40th Birthday Gift Idea

We all hate getting older, when we actually are older

but somehow those Birthday's sneak up on us...

year after shining year.

My good friend just recently celebrated a milestone 

Birthday and to celebrate her jokester self, I thought

sending her a pot fill with suckers would at least make

her laugh...it did!

"40 SUCKS"

I picked up a terracotta pot and foam ball from 

a local craft store and a mondo bag

of suckers (thank you Sam's Club) and got to work.

I already had black chalkboard spray paint and gold

lying around, as well as frog tape.

First I taped off the top of the pot where I wanted 

the gold to go and spray painted two coats of the black

chalkboard paint on the bottom of the pot.

After the paint was dry, I peeled off the tape and 

carefully taped off the bottom, black portion. I gently

pressed the tape onto the bottom, so it didn't peel off

the paint and then quickly sprayed the rim and inside

the pot a pretty gold.

Two coats, drying time and then it was time to 

plant some suckers!! I started at the top and worked

my way around. I tried to stick to the Birthday

girl's favorite colors but had to add a bit of green 

to the bottom, we will just call them leaves.

Next a little free hand drawing with chalk markers, 

not super fancy but it gets the job done cause really

...40 SUCKS!! ;)