Upcycled Vintage Valentine Cloche
upcycle old garden fencing to create a charming vintage valentine cloche vignette
Valentine’s season is a good excuse to amp up the romantic decor in your home. Pull out your “pretty” things and enjoy them! For a junky, yet still sweet version, I’m sharing an Upcycled Vintage Valentine Cloche that would make the perfect centerpiece for the season.
I’m joining my Pinterest Challenge friends today, hosted by Cindy at County Road 407. If you’re visiting from My Wee Abode, I’m sure you enjoyed Julie’s Easy Valentine’s Cloche Vignette. If you don’t own a cloche yet, today will convince you to get one (or DIY one), I’m sure!
Pinterest Challenge Inspiration Photo
Every month Cindy chooses an inspirational photo as a launching point to design around. We are each to use some of the elements, but put our own spin on it. This time around we are doing a Valentine’s Cloche. Our inspiration photo is from Crafting While I Wait.
Here are the elements I noticed:
- Cloche
- silver tray (crimped)
- ribbon
- spools
- paper ephemera
- collection of hearts
- white buttons
- vintage vibe
Can’t wait to see all the Valentine’s Cloche ideas today! I definitely went the upcycled, repurposed vintage route for this one. I’ll have all the rest of the post links at the end.
Upcycled Vintage Valentine Cloche
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DIY an Upcycled Garden Fencing Cloche
Rather than using my glass cloche, I decided to use my favorite DIY Upcycled Old Garden Fencing Cloche. The how-to is fairly easy, and this old fencing is easy to find at vintage shops.
I placed the fencing cloche on a square silver platter with pretty detailed edges. Then I started arranging all the Valentine elements.
Use a Paper Heart for the Focal Point
The inspiration photo showed several different hearts made out of paper, with the large one being the focal point. I used the Upcycled Vintage Puzzle Heart I made last year from an old Valentine’s puzzle that was missing pieces. With it’s ribbon, I tied it to the cloche’s doorknob handle, suspending it in the middle.
Gather More Heart Accents
My repurposed fencing cloche is quite a bit larger than the glass cloche in the inspo pic. I needed more hearts to fill it up. A couple of spools like in the pic would work, but I went a different direction. I wanted this to be a collection of hearts, with many different textures.
Two vintage cookie cutters nestled into a scalloped milkglass bowl with conversation heart candies. The silver crimped edges of the cookie cutters are a nod to the fluted edges in the inspo pic. That made 3+ hearts, which is always a good decorating number;)
Add Words
Adding words to a vignette gives it a voice. It conveys the message you want to say through your decor. I added a simple vintage book with the title, “Greatest Thing In The World”. A sweet way to say that Love is the greatest gift. It also gave the display the pop of black that brings all the other colors to life.
Candlelight and Flowers, Always
No vignette is complete without the ambiance of candlelight and flowers, especially for Valentine’s. I used a faux candle (so I wouldn’t burn the puzzle) nestled in white epsom salts in another milkglass vessel.
A small ruby red vase holds fresh evergreen clippings from the yard and a few grocery store flowers.
Buttons and a Vintage Postcard for the Finishing Touch
To add that vintage ephemera touch, I stood an old roses postcard in a vintage flower frog. It gives the whole vignette that romantic look. Then I scattered white buttons all around the edges.
Perfect Valentine’s Centerpiece
This Vintage Valentine’s Cloche is the perfect centerpiece or entryway decor accent for the season. It’s such a pretty, romantic look. I can hear the Parisian music playing!
Are you getting excited for more Valentine’s Cloche inspiration? Visit Niky at The House on Silverado next; she’s got 5 different Valentine’s cloche ideas for you.
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Valentine’s Cloche Pinterest Challenge
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This is so fun, Lora! Thanks for sharing at Vintage Charm!
It’s beautiful and I LOVE that you included milk glass in it!
Thank you, Rachel!
So many cute elements. Your tutorial on how to create it is great, too!
Niky
Thank you, Niky!
Fantastic Valentine cloche vignette, Lora! I never would have thought to sprinkle the bottom with buttons. Now I’m feeling inspired to pull my cloche out of the cupboard and create a cute vignette. Thanks for the inspiration!
Your welcome, Marie! Happy button scattering:)
I am in love with the wire fencing cloche. What a great idea. I want to do that in my house! This was such a creative interpretation, Lora. LOVED IT!
You totally need one of these in your home, Kim! And you could have it bursting with a gorgeous fresh flower bouquet!
Everything about your vignette is just magical starting with the fencing cloche! Love the vase with flowers and all those buttons!! Pinning and pinning!
Thanks for pinning, Michelle!
This is absolutely WONDERFUl! I love the wire fencing cloche and the vintage elements inside! I’ll take it all!
I appreciate that so much, Amber:) Happy to look at it until Valentine’s!
I knew you would have LOTS of vintage elements for your cloche, Lora! Perfect for your home! Love hopping with you!
Cindy always picks the best pics to inspire! I had fun with it:)
It’s all so cute!! The buttons are the perfect finishing touch!!
Thank you! Vintage white buttons make everything better:)
All great ideas Lora. Love your cloche and every single thing you put inside. I never thought to add words so that is exciting and I can hardly wait to see what I can do there. Thank you for being a part of our group. Love your style and creativity.
Thanks for putting together such a great group of creative, smart ladies, Cindy! Always enjoy what you inspire us to design and create:)
Lora,
I loved all the elements you used for your cloche. Great job.
Thanks, Rachel!
So pretty and I loved that heart made out of puzzle pieces.
Thanks, Marlene! I was excited to pull that out this year:)
This is such a fun take on the challenge Lora! I love your garden fencing open cloche!
I’ve used it so many ways; think I need a couple more;)
Your version is so pretty, Lora. I like how you used milk glass and vintage cookie cutters in your version.
Thank you, Paula. I’m thoroughly enjoying my milkglass collection, since it’s been packed away for 2 years.
Oh my Goodness Lora. You have such clever ideas on using vintage items. Thank you for another great project. I think I’m going to somehow incorporate this cloche into my daughters barn wedding somehow. Thank you <3 Cindy
That would be perfect, Cindy! Maybe someday my daughter will have a barn wedding that I could help decorate; THAT would be FUN!
So cute and creative. I love the use of buttons to the mix.
Buttons are a decorator’s secret ingredient, for sure:)
HI Lora,
I love the fencing cloche! I love a repurposed project! It looks great! Have a great day! laura in Colorado
Thanks, Laura!