MAKESHIFTvases
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
June 29, 2018 8:47pm CST
Good morning on a Saturday, how was your night?
My sister wakes up earlier than me but I get up of bed before her. As usual I do my chores of boiling water for the thermos and set the table with the loaf of bread, the mayonnaise bottle, cheese whiz bottle,butter knife, and our cups of coffee.
Our garden has many Arabian jasmine flowers but I don't pick them because they might immediately wither. My sister therefore does the picking. I just washed these 3 plastic bottles as makeshift vases for the flowers.
Right now she is cutting and trimming the sampaguita flowers. She will place the 2 vases in our altar and our parents' pictures (our mother loves these flowers and she was the one who planted the shrub). The 3rd one is for the altar in the master's bedroom where our mother slept until she complained of headache and vomiting.
Can you share us your makeshift vases?
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
30 Jun 18
i noticed the blue bottles immediately too and am also curious about them
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@rakski (156355)
• Philippines
30 Jun 18
@hereandthere yes, I know of green bottles but not blue
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
30 Jun 18
my sister said those are energy drink bottles from a food supplement Taheebo.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
30 Jun 18
@ridingbet when it comes to ribbons, i save the soft cloth-like ones.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
30 Jun 18
yes, those red and white ribbons are from Red Ribbon which tie the box of cake.
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
30 Jun 18
These white flowers are really beautiful. The vases with ribbons are also very beautiful.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
30 Jun 18
thanks. those bottles are beautified by my sister, and those flowers are Arabian Jasmines or sampaguita, our national flower
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
30 Jun 18
@ridingbet I'm glad to know that. Thank you.
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
30 Jun 18
Very creative of you, I usually give it back to the kiosk were I bought the soda.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
30 Jun 18
the makeshift vases are plastic, and i asked my sister where she got those bottles. she said they are health drinks from Taheebo, a food supplement.
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@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
30 Jun 18
That's so cute! I love that idea!
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
30 Jun 18
thank you. hey are nice with those white flowers and even roses
@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
1 Jul 18
@ridingbet I imagine they would be.
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
25 Oct 18
@ridingbet
I do not have nice vases like yours in the picture.
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
28 Oct 18
@ridingbet
They are still nice adding something to them to make them look nice. Whatever works is good.
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@marguicha (230351)
• Chile
30 Jun 18
Good morning! Those bottles are beautiful!
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
30 Jun 18
thank you. my sister did those. i just cleaned them and put water in them too.
@allknowing (153544)
• India
1 Jul 18
I have them in two places and often place fresh flowers in them. I have made a post about dry flower arrangements which I like to do picking stuff from the garden.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
1 Jul 18
yes, i believe i saw some pictures of your vases, or wood where you make beautiful flower arrangements.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
1 Jul 18
thank you. my sister made those for the altars.
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@sw8sincere (6032)
• Philippines
30 Jun 18
Hi my friend.. you're very creative in making those empty bottles as vases. I love how you beautify it with some ribbons. Sampaguita flowers are indeed one of those common flowers to place in the altar. My mom loves sampaguita flowers too but if she can't find any, she will just have some white or red roses instead.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
30 Jun 18
i think even a stalk of the sampaguita is enough to propagate it to grow.
@mlgen1037 (29882)
• Manila, Philippines
30 Jun 18
Good morning po, Ingrid. I had a so-so kind of night. I had to wake up when my husband had to go to work. My mom makes those makeshift vases before but I do not see much of them anymore.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
30 Jun 18
maybe you have those bigger vases now, hija?
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@mlgen1037 (29882)
• Manila, Philippines
2 Jul 18
@ridingbet None po. She removed those makeshift vases.
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