Fancify your flower pots



Plants. These are one of the accessories in prettyfying our home whether it is interior or exterior. It is a common practice to grow plants in flower pots, in gardens, pathways, balconies, inside the house or at entrances. Do you know that even the pots can be decorated in as many ways as the plants are used to grace our home? Let us look at some tips in fancifying the flower pots.

1. Using paints: Paint the flower pots using colours of your choice. Or take three used handwash bottles, pour three different paints mixed with required amount of turpentine and spray at different points on the pot. You have a design in various hues with less effort.

2. Using lace: If you have laces in various designs and don't know how to make best use of them, then whynot try this idea. Tie back it around the upper edge of the flower pot. Same idea can be implemented for old saree's borders.

3. Use mirrors, beads: You can buy dot-like miirrors and beads in crafts shops or fancy stores and embellish them on your flower pot in various patterns using glue.

4. Using newspapers: To show your uniqueness in decorating try using newspapers. Take some old newspapers cut them out to the size of your flowerpot and stick it with glue. You can use used up gift wrapping covers as well.

5. Using ribbons: In a house with girl child you may have old, used ribbons. These can be used to tie around the flower pots one below the other, in various colours, giving them eye pleasing look. The same idea can be implemented with plastic ropes, gift wrapping ribbons, etc