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Gathering roses while we may is half the romance of travel, but then comes the question of elegant display. If the Chianti-bottle vase is just too La Bohème for you, help is here in the form of the WonderVase, essentially a sturdy plastic bag that becomes a design object when filled with water. Whether augmenting the décor at the Ritz or serving as a sleek centerpiece as you scrape nutrients out of a tin can in the Amazon, the WonderVase reminds us that the sun never sets on the understated yet tasteful floral arrangement. The reusable vase by Englewood, Colo.-based Tartan Products comes in large, small and medium; the first two have a color panel at the base. For those who decorate while traveling, “you can be artistic and shape them,” says Magellan spokeswoman Lynn Staneff. “You can cut the top like a pie crust or tie a ribbon around them.” (Attention, conventioneers: We never mentioned water balloons.)