French Garden Caddy

For this project I wanted to use a Graphics Fairy Graphic.  I confess I am not happy with the way it turned out. but nonetheless, I will share it anyway.  I do like the colors, but I seriously need to invest in some new brushes and especially a liner brush.  For what this project is, this will be fine.

I started out with a Pepto Bismol pink caddy that I picked up at the flea market.  I love pink, but this was too strong and didn't scream garden to me.  I painted it with Rustoleum American Accents Colonial Red from the can and brushed it on.  This is suitable for outdoors and that makes it the perfect garden paint.  I then adjusted my graphic on the copy machine to fit the piece.  When I do garden caddies, I do the graphic on both sides in case someone wants to use them for a center piece.  That way it can be seen from both sides. On this project I used tracing paper and traced the pattern.  Because I was truly unhappy with the lettering, I decided to sand it back and make it more primitive.  It's going outside; right?  I always like to add a little embellishment so I added these lady heads.  I found these on Ebay years ago and purchased a lot of 20 medallions.  Unfortunately they are metal and have no give in them so it is hard to affix them to furniture.  In this case though I thought the screws would be fine.  When it was all done, I sealed it with Valspar flat sealer in the spray can.  It says indoor/outdoor so, again, I think it is suitable for an outdoor project.