Hi!! It's been some time since I posted. I've been busy with my new little endeavor and the weather is warming up so being outside is nice.
The past few days we've been working on our back patio area. I always fill it with tons of potted plants and flowers. As you all know pots can get expensive the bigger and BIGGER they get. Especially the ones that aren't plastic. We have tons of the plastic pots. They are just cheaper and hold up well...but lets be honest, those plastic pots are plain and boring. Being artsy I can't stand bland. I like to jazz things up, add some color! When the idea of painting them struck me I had to jump on it. I have only completed three but want to do the rest. These designs were meant to be simple, fun, happy and bright. No need for perfection. They took me probably 2 hours with paint drying time in there.
This is what the pots look like before I got my hands on them :) (less the dirt)
And here they all are jazzed up
For most of the designs I just dipped a Q-tip in paint and added dots and created flowers with dots. For the pot with the big red dots I used a round shaped sponge paintbrush.
Thanks for stopping! Have a wonderful week.
5 comments:
the imperfect red circles look so fabulous. did you use a sponge for them ?
i hope the paint lasts a long time ! bringing the pots inside for winter would probably help to preserve the paint-sides.
what are those flowers ? they seem familiar ! tip of my brain-tongue, hm.
you were right. eye-perkers for sure, miss !
I did use a sponge for the big red dots! So fun aren't they?
The paint is acrylic and it is sprayed with water seal. They should withstand winter fine, however they will be coming in anyway.
It's phlox of some kind.
i thought it looked like a thinner-leafed phlox. my eyes guessed well !
Actually i have a correction to make after double checking on your question. The acrylic can fade over the summer. They can be repainted for next spring or you can seal them again and it can revive the color a bit. They should last indefinitly inside.
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