These striking silver vases will illuminate any room. The pottery vases are tall and were outdated in their current styling. I added a simple grey base and fished them with Benjamin Moore Molten silver metallics paint. This paint is amazing and gives them a look of free form hammered metal.

My journey with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint began with refurbishing vintage picnic baskets and has grown to include many other items. While I love the versatility of the new insulated trendy coolers/fabric picnic baskets, the vintage baskets bring out the history buff in me. I want to know the history of each basket and the stories behind the people who owned and used them. My average clay pots got a total makeover with some decoupage and and chalk paint. I decided after my first class at Birds Gotta Fly that I wanted to create special picnic baskets for special people in my life. My desire was to make them symbolic…