DIY Folk Painted Pots

 

DIY handpainted FOLK POTS are transformed from repurposed coffee tins into decorative pots that enlighten a garden or home as a container to hold STUFF with a lid or for the perfect size plant pot for indoors and outdoors.

It all started with the perfect size coffee tins, empty of their caffeine, waiting for an inspired idea to repurpose. The joy of giving these tins a new life as decorative folk pots is genuinely inspiring. 

I have some old household blue oil paint to use and thought why not paint the tins for outside flower pots. 

Painting the pots was taken to the next stage, utilizing the leftover artist's oil paint on the palette to add a decorative touch over the blue household oil paint. I just hate disposing of oil paint on the painters' palette, and so it became the yearly ritual of preparing and painting about 12 coffee tins for spring.

To read more: instructions, tips, and designs of making my coffee tin Folk Pots.

When painting each series of Folk Pots, I adhere to one rule: making each pot unique with various paintbrush marks, building on top of each layer. This process, using oil paint, creates a design that is truly one-of-a-kind, and it's exciting to see it come to life! 

The time span & stages to make a series of 12 pots in oil paint take about 2 weeks to complete. I prefer using oil paint as it makes the pots much more durable for outside and inside wear and tear, giving you a product you can be confident in. 

Using the Folk Pot to grow plants, the pots will last about 3 years with the inside rusting out. No worries, there are more coffee tins to be had for the next year! 

• The first is to clean out the pots and remove the glue from the labels.
• Use acrylic gesso to cover the tin first, makes it easier to apply the oil paint and let it adhere to the surface.
• 2 coats of household oil paint (Blue).
• Decorative paint strokes can take a week.
• To use as a plant pot, take the lid of the coffee tin and put it on the bottom. Get a hammer and large nail to punch holes for drainage into the bottom through the lid and into the tin. The lid on the bottom of the tin helps rust stains on plant plates and decks to a minimum.

To read more, including instructions, tips, and designs for making my Folk Pots coffee tin, Click Here.

I have too much fun making the pots and even more fun giving them their names... 

Be inspired to create your own designs!

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The perfect-sized pots for storing THINGS and for plants. To read more about the previous series, "Folk Pots," with detailed instructions, please visit my blog post from last year.

To read morea truly one-of-a-kind design.

So DRINK up your coffee and look forward to a new set of Folk Pots! 

May Caffeine Cause Creativity! Minaz