I was just about to dump this pickle jar last week when inspiration hit. I gave it a couple of coats of robin's egg blue spray paint. Once that was dry, I added a chalkboard paper tag. It's kind of small so I really had to squeeze in the word fleurs on there. Add some faux flowers from the Dollar store and voila, instant pickle jar vase! Definitely my speed on these scorching summer days we've...
I found this frame at an estate sale a couple of months ago. At first, I was going to paint it white but the blue hue kind of grew on me. It's kind of a weird, long size so I wasn't sure what to do with it. Finally, I decided to make it into a chalkboard frame. I attached some self-sticking chalkboard paper to a cardboard insert. I simply slipped it in the slots. There...
My craft room/office is a disaster. There, I said it. I'm slowly trying to get things in order starting with some of these jars: I'm really loving this chalkboard paper. I wish I had heard about it sooner. I used my Cricut to cut it into these cute tags. Now I can easily identify what I need instead of digging through a pile of everything. I'm just giddy over how organized I am now! Now to...
A few weeks ago my sister, Kathy from Creative Home Expressions mentioned chalkboard paper in a comment on my blog. Well, of course that got the wheels turning for this garage sale mirror I got over the summer: I loved the gold frame and used chalkboard paint over the mirror. Unbeknownst to me, when the paint dried and I tried to prime it, the scratches and scribbles were awfully noticeable. Look closely, you can see the epic...
