Another Use for Junk Mail

Don't we all get too much junk mail?  The other day, when my sister got the mail, there it was - another piece of junk mail.  My sister looked at me and said, "you're a crafty person, why can't you figure out a way to use some of this junk mail besides throwing it into the recycling bin?"  Well, I thought about it for a couple of days and here's what I came up with.  I combined two of my favorite things, crafting and gardening, and came up with a junk mail planter.  It's easy to make and a good use of junk mail.

First I took a medium size clay pot and washed it thoroughly.

I painted the exterior with two coats of white craft paint.  Then I took a couple of pieces of junk mail and using a pair of scrap booking scissors, I cut the junk mail into different size pieces.  I used a pair of scissors that left an vvvvvv edge on the paper.  Next I traced around the edges of the paper with different colored permanent markers - this adds a little color.

Using Mod Podge, I glued the pieces of paper onto the clay pot.  I used strips of paper around the top of the pot.  When it was dry, I covered my planter with three coats of Mod Podge.  There you have it.  It only took a few hours to make, and now, I have a really cool planter.