What A Butt Pot ?

This is my husbands new  "Butt Pot" !  What do you think ? He Loves it ! Not only is he a cigarette smoker, but he is also a fireman at the Nascar race tracks. So I combined both his "likes"  and the need to keep all those cigarette butts off the ground ( especially since we are at a campground right now  & your suppose to pick  your butts up ! ) So I put this  terra cotta pot glued it to a terra cotta saucer, then took another terra cotta saucer turned it upside down as a top. 

My husband uses the top as an ashtray and it works FANTASTIC !!

The inside of the pot is painted black.  So all of the pot  & saucer is painted. Everything matches ! Then I sprayed the whole pot top,  bottom & inside with varnish . We then filled it with some beach sand & picked up a slotted spoon to strain out the butts . Throw those butts away & reuse the sand over & over again !!

Of course I had to make sure that  my husband & anybody else who saw this new it was a " BUTT POT ".

I am making some more "Butt Potts "  & will be putting them up for sale. I will be making them in two different sizes this size  5 x 4.5 in and 4.25 x 3.75 .  The large pot is $ 12.95 & the smaller pot is 10.95 plus shipping on each.
If you would like to order a "BUTT POT" I will paint any theme on them you would like and I will personalize them with a name if you would like. Please just email me at inmypaintedgarden@yahoo.com

                                                     Until the next time,

                                                          Cheryl

Start Of A Beautiful Day !!!

This is the kind of view I would LOVE to wake up to every morning !!!

It's time to get down to business and start getting into some serious painting !! Although I'm still traveling with my husband , I did bring some of my gourds with me, I just didn't bring all my paints with me ! So I am having  to run out and purchase new paints for what I decide to paint. Which I guess isn't all that bad at least I will have plenty of stock in my paint department,   It's spring time and there are many arts and crafts shows that are popping up all over and I need to get my stock going for the upcomming shows  that I plan on doing !

I have started on some beach inspired gourds as you can see, he's not finished yet and I also think I'm going to do some beach goers. Not sure how they will turn out but I guess thats something that I will have to try and see how they turn out , I'll keep you posted.

Of course I have been working on my sports gourds , this is only the start of them I have alot more to do !  The next one I'm going ton try doing is a doctor and nurse, I'm thinking it should not be to hard to come up with the idea of how I want them to turn out. will post the pictures when I'm done.

Box full of ornamental gourds that I have been painting !

Kaiden
Yes my dog Kaiden has come along with us on our trip to Florida ! I'm thinking he really likes it, just laying back and chillin !    What do you think ?


Until the next time !

Cheryl