DIY GINORMOUS CHALKBOARD

 Hey y'all so over the weekend I decided I needed a new chalkboard in my home because the other 10 I have were just not enough, ha! The reality is I had no plans for a new chalkboard, I usually have this long list of crafts or projects I want to tackle and this was just not on the list. Whatever the case I made it happen! Oh forgive me for not taking as many pictures, but sometimes I'm half way through a project when I realize that I want to blog about it, anywho here we go....

So I knew I wanted the chalkboard to be big! I initially intended on hanging it and wanted to take up most of the wall. So for the frame we purchased some crown molding, we spent about $22.00 for 2 8ft long pieces.

After conditioning the wood I used a stain I had previously used on another project and its one of my favorite stains KONA.

 After staining the crown molding

I used Valspar chalkboard paint and touch up paint kit, both items were about $13

After the first coat of chalkboard paint, I did 2 coats! I purchased a large piece of pine wood and lightly sanded it down before applying the first coat.

We went back and forth on how to attach the frame to the chalkboard, ultimately we decided on using gorilla glue. Both the hubbs and I were a bit concern on how well the glue will hold, but so far so good! Ive used gorilla glue for other projects and haven't had a problem so ultimately I think it will be fine. The reality is I was too lazy to make another trip to Lowe's to buy the correct nails, so you might want to consider doing that!

The finishing touch was a drawer handle I purchased for around $3, it holds my chalk!

So I ended up putting the chalkboard on my mantel, my mantel has been a work in progress for far too long. Believe it or not I'm not crazy about decorating my mantel for holidays, I think I'm still concentrating on my everyday decor that focusing on holidays gets pricey and just don't have time for it. 

Total cost of the chalkboard was around $60! 

Anywho I hope you guys liked the new chalkboard, I'm pretty crazy about it! Love to hear about your DIY chalkboard ideas. As always thanks for stopping by!

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Dyeing Doilies had been featured!   AAAhhhhh! Come check it out at Summo's Sweet Stuff!

Dyeing Doilies!

I would like to say that dyeing doilies was totally my idea but it wasn't! Of course other than the fact that you can find several pins on Pinterest, my friend Jessica from Party Love mentioned if I ever thought about dyeing doilies, and I really hadn't. I guess its something I probably would have eventually done since I love me some doilies but it was definitely not on my craft to do list. Anywho after she mentioned it I couldn't stop thinking about it and thought of how cute they would look, so I gave it a go....

So my first stop was the craft store to pick up dye! A colorful doily garland was in the works!

I followed the instructions inside the dye box for the most part, except i didn't use all the dye in the box and didn't wait the 30 min. The colors were a little darker than I expected although I'm not sure why since they're pretty close to the color on the box, ha! other than the pink.

While at the craft store I also picked up some trim to use for the garland. At this point I cut my doilies in half and started to glue gun away.

How cute is that garland, huh! I also did a hoop with one of the dyed doilies!

So lately Ive made an effort to not be so wasteful and use most of the material I have so I decided to do another garland!

I glued the other halves to some flag burlap that I cut out.

Oh I just love the way it came out! Can you spy the other Pinterest project in this picture?

and alright I just had to make one more little garland! I love scrabble pieces! and since I still had 2 doilies left I made this little garland to go on a hoop.

Ta-da! 

Alrighty guys I'm pretty sure Ive doilied you out, ha! I had lots of fun making these garlands, and I hope y'all give it a go too!

Thanks for stopping by! comments are always welcome and please keep checking back!

© Denise Arrieta and Rustic Vintage Love, 2013. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Denise Arrieta and Rustic Vintage Love with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.