Here are a few of my finds so far this month:

This is a planter I came across that was the perfect size for one of our plants living in a plastic planter container on our barn wood benches:

I painted the base color white:

And then I dry brushed the decorative raised areas white. See the process on How To Dry Brush Paint.

This is a little black container I found:

Ok, so I need to get better at taking pictures of these items before I start painting them, so bear with me…

This little beauty looked feminine to me, and I thought it would be perfect to go in a little girl’s room to hold bows. So, I started out with a light pink color:

Then I painted on some silver glaze, and wiped it off. The glaze gave the entire piece a glossy shimmer:

Nope, it didn’t sit right with me. the glaze made the piece look messy. Back the the painting station: which is in my living room on a towel by the way.

I went for a light gray this time:

You can see how this piece would look with the dry brushing technique instead of the glazing, so I was leaning towards an alternate application at this point.

Fully painted gray:

Using the same gray glaze, I dry brushed it:

I think it looks much better! Don’t you?

Then, I found this big funky planter!

That picture was taken after I had removed all the foam and the tree out of it, but you get the idea of what it looked like.

I painted the base color a sandy beige:

And sanded the high spots for distressing:

Then dry brushed the patterns along the top and the bottom, and painted the delicate raised lines a dark purple:

Well? What do you think?

With Love, Erika Nora