As a crafter you most likely have many interests. Perhaps one of your interests is creative stenciling while another is gardening. Have you ever thought about lending some of your creative stenciling techniques to your garden? It’s a great way to spruce up a planter.
Here’s what I did with an old strawberry pot. I know once you read this you’ll have many other ideas.
I decided to adorn this old strawberry pot with a small bee stencil. I was looking for something that would make a subtle surprise in my peaceful herb garden and he was a perfect match.
The biggest challenge of painting on a planter is that they are usually round so taping or securing your stencil in place becomes a little more difficult than on a flat surface. Remember it’s important that your stencil hugs the planter as closely as possible so that paint cannot creep under and smear your painted image. Also, the bee stencil should stay in place.
Working with a paper stencil or a very flexible material like vellum or Mylar, the stencil will fold easily over the curve but some of the stencil outlines (or islands) will stick up. Here is where the stippling technique is essential. You need to use your stenciling tool (brush or sponge) to come down right over the edges of the stencil and gently push them to the surface of your pot. It’s an easy straight up and down motion. And as always make sure your brush is on the dry side. Too much paint will seep under the edge of the stencil and smear.
