Hi there!
My name is Lauren and I blog over at Le Chic Elefant.
I am a meeting planner by day and a ruffle loving, DIYer, party planning blogger by night.
I love finding unique ideas that make life’s little moments more special.
For Mothers Day this year I wanted to do something special for my mother in law.
We always get her a hanging plant, for her deck. She has a green thumb, so I knew I wanted the gift to continue to be a plant.
I decided to try making these shabby chic terracotta pots with my in laws house number on them.
I thought they would look really cute on their front porch.
It was defiantly a learning experience for me, there were a few moments where I thought this DIY might end horribly wrong. I will let you know what not to do so if you decide to recreate you won’t make the same mistakes I did. In the end it worked out really well. I planted lavender and an annual flowering plant, here is how they came out.
I started out with just the plain pots and some simple exterior white paint.
I used a spray bottle of water and watered down the pots as I applied a thin coat of white paint to make it more of a white wash.
The first coat I felt like was just a little to thin, it was a little too shabby not enough chic.
I like how they turned out after the second coat of white wash.
I lightly sanded them after this just to give them a little texture. A word of caution make sure you use the really fine sand paper, I first used thick sand paper and it scratched the pots. Next came the hard part, painting the numbers on. I tried free hand and it turned out horrible!!! I decided to take the easy route and use stencils.
I had a hard time finding the right letters for the No.
So I bought wooden ones and traced on the pot and then painted it in.
I then used the stencil for the numbers.
I am really happy with how they turned out, I think I might just have to do these for our house as well!
I am inspired to use this idea for my front porch.
Very cute. Spray painting them sounds easier for me. Will the lavender survive in the pot thru winter?
Those are really cute pots
These are super cute!!