DIY Primitive Watering Cans

I've been in the mood to do some summery crafts now that Spring is here.

So today I'd like to show you how I re-made some old plain watering cans.

Here is the before photo

Before

 I won at an auction for only $2.00 each. I took a total of 3 cases of 4, getting 12 cans in all. So total spent was $24. I'm going to price them for $11.99 each and hopefully if they all sell, it will pay for my months rent in my Booth#555, which is $120.00 plus a 4% fee.

Keep in mind you can use any cans that you may have or even look for the cheap ones at Wal-Mart or the Dollar Store.

 They were cute as they were in the blue and white speck, but having so many I needed to change a few up.

So I started with some regular craft paint from Walmart, the .88cent bottles.

Give them a good coating. For the first few I chose the burgundy red:

I left that cute rusty spot showing through some. I liked it.

Then I picked through my drawer of primitive stencils that I bought from eBay.

My favorite ones are the Old Crow and the Stars.

It's so rough. I have used this same stencil for years.

I put on the stencil paint with a makeup sponge.

Start with a small dab of paint. It's best not to get it very wet at once either, or the paint will bleed under your stencil. So less is more really!

I used a few different of my stencils and here's some pics of the first set:

And then I wanted to make up some in different colors and here they are.

For this one, I mixed up some gray, dark blue and little bit of black and some off yellow and came up with the base color that kind of looks like old metal. 

Then I took some red and dry brushed it on to make it look like old rust:

 So far this is my absolute favorite one!:

And then on a few I took some different kind of paint that I found at BigLots for around $2.49 and painted a few again that I didn't like how they had turned out.  It is a gloss red:

I like how these dried a deeper red and with a touch of shine!

And here's a few pics of all the rest:

I ended up keeping one with a star and glossy finsish for my front porch.

I put a vine in it and I think it looks kinda cool.

These watering cans are available in my 

Booth #555 

$11.99 each

and I might upload one in my Etsy shop.

I hope I didn't price them too high, but they are metal.

Happy Crafting Ya'll.

WOOD SIGNS

I've been having lots of fun making these new wall signs mainly from plain ole' leftover 1x4's and such. Some larger, a few smaller.

Here's some of my latest that are now in my Peddlers Mall booth #555:

Price: Range from $3.00- $9.99 for the largest

Today, well and past few days, I've been cutting and making some simple wall signs to sale in my booth. They are a great seller.

Here's a few that I  did that say, "Simplify." 

First I painted a base coat of whatever color. I usually use a burnt umber, colonial green or nutmeg. Those are my favs! Then I stencil on the saying and or stars with an off white or antique white.

Then, here's where I call it my "secret effect." I take a rough grain sandpaper and sand over the entire board, wording, stars and all. 

It kinda roughs it up and makes it look older and worn. Just the way I like it. And I am also rough on all the edges.

And lastly, I use a stain that has a sealer in it.

I rub some on with an old rag, wait a minute and wipe it all off. And repeat if it doesn't look old and aged enough.

 

Here are a bunch of different sayings that I made all from stencils that I bought off from eBay.

Then I finish it all up by adding a hanger on the back. I get those in packs at the Dollar Store for $1.50.

And that's that!

 On the one in the middle below, I was experimenting with using different colors. Not sure I like the blue so much. On the same one, also, I used the glue to make a crackly look, but the pic is not showing it so well.

My favorite of the ones below is the "Pumpkins" signs below.

Probably because it's right around the corner and I just decorated our home yesterday.
I'm so in the Halloween mood!

Here's how those came about.

Some of them I left plain and then stenciled on the PUMPKINS wording in cinnamon orange.

And to mix and match some others up, I first painted the board a cinnamon orange and then stenciled on the PUMPKINS wording in various off whites.

Let the paints dry and then come back with some rough grade sandpaper and scuff up all the edges a bit.

And then just finish up by adding a sawtooth hanger on the backs.

I find these at the Dollar General in the tools section for a dollar or so.

And here they are again:

 Happy Crafting Ya'll!
Until next time,
~Lisa