Southern Scraps

image source Spring officially rolled in this past weekend! I'm always excited to see the grass turn green and the flowers blooming. It makes me want to plant and grow things. With that in mind, here are seven innovative ways to plant flowers outdoors.   Dresser planter by Eclectically Vintage         Vintage wagon planter by Common Ground     Turn an old grill into a planter by Cottage at the Crossroads     Wash tub planter by Samplers and Santas     Tire planter by DIY Show off     Vintage wheelbarrow planter via The Gardening Cook     Convert an old bicycle via homedit     You might also like 7 Ways to Spruce up the Porch for Spring     and  Chair to Planter       Linking up here: Under the Table and Dreaming * Sundae Scoop * * DIY Sunday Showcase * The DIY’ers * Masterpiece M...

I was updating my planters and had some extra plants. I also had some extra pots on hand. The problem was that these pots were pretty plain and boring.

    I've been doing a little spring and summer sprucing up outside. I won't be doing nearly the amount of work I did on my porches as last year because much of it is good to reuse and leave in place this year, but I have potted some new plants. I might update a couple of planters as well. Here are 7 fun ideas for pots and planters.

I've been working on a front porch makeover and as part of that, I've made over some of my old flower pots. I took inspiration from East Coast Creative's color blocked planters featured in my Must Do Monday planter round up and made my own. I started with an old plastic planter with a removable bottom tray. It was certainly in need of some TLC. This photo was taken after I washed it off. With a little spray paint, I soon had this: I chose my colors for my planter using a striped pillow I had just purchased for my porch makeover as inspiration.  To start,  I taped off the top rim. I'm not a good painter so I had to do this. I still had some overspray but since I was using black in the middle I didn't worry too much about it. If I were using a color that wouldn't cover, I would have taped further down.  I painted the top rim with Krylon Fusion for plastics in Sunbeam (gloss). I painted the inside of the rim as well since this might show. O...