Watering Can Makeover
by
Linda kelley
3 Materials
I just wanted to add something I did with this last night! It is awesome! I will mention it at bottom of post. So anyway... I found this old galvanized watering can at the thrift store for just a couple of bucks. I finally got around to doing something with it!
I was going back and forth in my mind if I should paint stripes or do the gems. Well I had went to the dollar store a couple of days ago and picked up some more gems. This is the before pic
After I sanded down the rust and gave it a good cleaning...I took it into the house. I started with a line going around the bottom edge. I dabbed on the glue half way around and started adding the gems
When I finished with that I started playing with the gems on the table.
Aren't these glass fillers pretty! Love the dollar stores.
I decided to make flowers! So I made 3 on each side in the center of can. To keep it together while drying I used tape to keep them in place.
As you can see above I added another line of gems around the top.
This is how I added crystals to the spout. I unwrapped a paperclip and cut in half. (see below) Then I wrapped the end of a 3" piece of wire (seen below) around a small bead at top of crystal strand. I then wrapped the other end of wire around the paper clip... I then put some 'Goop' on the hook like end of paperclip, and stuck it through the spout hole. The glue keeps it in, along with the 'U' hook on paperclip.
This is what it looked like when completed!
And that was it! I hung it next to one of the hummingbird feeders.
I decided to move it to one of the gardens.....looks like the plant is being watered. Last night I came up with a idea. You know those small led lights that come on a timer? A pic of them is below. Anyway, I put the timer part in the bucket and wove the lights into the crystal strands, and it looks so awesome at night...like real water...so pretty....so sparkly
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You can purchase craftstore...be sure to have the coupon. I had also purchased a set at Walmart.
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I love this!
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