my not so green thumb

my mother once said in her early 20's that she wanted a house without a kitchen, ha-- obviously she grew out of that phase. but i think there is something to the mindset of 20-somethings "i don't know how to do that, so i don't want it in my house" -- luckily, i love to cook and i lust over huge kitchens, but i do have my own attitude about domestic things.    mine is more... outside of my house, the whole gardening situation.

am i the only one who thinks its okay to plant fake flowers????????

reasons:
1. they don't die
2. they don't need water, therefore cant die
3. when you're over them, you yank them out and stick a new kind in. POOF! pretty flowers!

my sweet mother, and sweet mother-in-law both disagreed with me on this subject and gave me the vote of confidence that "i can do this whole gardening thing" -- they both have beautiful flowers, and even know all the names!!!

my solution: make it cute!
i saw these cute flower pots in front of a really chic boutique in Ruidoso, NM-- and i thought "i can do that, planting flowers is way more fun in a cute pot, right?" so.... here is my attempt at re-creating the cute flower pots:

step 1: spray paint terra cotta flower pots white

(note: this took 2 cans of spray paint, lots of coats)

step 2: paint rim of pot black (acrylic paint)

and tape off stripe lines with painters tape,

remove tape quickly after painting

-black paint will take at least 2 coats-

step 3: re-touch lines and decide this is harder than it looks

apparently, i need more practice.

attempt #1 = mediocre, improvement needed

i give myself a C-

not a complete failure, but not porch worthy yet.

pictures of attempt #2 coming soon!

happy tuesday!