Turn a watering can into a beautiful addition to your garden

 One day when looking at gardens on Pinterest I came across a picture of a Watering Can that Pours Crystals. It was stunning, and since I am a sucker for all things sparkly I knew I just had to recreate this beauty.

I searched for a metal watering cans with a removable spout and I searched for metal watering cans that weren’t crazy expensive at every antique store we stumbled upon. I just couldn’t find what I was looking for. When I finally came across a small watering container that was slightly scratched and on clearance at the local craft store, I figured I could come up with a way to “make it work”. I’m not going to lie, anytime I think…I can make this work…I always hear those words in a  Tim Gunn voice.

I started with my little scratched watering can, and scratched off the rest of the words with the side of my scissors. Since I wasn’t gentle with removing the letters I scratched the can a little too, this was easily fixed by going over the area with super fine sandpaper.

I took the beads I purchased as well as leftover beads and separated them into groups by the size. That way I knew exactly what I had to work with to create the cascading water droplets. I made sure only to use clear crystal like beads and silver beads. You could use any type of sparkly beads that you would like. I bet this would be beautiful with colorful crystal like beads!

 I used fishing line to string my beads together to make the sparkly water drops. I started with putting one bead on the fishing line and tying it off. Then stinging the rest of the beads onto the fishing line. The first bead, that was tied off at the bottom, worked as a stopper and kept all the other beads from falling off the string. I made a total of six strings of beads. Each string had a different order of bead sizes and a random number of beads. I made sure to leave and extra long end to the fishing line so I would be able to feed it through the watering can.

Since the spout of the can wasn’t removable I feed the fishing line through the holes in the watering individually and tied them all off at the length I wanted. I secured the fishing line to the handle of the watering can with a double knot.

Once it was finished I hung my sparkling watering can outside on a shepherds hook. Every time I look at my watering can and the light glistening off the beads it makes me smile! Maybe if I ever find a larger watering can I will make a second one to hang besides my small watering can!

I would love to see your garden creations! Instagram me @anaiminghighwife