PAINTING/DISTRESSING A TERRA COTTA POT

Hello, there!

How everyone's week going?
Mine has been crazy busy! I have to say, I am glad tomorrow is Friday! :)

In between chores, errands to run, mountains of laundry and lots, lots of cooking, I locked myself into my craft room and I finally was able to finish a terracotta pot I have been wanting to paint for a project I am working on. 
Will share that soon!

Meanwhile, this is the finished product! Well, almost finished!

I did start with a regular terracotta pot I purchase at Lowe's for $3.00.

First thing I did was paint it all black. Sorry, I forgot to take pictures of that part! 
I told you I had a crazy week! LOL

I watched a video on YouTube a while back in which the lady advised to rub petroleum jelly on the pot before you painted on the final color. The jelly prevents the paint from sticking and it makes it very easy to achieve that old/distressed look. It worked like a charm!

I choose a vintage white craft paint for the final color.

While I was waiting for the paint to dry, I printed and cut to size a very pretty graphic from The Graphics Fairy which I placed on top of a piece of scrap booking paper I selected from my stash 
and used mod podge to apply both pieces to my already dried pot.

When it finished drying, I applied a very thin coat of the vintage white craft paint all over the label.
Here is the finished product. Total cost for this project was $3.00.

I will share with you all soon how I am using this pot for a little Summer decorating fun! :)

Until then, enjoy the rest of your week!

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