The Story Of A Can, A Frame and Some Paint

Once upon a time, alright it was actually a few weeks ago, I was Spring cleaning our back yard when I came upon my son’s old toy watering can. I was going to throw it out and then I had an idea…maybe a little paint would bring this can back to life. Hmmm…

So I grabbed the can and some sand paper. It was time to rub those frogs into history! Nothing personal frogs, just business decoration. 😉

Then I brought out the primer and applied a few coats. Maybe I could have skipped this step, but I didn’t want to risk those frogs coming back to life!


I let that dry and then I grabbed a can of Heirloom White spray paint. After a few coats I was liking what I was seeing. 🙂

I think I was able to give this can a new life and probably in a month I will give this can back to my son to play with in the backyard. (Thanks for letting me borrow it, S!)


Now that you know the story of the watering can, let me tell you about a white picture frame. I have been wanting to make a little chalkboard framed sign for a few months now. I didn’t really want to paint the picture frame glass as I would like to be able to reuse the frame whenever creativity strikes. 

What to do?  I remembered I had a piece of thin plywood leftover in my garage from a previous building project. I grabbed it and removed the glass from the frame and placed it on top, using it as my guide. I traced it then grabbed my saw and cut it down to the perfect fit.

It was then time to pull out the chalkboard paint. I carefully painted on one coat and let it dry.

The next day I conditioned the board (fancy way to say I rubbed some chalk on the board and then wiped it off), found a lovely Spring quote and grabbed my chalk marker.  What? Chalk marker? Yes! These are the coolest things! I found my set at Hobby Lobby and I used a 40% off coupon. Nice.