Patriotic Planter Chair

Here is the second of four chairs I reclaimed from a flood

with plans of repurposing them into outdoor decorations / planters.

I listed them for sale, including the beautiful blooming geraniums,

for $25 each. Neither one sold, so I did not finish the other two chairs.

I think I am going to make one for myself though to replace

the one I made years ago. 

This chair uses masking for the lettering.

I used a removable, transparent contact type paper.

I wish I had remembered when doing this that it didn't 

work so well on the painted mailbox project I completed 

last year. Then again, had I remembered, I would have 

thought it didn't work too well due to the grooves on the box.

Anyway, although it was a great idea, the stuff wasn't quite sticky

enough to keep the paint from seeping underneath, making

more work for myself. Also, for some reason the outdoor type

paint I used stuck to the edges of the mask, trying to lift

off as I was removing it. It required hand cutting around each letter 

with an Xacto blade, ever so carefully to only cut the paint layer

and to follow the edges of the mask. Yep, much more work

than I had hoped for. However once it cleaned up,

I'm pretty happy with the effect I made with it ! 

 I carefully scraped away the dry paint with a toothpick.

Below is the mask after I removed it

(I didn't think to take step by step photos).

As you can see it is made up of many pieces.

I had to make it like this since I was using multiple

single Sizzix alphabet dies. I trimmed each piece and

lined them up as best I could to create one single masked word. 

I painted through the letters with a small paint brush,

 using indoor/outdoor craft paint. It required 

multiple layers to cover the dark finish of the chair. 

Thanks for looking =) 

I'm entering my chair planter into the following Anything Goes Challenges:

Through The Craft Room Door June 21-27, 2016

2 Creative Chicks Showcase #11

Crafting By Designs June Anything Goes Challenge

Craft Your Passion Challenge #317

613 Avenue Create Challenge #181