Welcome back in the craft room, today’s DIY I am using a product that I have never used before Sculpey Air Dry Modeling Clay.  I am going to add some DIY handles to a vase I found on the clearance shelf in Tj Maxx.

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To start off the project, I measured and marked where I want 4 small handles to be on the vase.  From the bottom of the lip, I measured 1/2 inch down, marked and again down at the 2-inch mark.

I ended up with 4 sets of two marks evenly spaced around the top of the vase.

To make the handles, I took a size of clay large enough to make 4 pieces.

I sealed the package up with duct tape to keep the clay from drying up.

Cutting the piece of clay into 4 equal parts.

Taking each piece rolling into a 3-inch tube shape.

With the rolled-up clay tube, I placed each end on the marks I made earlier on the vase.  Pressing down on the clay to connect the handles with the vase.  Smoothing out the clay evenly around the handles.

I did this step to all 4 of my rolled-up pieces.

Let the clay handles dry for 2 to 3 hours.  Afterwards, I layered the vase with 4 different colors of paint.  To get the same effect I did on my vase, you can use any shades of colors.  I used a terracotta for the base, off white for the main color, black and brown for highlighting.

For the base, I used the terracotta paint adding baking soda to the paint to add texture.

Painted the entire vase with the terracotta.

On the vase it has markings of the brush strokes, I kept my brush marks the same direction.

To get up under the handles I used a smaller brush.

Once the terracotta paint was dried, I sponged painted a patchy layer of off-white paint.

Third layer I sponged pat a very light patchy layer of black paint.

Making random pats with the black.

The fourth layer, a small amount of dark brown paint.  Just a couple pats here and there.

Last layer, back to the off-white, applied another patchy layer.  This layer will set all the colors together.

Let it dry completely.  Apply one layer of polyurethane.

Style with your favorite stems.

I love how this vase turned out.  I hope you do as well.  Layering paints can create the prettiest texture surface, in my opinion.  Try it on one of your vases you have sitting around and turn a forgotten piece into one of your favorites.

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