Painted Garden Flag

Painted Garden Flag – Chalkboard Finish

The love of gardening is a seed once sown never dies. – Gertrude Jekyll

Over the last couple of years, we have been transforming our front yard.  It’s gone from a high maintenance yard to one that is now pretty, manageable, and needs less water.

Now, I get to focus on some smaller details like porch decorations.

I purchased some clearance plants and used items we already had, to have a welcoming entry area.

I had this small garden flag that was a little faded and just not really the look I was going for.  Now, I’m not sure if I was just tired of it or what, but it just looked dated.

My salvage blood kicked in and decided to try painting it, like when I painted those old boots. 

SUPPLIES

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• Garden Flag
• Soft Fabric Paint, this is exactly what was used, Black and White
• Stencil, Adhesive Screen by Craftsmart (I got mine at Michaels with the coupon)
• Foam Brush for stenciling, like this one!
• Regular Foam Brush
• Fine Tip Paint Brush
• Old Sponge

 

INSTRUCTIONS

1. First, clean off the garden flag and let it dry.
2. Apply the first coat of paint and let dry.
3. Apply additional coats as needed, let dry.
4. For a chalkboard finish background, use an old sponge and apply about 2/3 part black and 1/3 white squirted directly onto a damp old sponge and not mixed.  It was wiped onto the garden flag in 2 applications.
5. Apply the sticky stencil once you have the background you like.
6. Next, gently dab on paint to stencil, or use a roller.
7. Immediately remove stencil and clean as directed.
8. With a fine paintbrush correct any parts that might need a little touch-up. Let dry.

And now, I love it. It was an easy way to update the flag, plus I can use the stencil for other projects.

|DID YOU SEE HOW WE REUSED SCALLOPED BRICKS IN OUR BACKYARD PROJECT?|

Painted Garden Flag Notes:

• You can paint only one side and have the flag be reversible.
• It’s best if the flag is as flat as possible.  I would have tried to iron mine first had I known how much the wrinkles show however the chalkboard look isn’t about perfection, and we know how I feel about the P word.
• Finally, I loved the sticky stencil, but you could use make your own stencil with a Cricut or Silhouette.