Day 3: Coffee in the Garden

Welcome to another card on day 3 of the

Coffee Blog Hop.

So many sponsors, so many prizes to win, so don't forget 

to add your card and have a chance to win some goodies.

And if you have no coffee stamps, there are

 many freebies to grab, like this iced tea set

from Create with TLC.

For today I have something totally different.

I was inspired by pinterest when looking for

Summer ideas. I noticed lots of these signs

and came up with  this for my garden.

I have this cute sidetable in my garden where I usually

put my cup of coffee when reading.

Now I have this neat tray and sign.

I used a regular stone flower pot and painted it 

with gesso first. For the sign I used paint stirring stick

(not sure how you call these in English, but I guess

 you understand what I mean). I broke them into small

pieces before painting.

When the gesso ws dry I colored the flower pot 

and the paint sticks in all kinds of Summer colors.

Acrylic paints were used.

With a background stamp of wood grain I stamped on

all the pieces to make them look a little like driftwood.

Then  - except for the coffee - I used 

2 kinds of alphabet stamp sets to make up

the sentiment.

The sticks were added with wood glue to the main stick

and put into the flower pot that was filled with

small stones.

The sentiment on the flower pot is done with a marker

and after some practise handlettered on the pot.

I am very happy with the overall result and it

looks perfect on my table. I can''t wait to go out in

the garden again and read (or just look at the sign and 

drink coffee!).

Thank you for looking 

and have a latte creative day!