Sunday, December 30, 2007

Another homemade Christmas gift


I made another gift for my sister this year. She had commented about these cute bowls from Pottery Barn (which I can't find on the website anymore). We talked about how easy they would be to make if you had a pottery painting store in your town. So, that is exactly what I did. I went to Color Me Mine and painted her some cute popcorn (or anything really) bowls for my nephew and the family.

Instead of spending the $110 Pottery Barn was charging for both bowls, I spent significantly less.

NOTE: I thought I used so much paint on these bowls that it would end up as red as the PB picture, but I didn't use two coats and I think they would have turned out much better with 2 coats. So, just in case you decide to do this... You can learn from my trial and error and for sure do 2 coats of paint.

2 comments:

FlipFlop Mom said...

Oh my goodness..!! I think they came out adorable!!!!!!!!! You did a GREAT job!!!

jamie said...

I HEART my bowls!!! Thank you so much for being so thoughtful and remembering that I had mentioned how much I loved those bowls. I was definitely surprised christmas morning. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! oh and P.S. I love how the red turned out. It's adorable.