If you haven’t heard, I am planning a ‘Tea for Two’ birthday party for my twin two-year-old girls for this coming October. When I plan birthday parties, especially for my girls, I like to start planning ahead and getting things done ahead of time so that I can enjoy the process instead of stressing out the last week before the party.
I decided to do tea for two because my girls are turning two and there’s two of them. I want it to be really elegant with a fall-themed color palette since it is in October.
My sister-in-law is going to create bouquets of flowers to go in teapots for the centerpieces of the table and serving table.
I went to my local thrift shop to look for teapots and teacups and unfortunately most of them had designs that didn’t go with my color palette for the party. I decided to paint them because they aren’t going to be used to pour out of or drink tea out of. My local thrift stop has a semi annual everything goes 75% off sale so I got my teapots all for $1 or less. I would highly recommend going to a Goodwill or thrift shop because the quality doesn’t have to be awesome when they’re going to be filled with flowers for decor anyway.
I decided to use a Rustoleum paint to spray paint them and you can get the same one here on Amazon in multiple colors. I just used white because my flower arrangements are going to have maroons, pinks and deep greens in them and I wanted those to stand out.
I took my teapots outside and place them on cardboard, shook the paint well and spray-painted it very carefully. Tip: do not start spraying directly on the teapot. I started the mist before I made contact with the teapot and kept doing streaks back and forth across it. It only took me one coat to get the pots looking like this and I think they turned out wonderfully!
To finish, I just put some silk flowers in it to show you how it looks when the paint is dried and the project is complete.
To see the finished teapot bouquets at the party, click here.