A yard sale purchase for a dollar - it had been in a garden and had lots of rust. I sprayed it with rust stopping paint (black) then two coats of our trim enamel.
Following a tip from pinterest (of course) I used the stock market pages to transfer a design I found from a vintage milk bottle for sale on ebay. I blew it up to letter size and didn't worry about the poor quality since I was just tracing it and it was a pretty simple graphic. The stock market pages technique worked very well!
I covered the tracing with red permanent marker. After having the milk jug for two years in the rusty state, I was suddenly unable to wait the amount of time it would have taken to go get a paint pen. The color looks great so far - not sure how it will hold up or fade yet. But I can always trace back over it.
I love the back of the bottle - so cheerful!
Now we have a pretty little stand in our entry way for the flag when not flying and umbrellas, canes, etc. I love it.
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