Prettiest Miniature Pot :))

The Prettiest Miniature " Tiny Micro mini my love" hand painted pot !
Came my way as a super surprise in the mail yesterday by Kenton
It's cute , prettiest and beautiful ! WOW Hand painted and signed by Kenton ! I Thank you Kneton so much. Sure surprised me and brighter my day with a big smile ! Now I will put a special favorite miniature plant in it ! But now I am going to need a whole bunch of them :)) I love it !
Who should go into this pot ! Midget Lillian, Luvy, Baby Moonbeam ,
a tiny Funny Bunny always blooming :))
Thank You ! Thank You Bunches Kenton !
Allison

You have baby moonbeam! She is awesome..I have seen her in photos.
She would be my vote to go into the pot!

Ok Great ! I'll send you a Baby Moonbeam too !
Allison

Is baby moonbeam the name of a plant or are you saying you have a baby plant named moonbeam? : ) I looked, but couldn't find one.

Oh I would be forever in your debt! I love baby moonbeam!


and yes Pam the name is Baby moonbeam..it is an adorable mini

I have leaves down of Baby Colors too. Mom plant is blooming ture fantasy :)) I hope I get babies ! Now I have one plant I know you will love ! Baby Moonbeam.
Luvy is so cute too. I have one in a one inch pot with the cutest little deep rose bloom :))
Sassy Wonder another tiny growing miniature I think you would fall in Love with too Lorry !
Your box and Bob's box next week !
Oh yes and Aussie's Alice , Grey Lady , Chirita S. Hisko ( SP?) . I have some rare Swedish and Russian Av's you may like ! I will be finding lot's of goodies :))
Allison

I am sure anything you send will be great Allison!
I don't know the other ones you mentioned an don't have FC here at work but I ADORE minis and all AVs :) So I will love anything you choose to send.
You are very sweet!
Lorry

Oh Allison please don't overdo with anything to me...i too will appreciate anything you send...but absolutely no hurry...Bob

Oh Bob I have Special Epsicas and Chirita for you :))
Lorry Sassy Wonder pic at AVSA
http://www.avsa.org/Photographs/SassyWonderLrg.jpg#http://../Photographs/SassyWonderLrg.jpg#

and FC one of them :))

Oh wow ..that is REALLY pretty!

I just found this; You are very welcome, Allison.
I hoped the colors would accomodate the most colors of AVs. I poly-urethaned it pretty well so that if you can't find a plastic pot to nest into it, you can clean it. I think you are quite special, and well loved around here.
Kenton

Here is a picture I took from two angles before I sent it:

Wow, kenton that's a beauty! I'm inspired now! I just got about 30 3-5" clay pots at the thrift store for 10 cents each! Now I know what to do with some of them!

Gorgeous! Plant and pot!

Yes it is gorgous ! And signed on the bottom very special and sure was a terrfic surprice. I have little tiny saucers , or chairs , or rocking chair it can sit on :)) I have little Angels that can hold small pots also. They were for little candels but I bought them ( well Mom told me I could pick what ever I wanted out of the Avon book as my daughter was selling it and Mom paid ! I got three hubby lost one movinglol) but their perfect for little pots. I think I will grow baby Moonbeam
in it ! Lorry mentioned that would be a beautiful Mini for it and I agree .
I love it ! Thanks bunches, Kenton :))
Allison
Laurie great price for those pots ! you could ship them to Kneton and he could paint them all for you :))

Super paint job on that pot!

Allison, I can just picture one of your blooming beauties in it!

Kenton, did you seal the terra cotta before you started painting as well as afterwards? I've got some "clay pot sealer" (it was on sale, I think it's pretty much the same as plain ole polyurethane) that I could play with... I bought it mostly so I could seal terra cotta saucers to be entirely watertight, but maybe it would be good as an undercoat also?

Kenton, that is a great paint job! : )

Thanks all. Color is good, no?

Begonia: Send them to me if you want. What colors would you want, any particular "theme" or ideas you want?

Jill: I do not seal before painting (I wash it well, though!) The water-based acrylic paint can then 'sink' into the pot a bit to hold tighter. I coated it at least three times with poly afterwords. Acrylic paint does not hold up in real sunlight.
Kenton

Here is a little pot I HAD to keep for myself, as the half-accidental cockeral gets me.

These pots are so pretty ! Cute for your mini's. I love mine.
Your so sweet to paint "Laurie's" . Kenton !

Thanks for the tip, Kenton! I hadn't thought about the paint holding better to an unsealed surface...

That cockeral is fabulous! You need a deep blue AV, maybe, for that pot... what size is it?

