I happened upon this creature at my local Goodwill.  

Actually, it was a lot uglier in person, glazed with a 1970s palette of creamy brown with brown highlights.  Yuck.  I had just made my first spray of primer when I realized I hadn't taken a "before" photo, so I snapped a quick pic before getting back to work.

A coat of spray primer and a couple coats of gloss white spray paint later, it's all cute and modern.

The next time you come across a ceramic animal with a bad paint job, give it a second look and imagine what it might look like with some fresh paint.  Not every animal is worth saving, of course, but you never know until you try!

Hollie

P.S.  I also saw on a different blog that someone bought up a bunch of ugly ceramic cats from a thrift store and painted them black for her Halloween decorations.  What a great idea!  I wish I could find the blog again to show you the pictures, but I searched and it didn't come up.  If you know which one it is, let me know!  I think I might have seen the post on a link party.