Upcycled Brass Planter-Dollar Store Garden Stakes

This month I've joined a "Dollar Store Challenge". As a challenge we must make something using Dollar Store purchases. I used garden stakes to upcycle a brass planter. Be sure and stop by these other bloggers to see what they have made.

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I started with these garden stakes from my local Dollar Tree.

The metal tops are easy to remove from the metal stake.

I started by painting the metal butterflies using acrylic craft paints. 

Btw, any of the garden stakes could be used make as an adornment to a project or a sign. I picked up this red truck stake and hope to use it on a 4th of July sign. I'm just planting a seed so you remember not to pass by these little cuties, next time you stop in at the Dollar store.

I started with this $2 thrift store brass planter.

Drilled some holes.

A coat of white chalk paint. 

I printed out a label on my home computer and then I gave it a coat of clear wax and a buffing. This helps seal in the ink so it won't bleed.

I'm making this to transplant a gardenia that my father had given to me so a "Gardenia" theme label was just perfect.

After I decoupage the label, I give the entire piece a coat of clear wax and a buffing. 

Looking good but missing something. 

I used hot glue and E6000 to add the metal butterflies to the planter. The hot glue holds the butterfly to the metal planter while the E6000 dries. E6000 holds up to the weather. The hot glue will likely not hold up very long.

I hope you enjoyed this upcycle and I think you'll enjoy all the other posts below. Stop by and see what other Dollar Store projects my friends have created.

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Michele

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