So, I understand that a post about plant pots is somewhat out of character for a self proclaimed black-thumb, but I’ve turned over a new leaf. Having killed more plants over the course of my life than I would care to admit, I am excited to announce that I have started an herb garden! And kept it alive for over a month! Nothing too impressive here..just three plants, really..but I am quite pleased with myself for keeping them alive for over a month!

One thing that I’ve heard from some gardening experts (thanks mom!), is that plants like love. And while I can’t bring myself to stand there and talk to them, I’ve decided to show them love by giving them somewhere pretty to live. I’ve also given them names, but I won’t get into that. No more ugly plastic containters for these guys!

I started with a couple of these terra cotta pots from Home Depot. While I think these are quite adorable as they are, I thought I’d jazz them up a bit.

I gave them a couple of coats of white spraypaint and tried to decide where to go from there. In my opinion, the toughest part of a DIY like this one is actually making up your mind. There are sooo many options and decisiveness is not exactly my strong suit.

After consulting my craft supply, I decided to try to save some money and use whatever I had on hand. I had these stencils left over from when we made Christmas ornaments last year, and I figured you can’t go wrong with stencils and gold paint (plus my trusty pouncers for applying said gold paint).

I must warn you, this isn’t particularly creative..but I basically just used the stencils to label the plants. I’m  sure you can figure out the rest from here..

Apply stencils..

Paint..

Remove stencils..voila!

I did however think that the letters were spaced a bit far apart for my liking, so I tried to overlap the stencils the second time around. I also had to do ‘lavender’ in parts because the package of stencils only gives you one per letter.

I will say, overlapping the stencils seems like the way to go. Since they all stick to one another, you can peel them all off at once!

And then I decided to add polka dots. Because, why not? I used the same method seen here, but with the craft paint instead of nailpolish. While I’m sure you can use nailpolish, I was trying to keep the color consistent.

I left the stickers on for a bit longer than I should have, which caused parts of my polka dots to peel off with them, but I can just pretend I was going for a weathered look anyways.

I’d love to hear what you guys think! Better with polka dots or without? Also feel free to share any gardening tips which would help me continue to keep the plants alive.

– Lusine