DIY Gold Leaf Plant Pots
Today I’m sharing how to make these simple fresh and beautiful DIY gold leaf plant pots; perfect for bringing spring indoors with some natural greenery.
It feels super crazy to be sharing my first “spring” post with you today. Things have been so busy with the renovations that January and February completely whipped by. On the one hand, I feel like I blinked and it’s the last week of February. On the other hand, it feels like it’s been a looooong time since Christmas ended and we started the renovations.
We’ve had some very wintery weather with a good amount of snow this past month but the last few days have been gorgeous and clear and sunny (though still frosty). You know, the kind of weather that makes you start thinking about the fact that spring is just around the corner!
Spring Is Coming
I finally got our Christmas greenery on the porch cleaned up this past weekend and I’m looking forward to adding some fresh springy touches indoors really soon. I really need something springy for the coffee table in our living room, and these sweet little DIY gold leaf plant pots perfectly fit the bill.
To make these I used some inexpensive clay pots, matte white acrylic craft paint, paint brushes, gold leaf sheets, gilding adhesive, and a firm flat stencil type brush.
I started by giving the clay pots 2-3 coats of the matte white acrylic craft paint.
After that was dry, I brushed on gilding adhesive along the bottom part of one pot and the top part of the other pot, letting it drip down in sections. I wanted a more fluid look to the gold leaf and rough edges to the finished product, so I let the gilding adhesive naturally settle and drip a little bit. Alternatively you could get a much cleaner look with straight lines of gold leaf by taping off a straight line before using the gilding adhesive and adding the gold leaf sheets.
After letting the gilding adhesive dry for about an hour or so, until it was lightly tacky, I spread on the gold leaf sheets. This was a bit tricky, as the gold leaf sheets didn’t love to detach from their paper backing, but I was going for more of that rustic, crumpled look so I was fine with doing it in sections.
After I’d attached the sparkly gold leaf to all the areas where I’d used the gilding adhesive, I let it dry for a couple of hours before removing the excess with a firm-end stencil brush.
Done!
I filled them with a little spider plant and a jade plant that I picked up at a local nursery, but you could use flowers or even faux plants. I also covered the soil with dried moss to give them a springy look. Plus, I’m planning to display these in our living room, and it’s nicer to look at moss then the potting soil, right?
I love the rustic and fluid feel of these and the contrast of the rich gold leaf with the matte white paint. Gold and white is such a great combo!
I shared them on my spring mantel the other day as well…
And today I’m joined by a fabulous group of blogging friends who are also sharing their Spring DIY Projects as part of the Seasonal Simplicity Spring Series. You’re going to love all this springy inspiration…
The Happy Housie // Lolly Jane // Craftberry Bush
Inspiration for Moms // Rooms FOR Rent
Zevy Joy // Modern Glam // Hallstrom Home
A Pretty Life // Confessions of a Serial DIYer
Jenna Kate at Home // Life is a Party // Tatertots and Jello
Town and Country Living // Place of My Taste
Rambling Renovators // Home Made Lovely // The DIY Mommy // Sincerely, Marie Designs
Paint Me Pink // Amber Tysl
Southern State of Mind // This is Our Bliss // Tauni Everett
Finding Silver Pennies // Clean & Scentsible
Love the touch of gold.
Love the gold effect.
Love this, Krista! Such a fun update to the basic pot!
These turned out so great! Loving the glam
These turned out so pretty Krista! Thanks so much again for such a lovely hop, xo!
So pretty Krista. Thank you so much for putting the tour together. xo
So pretty and perfect for Spring! XO
Such an easy and pretty project! Love the gold! Pinned!:-)
Those are so pretty! I’ve never tried gold leaf but on my to do list!
I always love a little gold leaf! So nice to add a little green to the house too. Beautiful.
So very pretty. I want to make some! Do you need to put anything on top of the gold leaf?
These pots are so glam! Love the pop of gold! Thank you for hosting another fabulous hop!
I love your pots! Such a great technique! I pinned them 🙂
xoxo
What a fun project Krista! It’s perfect for spring.
These are super cute, Krista! Love their fresh look for spring!
What a great project! The gold is so fun, I’m thinking I’ll have to do this to some old pots of mine!
What a pretty project Krista! The gold is so pretty and looks perfect with greenery!
Love a quick and easy DIY! These are great way to update terra cotta pots.
These are so cute, Krista! I started a plant collection and I like this idea for updating garden pots I already have on hand. Thanks for organizing the spring series!
Love this fun DIY Krista! The gold is perfect!