… on terracotta pots.

Do you think since I planted my plants in pretty pots …

... pretty pots with black and white stripes and polka dots …

… do you think they’ll have a better chance at a longer life?

Like those pretty pots will inspire my plants to tough out the tough times …

You know, when I may or may not forget to water them …?

So in my quest to make my plants feel better about themselves ...

... boost their plant confidence, if you will ...

I followed this tutorial by these fabulous sister bloggers to age those terracotta pots first like so …

And then I painted the rims with some black and white acrylic paint.  Next came some stripes that I just free-handed with a flat brush…

… and then I added the dots and polka dots using the eraser on the end of a #2 pencil.

Two coats of poly (on the painted rims only) later …

They were potted with red geraniums …

And set out on the front porch all pretty like …

… what with their black and white stripes and polka dots.