista
Super cute! Where do you find your sisal? I have something in mind that I’d like to wrap, and I haven’t found any yet {I haven’t looked THAT hard yet – haha}.
Hi Rachel! I got my sisal rope in the rope/hardware section at Walmart. Was only about $4 for a good sized roll. I did a lot of projects with one roll…
Burlap? Did I read Burlap? you got my attention Krista….LOL…..Love your ideas. The lampshade rocks….did you ever see my post on wrapping a burlap stripe ribbon around my lamps in the Family room?
If not check it out and tell me how you like it,,,,I am thinking I should just wrap normal burlap around them WITHOUT the stripes, what do you think?
http://littlebrags.blogspot.com/2013/05/pillow-talk.html
These touches are super cute! Love burlap ribbon and every girls best friends, the glue gun!
Hi Sonya! I cut my burlap from a big strip… totally need to find me some burlap ribbon though – would be much easier and not fray so much!!
Looks Simple and Cute !
Thank you!! It was totally simple and just adds a little extra texture.
So cute!! I will try to make something similar!
Greetings from Spain!!
Podemos charlar juntas
Awesome! Thanks for the visit from so far away – great to meet you!
Love the sisal rope on the vintage milk jugs. Great look! It makes me want to go out and clip some peonies today.
I LOVE peonies… probably my favourite flower. Wished I had known that I love them so much before our wedding… I hadn’t really discovered them yet and went with pink roses for my bouquet. Now I would be peonies all the way!!