Seed Crate

It is planting season, and planting means flowers, and seeds, and gardens, and potting sheds. Funky Junk Old Sign Stencils has such a lovely line of HIGH QUALITY stencils.

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See them HERE (note the price you see is in Canadian, so the US price is less.)

 The latest stencils are such a lovely size and they work great as they are or in bits and pieces like I stenciled on this small crate I made.

I made the crate from some pallet scraps or ends I had from another project.  You can see complete step by step instructions in my book Crafting with Wood Pallets (Get the book HERE).

I painted the box white and stenciled just the word seeds in black on the sides. I added metal handles. I sanded it fairly heavily for an aged look and then stained over everything.

I love crates like this for centerpiece boxes, to hold coffee goodies on the counter, for paper plates and napkins, in a bathroom for toilet paper and lotions, or to plant in. 

Where would you use it?