The pot I got is it little over one inch ? I know it's smaller than 2 ". I love this size for my Mini's :))

Oh how beautiful those are! You've inspired me, Kenton. I have a negative amount of painting ability, but I'm still gonna try. What kind of paint do you use on the pots? Too bad I can't cross-stitch on terra cotta... LOL

Allison thanks so much in advance..will be so excited to receive them...but, again, don't rush...Kenton..that's marvelous and such a beautuy....now i have to get my paints out..lol...haven't done it in so long...thanks everyone for the inspiration that abounds here...bob

Jill, the pot is about the same size as Allison's: 1.5'+
Rain: For all but the weakest pigment colors (Orange, mainly) I would suggest just using "ceramcoat" brand Acrylic paint in nice little bottles. It is very cheap; usually about $1 per bottle, and a ridiculous amount of shades are available. It is very easy to use and travel; washing out with just water. That is why I like it. It also dries extremely fast.

Why can't you wrap a cross-stitch around a pot and coat it with something thick, hard, and glossy?
Kenton

I'll bet something like "Modge Podge" (the old decopage medium) or even Elmer's glue would work... followed by a couple of coats of polyurethane. You could also just apply cross-stitched elements (flowers, leaves, etc) rather than trying to wrap the whole pot. Or.... I've used those bottles of fabric paint to do a cross-stitch or needlepoint-like design on other surfaces (not just fabric), and I'll bet that would work on the pots.

Very pretty- well some of us seem to have multiple talents don't they? As for me, I have multiple personalities!

So April, who are you today? LOL. Sometimes you just crack me up!

Brillant, Jill. You are aware that you are a genius?

We-,er, I can relate, April.

Super ideas! Thanks! I'll look for some of that paint, too. Surely I can do *something* besides cross-stitch! LOL

Kenton, I think that was just my morning coffee talking... LOL!

The fabric paint in the squeeze bottles is fun to use because it'll create a raised line or dot.... It'll take a lot of dots to do a cross stitch design, though... You'll find yourself humming that song from "Sunday in the Park with George".... "dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot..... !!" (OK, I confess, that reference was just for Kenton! and it's the only song I know from that production!)

RG, if you have the patience for cross-stitch, I don't think there's any crafty or artistic endeavor that's beyond you! Next time one of the big craft stores has a sale on those little clay pots, I'll bet we'll all stock up!

Oh I love to cross-stitch! Everyone says it looks way too tedious and stressful, but I find it to be quite peaceful and relaxing. But if I mess up, I can just pull the thread back out. Paint is a whole 'nother matter! LOL I'm gonna give it a try though.

I'll be potting up a Baby Moonbeam " Great sugestion from Lorry" in my new pot from Kenton tomorrow ! I don't have one blooming but have one in a 2 inch pot but a few in one inch pots one of those will go into my new pot ! I will take pictures YEAH !
Heh where is Ms Lorry today ? Hope she's on a date and is ok ?

RG, the wonderful thing about paint is that it can generally be painted over easily, if it's too late to dab away a mistake with a damp paper towel. And if you "mess up" a 25 cent pot -- I will send you a couple of quarters for new ones! :-)

Well gee, with financial backing like that, how can I resist trying?? LOL Painting a room doesn't phase me a bit, but a little 2 inch flower pot scares me! ;o) My daughter loves to paint and we got her a set of acrylic paints for Christmas. She's always looking for something new to paint. We'd have a lot of fun painting flower pots together, and I just bet she'd share a bit of her paint with me til I could get my own. LOL She's not particularly interested in my flowers and plants, but maybe if they were in her own hand-painted pots, she'd like them more. I'm always looking for a new project to do with my kids. This sounds like a good one! I believe she still has quite a few bottles of fabric paint, too, so we could try that out as well. Thanks for the ideas! I'll let you know how we do.

Hehe I am here :)
We went to our local nursery today and that always takes longer then expected!

Hi Lorry Than you ! Amy that would be a great fun project with your kids ! Yeah !

That is the best excuse possible, Lorry. Everyone is trying to kill me with spring fever; the cure is the same as the cause!

Ed. to fix my horrid typing!

This message was edited Jan 21, 2006 1:05 PM

Oh oh And LAURIE..they had begonias!!!
They had ALL types too for 5.00..If I knew what you had..I would have bought you a couple of them.
They had red..and a great peach and yellow blossom one!
I am half tempted to make Chris take me back tommorrow.
I just wish I had my camera with me so I could take pictures to show ya!

Kenton, so I learn something ELSE NEW about you - you are amazing!

I'm being stalked, folks. Thanks "Kay."

I have a Baby Moonbeam growing in my pot from kenton!
Baby Moonbeam (H. Pittman) Semidouble blue and white. Variegated green and white. Miniature
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I'll get pictures tomorrow ! It has buds , then when in bloom I'll take more !
Lorry Baby Moonbeam was a perfect suggestion !