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Vintage Inspired Flower Pots

Easily transform a plain flower pot with paint and mod podge to create these Vintage Inspired Flower Pots. {Canary Street Crafts}

We’re back with another Monthly DIY Challenge!  This month’s theme is Dollar Store crafts.  We found these plain terra-cotta pots at Dollar Tree and decided to transform them with a little paint and Mod Podge.

12 Dollar Store Crafts you haven't seen before. {Canary Street Crafts}

If you’re thinking to yourself “I didn’t know you guys did a Monthly DIY Challenge”…it’s because we’re lame and didn’t participate the last two months.  But if you’ve been following us for a while, you might remember some of our past challenges, including our Mason Jar Snowman, and Subway Art Pumpkin.

So for this months theme, we immediately knew what we wanted to make, because it’s something we’ve actually made several times before, and we’ve even sold a few of them in our booth.  Last week we shared our tutorial for transferring graphics with mod podge, and that’s the exact process we use to make these flower pots.

Easily transform a plain flower pot with paint and mod podge to create these Vintage Inspired Flower Pots. {Canary Street Crafts}

We found terra-cotta pots in several different sizes at our local Dollar Tree.  We used Annie Sloan chalk paint in “Old White” to give them a quick, very light coat of paint.

Easily transform a plain flower pot with paint and mod podge to create these Vintage Inspired Flower Pots. {Canary Street Crafts}

We printed this graphic from The Graphics Fairy website, and sized it down to 70% on our computer before printing.

We used Mod Podge to transfer the graphic.  For more detailed instructions, see our tutorial on how to transfer graphics with Mod Podge.

We wanted the graphic to look pretty worn, so we intentionally scrubbed some of it off the pot.

Easily transform a plain flower pot with paint and mod podge to create these Vintage Inspired Flower Pots. {Canary Street Crafts}

We use these pots for all types of things, even to hold  paint brushes in our craft room, but for this one we added a cute boxwood topiary.

Easily transform a plain flower pot with paint and mod podge to create these Vintage Inspired Flower Pots. {Canary Street Crafts}

Want to see what our friends came up with for their Dollar Store Challenge?  Check out the links below and just click on the pictures to read the full tutorial for each project.


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  3. Kendra @ www.joyinourhome.com says

    Love it, ladies! The distressing is perfect and I absolutely love the graphics you choose! This would look so cute on my outdoor table! xo

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  14. Erica says

    I just love the vintage french look and you are SO good at it! These little planters are perfect and have me dreaming of pretty summer days with iced lemonade on the patio… preferably in France. ahh 😉

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