Topiary Tragedy

I just love rescuing things!  I think you will see this again and again on my blog.  Today it is this unfortunate little topiary.  I bought it at a garage sale, and I swear the woman who sold it to me must have thought I was crazy to want it!  As you can see, the bright green leaves and sponge-painted pot weren't exactly screaming "beautiful" and "refined."  More like "sad" and "really ugly."

Don't worry, though, we can fix that.  I started out by spray painting the pot to cover the, um, interesting paint design.  Joy recommended using this new little gadget she found for spray painting, and I gotta say, it's fantastic!  Super-easy to use: just attach it to the nozzle of the spray paint can and pull the trigger.  No gooky fingers!  I wrapped the base of the topiary in tin foil so that it wouldn't get a dose of black paint in the process. 

Ahhh...much better already!  Actually, once I got the plastic ivy off, the mossy base layer was quite pretty.  I think the next time I will use moss instead of leaves, since I liked the look so much.

Then, all I did was grab the glue gun to affix my new (less fake and plastic) leaves!

I am working on a little topiary collection for my dining room.  I think they look so cute grouped together.  So much fun to bring something back to life!