Chalkboard Terra Cotta Herb Pots

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Here’s a little project I whipped up last week.    I love everything chalkboard paint related so I can’t believe this is my first “major” project where I’ve used it!   

I decided I’d make myself some little herb pots to sit on my kitchen window….it makes me look like I’ve gone all organic in the kitchen!   So I headed to Michael’s and got these three little pots and picked up three larger ones for another project later.    Then I got some herbs at Home Depot.    I wanted to get some that I might really use while cooking.    I’m going to add lavender or rosemary because they smell so good.

I didn’t take any pictures of the process because it’s pretty straightforward.    I completely covered two pots and then painted a “label” on the third one.     Dumb me didn’t paint the “label” one until after it was potted so it’s a little off but who knows or cares but me?    I found some label templates on line, printed them off, cut out the size I wanted and traced it onto the pot with black magic marker…then just painted away.    It took about 3 coats of the chalkboard paint to completely cover the pots.

Want to see how they turned out?   

 

I’m going to replace the little plant info stickers with plant markers….something like these….

 

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I’d like to try making my own but if it turns out an epic fail I might have to get my friend Kari Anne to make me some!

 

I still plan to write the name of the herb on the pot with a chalk pen as opposed to chalk itself

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’m loving the new Pic Monkey photo editing site….I started using it when I found out Picnik was shutting down and I think I like it better!

(Please forgive my unstyled plate rack and shelves….most of my dishes were in the dishwasher and I took these early in the morning before I left for work….thus an empty cabinet!)

 

If you’ve read my blog lately you know my sister and I went to the lake last weekend.    We had an absolute ball and I’ll be sharing about our adventures later.    

Oh, and my hubby has been studying for a big test for a few weeks which we’re hoping will land him a promotion….he passed the test today with flying colors so we went out to celebrate at a favorite Italian restaurant….it was soooo good!    I’m so proud of him, he works so hard for us!