I am Losing it!

About 5 minutes after my post last night, guess what was found? That darn memory card reader thing (sorry I have no idea what the real name is). My Husband found it in a place I looked 3 times, I HATE when that happens.

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OK I am going to tell you how to make those chalkboards.

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Materials to be used:

1) Wood - A smooth Pine board works just fine, but not to knotty.

2) Paint - Your color of choice.

3) Making Tape

4) Chalkboard Paint

5) Rub on Decals

6) A sawtooth hanger, twine, wire, or ribbon - Whatever your preference for hanging.

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I was lucky enough to get about 4 bundles of hard wood drawer faces (the fronts of dresser drawers that were never assembled). They work great for these chalkboards, but they are a little heavy. Obviously you are not going to have extra drawer faces lying around, but any piece of wood will work. Lowe's has pre cut wood in all sizes. Paint the whole thing the color of your choice. Then take masking tape and tape all the way around the edges, you can also tape off a square at the top to leave painted so you can embellish it later. Once everything is taped, paint on the chalkboard paint. I use the kind that you apply with a brush, but I am sure you could use the spray paint kind. To embellish the square in the middle you can paint something if you feel artistic, a pretty flower, a Fleur de lis, or you can use a rub on decal. I am sure you have seen them at Walmart, Micheals, AC Moore, etc. I used roosters, topiaries and sunflowers on the ones I've made, it really makes them professional looking. If you want to hang them you can nail a sawtooth hanger on the back; or drill holes through the top as I did for wire, twine, or ribbon.

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I wish I could take better pictures, but I think you get the point.

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Any questions, let me know. I would love to see all of yours when you finish them.

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I have a lot of things I want to accomplish this weekend, we will see if that happens. Either way I will have something for tomorrow. ( I have been working on a few things) Hopefully I will be able to add more to Etsy too!

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