Reader Comments on Crafts: Painted Flower Pots from YankeeMagazine.com http://www.yankeemagazine.com/rss/index.php Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:45:38 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2009-05/home/how-to-paint-pots They sound like they are easy to make, and very pretty. Can't wait to try my hand making them! Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Mon, 04 May 2009 19:29:54 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2009-05/home/how-to-paint-pots Tower Hill Botanic Garden asked local artists to paint terra-cotta pots for their Plant Sale Preview Party fundraiser on May 29. Check them out at http://www.towerhillbg.org/thwebspecev.html Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Tue, 19 May 2009 20:27:49 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2009-05/home/how-to-paint-pots I am always looking for simple projects to make with my grandkinds. This one sounds like a winner! Thanks. Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Wed, 20 May 2009 17:35:11 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2009-05/home/how-to-paint-pots Beautiful art work on those pots ,and such a wonderful idea, and I am sure if you let the kids help you with them it will be such fun and a great learning experience. Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:44:55 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2009-05/home/how-to-paint-pots I have painted flower pots for years, my sister got me into it and I have really enjoyed it. I have painted many, many pots for people. I have painted them free handed, used stamps of different kinds, decoupaged wall paper pictures on them, printed out pictures and decoupaged them on pots. I have even put pictures of grandchildren on them for grandparents. One example was a picture of a little girl sitting in a pumpkin patch. I painted the pot orange and decorated it with pumpkins, etc. There are so many ideas. A lot of us use the 12 inch, I think it is, to put on our cabinets with large utensils in them. My grandkids that live next door love to paint pots, too. Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:03:14 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2009-05/home/how-to-paint-pots I have painted a lot of pots in the past and continue to do so. However I have never put plants into them. I make candles in them. I thought of plants but realizing that terra cotta is pourous and of course you must water a plant wouldn\'t the paint ( even with a sealer ( varnish ) begin to peel. I sell my pots as well as give them away and I\'m sure someone who buys one wouldn\'t want to purchase something that destroys itself in time. Any one have thoughts on this ? email appreciated mdannu1029@aol.com. Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:29:53 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2009-05/home/how-to-paint-pots I have put plants in painted pots for years and they are fine. I don\'t put a sealer on the pot but I don\'t think that would harm the plants. Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:44:26 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2009-05/home/how-to-paint-pots I have painted pots for years and sometimes I seal the outside, sometimes I don\'t. The key is to seal the INSIDE so moisture doesn\'t seep through the painted outside. I use water-based varnish. My plants have never suffered that I can see. Just have fun - it is inexpensive fun! Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Wed, 09 Feb 2011 12:16:22 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2009-05/home/how-to-paint-pots I agree with Susan,pot painting is great fun and cheap,so have fun, my plants do not seem to mind the deco art. Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:41:56 +0100