I ordered this as a utensil crock and found it much too large for my kitchen counter, BUT; I also found it to be a beautiful addition to my front porch with flowers of the season placed inside for all to view.  With that in mind, when you choose the color for your imprint, if your intentions are to put it outside, you most likely would want a color to coordinate with your house coloring.  Not realizing how large it was, I chose a color to coordinate with my kitchen.  Now I wish it was a different color!  It is still immensely beautiful.