When I was planning a few things for my
sister in law’s baby shower this weekend I decided I wanted to have a mini
chalkboard for the ‘wear your guess’ table. I have a mini chalkboard but it is currently hanging from Little Man’s play tent and looks super cute there.
The
options were either go to Typo and buy a new one or make one. Since I already
had chalkboard paint all I needed was something to make into a chalkboard.
Thrift store frames are so perfect for so many DIY jobs and this was a good
one!
I scored this frame for just $5 at my local
St Vincent de Paul’s shop. The opening is an 8 x 10 inch photo, perfect for
this project.
After a quick clean (and removal of the
glass) I used my ‘chalk paint’ mix to cover the frame with two coats of
Taubmans flat white (special chalk paint mix by me). For more info about chalk
paint see my earlier post HERE.
The particle board backing is a perfect
smooth surface to make a chalkboard out of. I took it out and gave it two good coats
of black chalkboard paint and set it outside to dry.
Whilst it was drying I turned to Pinterest
for some inspiration and tutorials of how to do the design bit. I found LOADS
of gorgeous fonts but the one I ended up using was Simon Script (available for
free at www.dafont.com).
I hand drew what I wanted on a piece of
paper and then covered the entire back with chalk from a standard piece of
pavement chalk.
I tacked it on to my mini chalkboard using
Blu-tack and traced over my design using a pencil. It really worked!
Any imperfections were easily erased using a
fine tip paintbrush and water. Perfect!
Here is my finished product. I will add a
photo with it styled at the baby shower tomorrow. For now you just get the
final product!
Everyone loves a before and after!
xx Tess
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