My parents happened to come across these for FREE during the time I was looking for owl salt and pepper shakers! (my prayers were answered) They were not the solid white ones I wanted but hey, when you don't like the colors, paint! So that is what I did. I decided on white. So due to being a poor married college student I had to use what paint I had on hand already and all I had was some spray paint primer. Which worked out just fine, it just gave it more of a matte finish. One day perhaps I'll go over them with the more enamel looking spray paint for a more glossy finish, but for now this will have to do :) Here is what they looked like before I added the eyes. And again they did turn out white though they may look a little yellow in the next picture... but I'm only working with my phone camera and well, you know how that can go.... Here they are finished. I decided to color the Pepper shakers eyes grey so people can tell what one is what. :) How much did this cost me? $0 Since I already had the items.... But I probably used about 1 can of spray paint all together and then I used my valspar antiquing glaze in grey I had left over from my other projects for the eyes. *UPDATE* I was finally able to go over them with a glossy white finish! I just used a white gloss spray paint from Walmart. Since I repainted them I had to redo the eyes. This time I used the Martha Stewart Metallic Glaze in Black Coffee, let that dry then did a layer of Martha Stewart Metallic Glaze in Mercury to help soften the eyes a little. Below is the "new" after picture. I definitely like the glossy look and the metallic eyes! Like The Aqua Owl Blog Facebook page HERE!
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