Project White............

Hello there. How's the week treating you so far? Going way too fast for me but that's nothing unusual....

Today I thought I'd share a little project I had fun doing last week. It's ridiculously easy and even more ridiculously satisfying!?! Hopefully practical too....

So...you know all those cans of tomatoes and beans etc that are constantly used and then tossed in the bin? The jars that are also thrown out yet really alot of them are quite pretty when you take a closer look...as I'm sure you would at 6pm whilst rushing madly in the door with hungry tired loud children demanding food and trying desperately to keep it all together as you throw the contents of these attractive jars and cans into a pot and hope for the best......or is that just me?..........

So.....said cans.......and some white undercoat...............

                                                                               

Can you guess what's next?? Indeed.....I slapped on 2 coats of white primer paint then ran to the shed to see what white paint I could scrounge up. I chose a gloss acrylic in 1/4 strength antique white that was laying about from something else I had painted. Two coats of that later and I had myself some lovely white containers! To finish them off I added a blob of black chalkpaint. I wasn't too sure how well this would work as the ridges on the cans make it tricky to write anything on them neatly.....however................

                                                                                   

                                                                               

I'm pretty happy with how they turned out.................

                                                                           

Dodgy writing and all...........

                                                                               

On a roll...I grabbed a lovely shaped jar and am really pleased with how it came up......

                                                                                   

Love how the lid matches too!............

                                                                                 

I can't wait to do some more. I have a few larger jars and some bottles with lids that I think need a little makeover. May even go crazy and whip up some pastels!!......

                                                                               
                                                                                   

Have a lovely Tuesday all.......


                                                  Janelle  xx