Buckets o' fun...

One project done - probably 50 others to finish up. One at a time...one at a time.

I picked up some Army Green Rustoleum spray paint at Big Lots a week or so ago when I was out with my friend Sabrina. I knew exactly what I would be using it on when it landed in my big orange plastic cart. Buckets!

A long long long time ago I bought 2 sets of these hanging buckets from one of those cheap catalogs - maybe ABC Distributing. One set was solid pastel colors - blue, yellow and green. The other was the same pastel colors, but had been hand painted with dragonflies and butterflies. They have a big curved handle on them so they can be hung on porch railing or the top of a fence rail. I just happen to have some lovely (rusting) wrought iron around my screened porch and that is where they ended up.

Here's the before...

Yep, I forgot to take photos before I went to town with the spray paint. I can't help it...I get so excited when I have a spray can in my hand!

This is the solid blue one...not really blue any more. There is actually another one below it, but I didn't  feel like climbing into the ginger that is growing like crazy to get it when I took the pictures. Mr. Paisley fished it out for me. 

Here is what one looks like with it's new coat of army green paint.

As you can see...the Gloriosa lilies are still growing like weeds...pardon my rusty wrought iron...I gave up keeping it painted years ago. They've been wire brushed, treated with Ospho, sealed and painted with Rustolium and it is literally a matter of week before rust starts coming thru the paint. I embrace the rust and let it be...

I thought the green would coordinate nicely with my recently (May) recovered patio cushions, chairs, etc...

Now I need to decide what kind of plants to put in them for the fall...