home-made chalk board.

i recently had someone inquire about how I made our chalkboards for the wedding (and since I have 10 followers...well..you know who you are;)

i'll keep this as simple as possible - as if I know any other way:)

UP/DOWN find something cute/cool/fun that you think would be even greater with the ability to write on with chalk.

In our case: old windows we found on the side of the road. In your case: could be a wall in your kitchen/child's bedroom, a cutout piece of wood, a mirror...whateva:)

clean it up. Whether this means dusting or sanding. Just get it nice and smooth:)

PS. there's that $1200 (aka. $75 couch:)

UP grab some chalk board paint from your local hardware store. THIS is the stuff I got. You can get either paint or spray. I think it's really your preference and I'm sure you'll find that paint works better for different projects (maybe larger:).

UP paint it onnnnn. der;) And follow the simple instructions on the bottle or can. It will, basically, be telling you to clean the area, paint on smoothly. Allow x number of hours to dry and repeat one or 2 more times.

UP/DOWN dryinggggg. Keep cats away:)

also...be sure to rub some chalk on the item after it's completely dried for 3 days. Rub chalk on and then wipe off. This will help to make it....I'm really not sure. BUT those are the instructions:)

below are some additional chalk board type projects we did in regards to the wedding:)

UP/DOWN here we used the spray paint. Super easy.

DOWN the kiddos had a blast with these:)

UP we used some windows as welcome signs, others for directions and more for some quotes that we had picked out:)

DOWN once they're out of our hands though...we have no control over whether they'll be used for good or evil;)

and now I feel SUPER crafty. Until next time!!!:)