Gold Dipped Flower Pot Tutorial

Hi friends! I'm Tara and I blog at Suburble. I'm so happy to be guest posting here at Miss Information today. Kelley is such a sweetheart for having me!

Today I'd like to share my simple (and fabulous) tutorial for creating gold dipped flower pots. I'm in love with all things golden; I also adore spray paint. When these two things came together in the incredibly awesome Rustoleum Metallic gold (my personal favorite for gold spray paint), I sang a song of happiness. Then I started painting stuff.

Easy to make gold dipped flower pots using spray paint and tape. A quick crafty way to dress up a boring flower pot

The gold-dipped trend is one that has been circulating the internet lately. I've seen furniture and vases, but I wanted to add a bit of style to my plain flower pots. I found them at the dollar store, and while they were a nice color on their own, I had to admit that they were a bit *ahem* boring.

A quick crafty way to dress up a boring flower pot - Gold Dipped Flower Pot's gotta pin these so I can make them in the spring

If you don't love the color of your flower pots, you can start with spray painting them a color that you do love. From vinyl, I cut out two images (a fleur de lis and a crown) with my Silhouette Cameo. I've learned that when it comes to stencils, simple is best. I tried not to use very ornate shapes lest I create another epic stenciling fail. I also think that using a craft punch as your stencil would be very handy with this project. They're often simple in design as well.

In order to create the “gold dipped” look, I had to tape off the section of pot that I did not want to be gold. This involved a tricky bit of painter's tape styling. A tip: use smaller bits of painter's tape when you're working with a curved surface. You'll get less wrinkles and have more control over what you're doing.

A quick crafty way to dress up a boring flower pot - Gold Dipped Flower Pot's gotta pin these so I can make them in the spring

It's very important to smooth down both the tape and vinyl. It's best if you are nearly obsessive-compulsive about this. A smear or a glob of paint in the wrong place can wreck the whole piece. With spray paint, I'd say that success is 50% prep and 50% application.

I painted the pots upside down to avoid paint wandering into the center of the piece and to create the appearance of a “gold dip”. I started with two even coats of gold spray paint, and then once that had dried, I coated both pots with Rustoleum Clear. This top coat will prevent scratches and gouges out of the gold spray paint (it is not always an infallible finish, unfortunately).

Because I don't have a garage, I'm limited to the Great Outdoors as my noxious-fumes work space. Of course, on this day, my work was just too beautiful for some creatures to stay away from. A fly got too close to the action and ended up become a part of my work. Sigh. That was a fun “removal”. After the pots had fully dried (and the CSI investigation on the demise of the fly was closed), I brought my little pots inside.

I'm really happy with how they turned out. Paired with the green, the gold is subtle. I like that the pots still have flair, but perhaps don't wear the full bell-bottoms and beads that my other gold pieces like to try on.

I can't decide what little plants should live in these pots. I can see them on a side table (or as a table centerpiece) on our patio. These pots were an easy craft, and didn't gouge the pocketbook either. I'd say that the entire project — including vinyl and paint (which I did have on-hand) — was under $5 for both pots. These “gold dipped” pots make for great accessories on the patio, as hostess gifts, or could be a container for holding pens, straws – you name it!

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