Chalkboard Plant Pots

I also love to bake, cook and garden as well as craft. It was actually a difficult decision choosing which subject to blog on, crafting obviously won! That being said, this next project does have some overlap from my other hobbies. I have a garden every summer where I grow green beans, carrots, cucumbers, gourds (for bird houses), cat nip and various other things.  I hate only having them in the summer though so I decided I would plant some fresh herbs in the winter indoors and that way I would be able to have at least fresh parsley, mint, basil and oregano when i make sauces or bruschetta or other things that require these herbs.  Then of course I decided to get crafty with it haha.  Here is my how-to.. 

SUPPLIES:

• 4 Ceramic Terracotta Pots (with matching water catching dishes)
• Painters Tape
• Chalkboard Paint
• Chalk
• Seeds ( I chose mint, parsley, oregano and basil)
• Dirt
• Water

DIRECTIONS:

1) Tape off the top thick rim of the ceramic pot with the painters tape.  I did this because I did not want the entire pot to be chalkboard. I liked the contrast of the terracotta color with the black of the chalkboard paint.  

2) Once it is taped off then you can begin spraying with the chalkboard spray paint.  I did multiple thin coats because I have found that works best.

3) Let it dry and remove the tape.. 

4) Write the names of the seeds you are going to plant on each pot with the chalk.  Just make sure the name you write correlates with the seed you plant! All of the seeds look so similar and the plants when they grow are hard to tell apart sometimes also so be careful! 

5) Plant your seeds! I put the dirt in, wet it and add the seed on time.  Then I lightly brush some dirt over them.  

6) Now place them in front of a window that receives a lot of sunlight and wait for them to grow!

You're done! Here is how mine turned out! 

Now I have fresh herbs all of the time! 

It's great!

What seeds would you plant?!

Colorful Plant Stands

We have acquired quite a few plants at our house and thankfully we have a large east facing window in the front of our house so all of those plants can get ample sunlight.  This does however require a large amount of plant stands all along the window and since we have acquired them over time they didn't match. Well, after looking at them daily I thought of a new idea! I was going to 'repurpose' them! Here is the how-to...

SUPPLIES:

• Plant Stands
• A Tarp
• Spray Paint

DIRECTIONS:

1) Lay the tarp out in a well ventilated area... I painted the first two in my craft room, with the window open, but it still didn't help.  The entire upstairs smelled like spray paint... oops..  Anyway, then I asked Brian to move the cars from the garage and set the tarp up in there. MUCH better.

2) Mist each stand with a different color of spray paint, do lots of thin layers about ten to fifteen minutes apart.

3) Let the paint dry for over an hour and then you're done! Here is my before and after...

 The colors I chose were... 


Watermelon, 




                  Sea foam Green, 






         Mustard Yellow

         Bright Red, 
               
                                   Mandarin Orange,  




                  and Sea Blue

MUCH better! I really like color, it cheers me up so I love the new addition.  

What are your ideas? Polka Dots? Stripes?