Egg-a-Rrific Chalkboard Picture

This is such an easy project and I love the black and blue together.  

Remember this frame?  I used the red one for my Valentine Hanging Hearts.  I love these frames and got them for very little at Michael's, so, I couldn't help myself and purchased five (in different sizes of course).

 This cute little decal, I got at WalMart.  I wanted to use them on my large glass storage containers, but, they didn't want to conform to the rounded surface. 

I just cut some white burlap to fit under the glass and popped the sticker on top.  I tried my hand at a little chalk art, but, I think my kids smudged it a little.  The bigger they are the higher they can reach.

Anyway, have an "egg" cellent day!

xoxo

Chalkboard Lazy Susan

Happy Monday everybody -- I missed you all last week, it was a little wild around here.  Let's just say that a woman of my size and age should not fall over a child gate.  Yep, that's what happened -- my bruised pride and ribs are healing up fine this week.  Anyway, on to my latest craft.  I love doing daycare (apart from falling over a child gate), but, I always find it a challenge to decorate my home.  If it is within a child's reach, they think it's for them to play with.  What has happened to; You can look, but, not touch Mrs. Rhonda's pretties.  I bought a Lazy susan at Saver's a while back for very little money.  I have always wanted one, but, didn't know how it would work.  As soon as I put in on the table, my daycare kids were catapulting things off of it.  It was not pretty -- a little dangerous at times.  Needless to say, I had to put it away.   

Well, I got it out the other day and decided to paint it with chalkboard paint.  

After sanding it down a little, I covered it with about three coats of chalkboard paint.

This was the original color, and

this was after the third coat of chalkboard paint.

After painting, I covered it with chalk and let it set for a little bit.

Here it is with it's new coat of paint.  I love the black color.  I really didn't think I would like it, but, it sets off all the colors in my table runner.

Now, the super cute bottles and holder came from Decor Steals (I am so addicted to Decor Steals right now).  I took a bunch of red tulips from The Dollar Tree and cut the stems apart.  I put one stem per bottle with the exception of two end bottles where I put two red Dollar Tree candles.  This look is totally me.  A very casual elegance -- trying to find pretty in all of my chaos.  The best part, I can remove all breakables to the counter and  easily return it after hours.

  

I put extra chalk into an egg cup.

I love this rooster.  He is so colorful and just adds the perfect wow to this little table scape.

 Oh, and the kids love it.  They don't even try to fling toys from it anymore -- YEAH!!!

xxxooo

Chalkboard Labels

Wow, I got up this morning and checked my email and saw that Pick your Plum had my labels - hee hee.

So, I thought I'd better show you what I did.

I like the BIG one with two clothes pins.

I really like these.  I open bags sometimes and forget when I did it.  This way, I can keep the bag closed and know when I opened it.

It all started with these cuties that I got at Michael's (no longer $1.00, but, $1.50).  I loved them, but, they were not big enough for some of the things I wanted to label.

So, I looked and found these cute rectangles for really cheap.  They were in the kids craft section (they also have circles).

I just took my clothes pins apart and panted them all white.  I also painted my little ones that aren't shown.

I used the small ones from Michael's in my office.

I think they are so cute.

Now, I want to make them in different colors.  I made the pink ones for my youngest daughter, Jean.  

Remember when I found this cute little container?  Go here to see.  I love it in my office, but, I want to find another one for my girls makeup.  How cute would that be.

Anyway, the projects are endless and so is the size.  Happy Labeling!

Thanks for stopping by,

Rhonda

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My Counter Chalk Board

I put up a new chalkboard.  This one sits at the end of my kitchen counter.  The kids can draw and keep busy while I am on the phone, with a parent, or just making lunch.  I can also write a quite note to let my parents know what is going on that day.  Below, I just let them know that we are working on the letter A this week.

Remember this cork board?  Well I took the cork off of an old cork board.  I didn't want to throw it out because it was a nice frame. 

So, I just cut a  piece of  foam board to fit inside of my frame and painted it with chalkboard paint.  I also brushed some barn red onto the corkboard frame.

I cut the foam board (from the dollar store) so that it would fit snug enough not to have to glue it.  I can recreate something else when I get tired of the chalkboard.  Oh, I just used command strips to hold it to the counter.  I had the command strips and the paint, so, I just spent $1.00.

The kids love it.  This is what it looks like today.

Love chalkboard paint.

Rhonda

Chalkboard Jars

I am jumping in on the chalkboard paint wagon.  I am totally in love with it.  Almost as much as I love the Dollar Store.  I was so excited about my project, I forgot to take before pictures. 

These were just cute little jars with white lids (from the Dollar Store), and a smooth flat surface.  Perfect for chalkboard paint.  I taped it off,

and sprayed --  look how cute.  So, I did two more.  I need to invest in one of those marker chalk pens or something like that.  I think it would work better than regular chalk.

They are so cute and match my little white tray.  I have one for Raisins, Cranberries, and Golden Raisins.  A treat all my little ones love.

Oh, and I tied some jute on them too.  I love the country feel.