When I was 16, my very first job involved placing tiny stems of flowers in bud vases and I took it very seriously, carefully deciding which direction each stem was going to lean. It seems almost too easy, but to this day I’m convinced that there is a real art in the placement of a single stem. Here are 11 ceramic and glass bud vases for displaying one or two stems of your liking.
Ceramic
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![A stoneware Lunar Ivory Vase is 5.\25 inches tall; \$9.95 from CB\2.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/bud-vase-stone-ware-cb2-733x479.png)
![A porcelain wheel-thrown Bud Vase is \$36.3\1 and ships from the UK from Elisabeth B Ceramics via Etsy.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/porcelain-bud-vase-etsy-733x470.jpg)
![A white ceramic Woven Vase is eight inches tall; \$59.99 from All Modern.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ceramic-woven-bud-vase-all-modern-733x473.png)
![Lisbon-based ceramist Joana Simão offers one-of-a-kind vases through her studio. For her current collection and pricing, see Atelier Joana Simão. For more of her vases, see Kalanchoe: Rethinking a Kitschy Houseplant. Photograph by Chelsea Fuss.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ceramic-bud-vase-portugal-733x1095.jpg)
Glass
![A Teeny Large Bud Vase is \$\1\2.95 from Crate & Barrel.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/glass-bud-vase-crate-and-barrel-733x468.png)
![A Direction Bud Vase has \2\20;a single bubble formed in its thick sham for a clean, classic look.\2\2\1; It is \$\1\2.95 from Crate & Barrel.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/bud-vase-glass-direction-crate-barrel-733x481.png)
![The Tete Head Vase is a “naïve 360-degree boy’s head” made of handblown glass; €35 at Voo Berlin.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/la-soufflerie-tete-head-vase-transparent-1-1466x977-733x489.jpg)
![A Flat Mini Bud Vase is \$\2.95 from CB\2.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/flat-glass-bud-vase-cb2-733x490.png)
![CB\2\2\17;s Joyce Bud Vase is dishwasher safe and measures four by four inches (good news for a vase with a small opening); \$\2.95 each.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/glass-bud-vase-cb2-733x461.png)
![A green glass Riverstone Vase is available in five different silhouettes including cube, bud, and triangle; each is \$30 from Nalata Nalata.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/green-glass-bud-vase-nalata-nalata-733x433.png)
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