anthro {pot} ogie

I saw these little numbered pots in Anthropologie and thought they were perfection:

$12 each though?
Maybe not so perfect. So, I stored the idea back in my mind for future use. My brain hurts sometimes because I try to keep too many ideas.
Fast forward about a month and I was in the Target dollar spot (hard to imagine, isn't it :)

Anyway, I see these great little tin buckets for $1 a piece and bought a couple (they're great for storing crayons, sidewalk chalk, binkies, etc.

Then last week I see these black and white hang-y things to put in a doorway in the dollar spot section for $2.50
They caught my eye though because of the shape and the little metal rings that they were connected with.
The anthro pot suddenly came to the front of my mind. Cha-ching!
They're not going to look exactly like Anthro's but the look will be inspired by it.

First, I'm going to take these little fake potted ferns I found at Michaels for 2.49 each. That whole store seems to be on clearance! These are the same ones I used outside~love them, so I bought some more.
Then, I went to our favorite free font site, dafont.com and downloaded numberpile font for free. (this is the same site I used for the monogram onesies )

Then, I printed a 1 and 2 off at 150 font size. (The 1 is capital B and the 2 is capital C)

I cut them out, leaving a little white around the black circle so if (okay, when) I cut unevenly you won't be able to tell against the white background. Then, I just used a glue stick to glue them to a white circle and just hooked the little wire circle part to the bucket and stuck the ferns inside. It left a perfect little white rim around the number:

I'm putting them in the laundry room and I'll promise I'll show you where in a little bit. It's coming though~I'll show you my progress as I move along...

So, now what do I do with all of these??

Make a number label for everything in my house?
My daughters don't have their ears pierced yet and have tried to clip some on as earrings. My son tried to clip them to his nose.
Lovely...

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