They were a lot easier than I originally thought they would be. I bought small flower pots at our local hardware store and some glossy black spray paint. Even though I prepared the pots by sanding them and washing off the residual dirt, the spray paint just slid right off. I ended up getting some regular black glossy paint and brushed it on and it worked much better. In the meantime, I got out my handy dandy E2. Might I add....I LOVE my Expression 2. It definitely has a learning curve, but is OH SO WORTH it! I used Create a Critter to create the rainbows and clouds. At the end of the rainbow there was hearts but I cut those off since it didn't really suit the project at hand. I used Bazzill smooth red cardstock, Bazzill "Orange Peel" texture yellow cardstock, and some left over blue cardstock that I have had for years and ran it through my Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots folder to add some more texture. I outlined the clouds with baby blue stickles to add a little bit of a kick to those. They seemed a bit plain so I used my Designers Calender for the shamrocks. Both the clouds and small shamrocks are attached with pop dots to give a little bit of dimension to the project. To attach the rainbows to the pots, I glued a craft stick to the back of the rainbow with a glue stick then used my hot glue gun to stick it to the pot. I did "paint" the craft sticks with a sharpies marker so that it didn't stick out like a sore thumb. Lastly, which I am bummed I don't have a picture of it right now, I filled the Pots with butterscotch discs to add the touch of gold. They turned out adorable....I made 10 total and so far they have been a hit with all of the customers!
