In His Grip: Believe in the Garden

June 07, 2010

Believe in the Garden

It is this time of year that makes me just want to be outside all of the time. I even like being outside in the hot humid days if I can be in the shade with a good book. But part of my being outside thing, is wanting to make my gardens look like places you want to spend your time. And with the way that I love color, the more color I can get in my garden the happier I am. So to me that means lots of flowers and of course, my choice here is pink, duh!

However, I had some sad looking pots around that needed some help. This particular pot started out several years ago as a little water feature with a fountain and some water plants in it. But I just could not keep it from leaking all over the place, so the last couple of years it has been a planter that now needs a makeover.

So I got out my handy dandy heirloom white spray paint and went to town. I thought the pot looked a little plain so I started searching through some of my craft supplies and came across the word believe in a rub-on transfer. Perfect!

Okay, this was starting to look better, but it is still a little stark and too high of a contrast.

I watered down some brown acrylic paint and wiped it all over the pot. This helped take the stark whiteness away and gave it a little bit of a warn look. You cannot see it so much in the pictures, but I think it looks a lot better. I allowed that to dry and then finished it off with a clear coat.

Next comes the really fun part, the planting. I picked up a hot pink geranium and some fun little vines that I have never used before and then covered the soil in the "creepy" moss that I got from Minnesota last fall. And I have a great "new" re-purposed pot in my garden.

This goes perfect with the quote that I put on the garden bench, "Gardening is a way of showing you believe in tomorrow."