Painted suitcase!

Before I started painting on canvas I did flower paintings on watering cans, and small furniture pieces. I got this suitcase 20 years ago for $1.50 at the thrift store. I knew it would make a perfect surface for painting with ordinary craft paints. I needed something to hold my garden catalogs. This was when I spent a lot of time in the garden. I loved planting seeds and seeing what  appeared 4-5 months later!

Flower favorites

for-get-me-nots, morning glory(heavenly blue),bachelor buttons, red and white geraniums , delphiniums, CA poppies, pansy and johnny-jump-ups, stock, sweet peas and SUNFLOWERS!