Pretty Painted Pots

5 continuous days of summer sun in Pacific Grove  - almost unheard of!
We have been playing outside long into the night and soaking up all the outdoorsy-ness we can. My daughter has been wanting to have her own garden - something she could take care of herself.

She also has a thing for butterflies and when she saw my Patio Paint Reusable Stick On Stencils from DecoArt she was smitten! I decided we would paint some small pots and use the stencil to start her little garden. The pots are small enough for her to move around and just too cute with the stencil!

Now, we had some disagreement…she wanted her pots to be pink, purple and yellow…but I stepped in and we went with a color scheme that “matches” our house (we are about to sell this place and we need "have some serious style!").

You will need the following for these pots

• Patio Paints:Wrought Iron Black, Tuscan Red, Antique Mum
• Clay Pots – I happened to have some that were already painted a light color (from another unfinished project)
• Patio Paint Reusable Stick On Stencils. I used
• Foam Brush or Paint Brush(es)

The DIY here is super simple!

Paint your pots…

leave them all one color

or once dry, paint a contrasting rim.

Once dry, remove the stencil from the sheet an place it on the pot.

The fact that these stencils are sticky backed and

adhere to the surface being painted is such a HUGE bonus!

Paint stencil.

Remove stencil.

Let dry!

I also painted a couple of pots I picked up at Target on clearance!

Fill with your favorite plants and flowers!

Now this is a super simple craft that can be used for you home or

keep a few around and present them as hostess gifts for all those summer parties!

Here is another painted pot project I did with the Patio Paints last year…
one of my Favorites!

 
This post is written and created at 504 Main by Holly Lefevre

disclosure: this post is made possible through my affiliation with The DIY Club