Friday, February 20, 2009

Lets make something!

 

Have you seen these....

plaque

I got them at the Dollar Store after seeing a post on them at Joys of Home.  Then Amanda at Imperfectly Beautiful made something with them.  If you live near her you better hope you can find any of these, cause she is buying them up!

So I thought I would do a chalkboard out of them.

cbpaint

So I got my trusty chalkboard paint out and went to town.  Then I let it dry.

paint

Then I took the green paint and put polka dots all around the edge.   It was a bit neon looking so I toned it down by off seating the teal on top of the green after the green had dried.

dblpd

Next I just added a cute little ribbon and Whalah!!!

hang

Easy Peasy!!!

thank you

ValSig1

20 comments:

Dawn @ simply transparent said...

good job..very cute!

Mike Golch said...

good idea! I hope that you are having a great day!

Southerner said...

I bought these when I saw them on the other site and I forgot about them! I wonder where they are. I must have stuffed them in my entertainment center or closet somewhere.

littletoesandcheerios said...

Man I gotta get some of that chalkboard paint!! How cool.
Having trouble with the big head little body pics....need your help.

j said...

Those are so cute! I haven't seen them. I like the chalkboard idea. I didn't turn the sign thingy into a chalkboard because it was uneven. I am posting pics soon! It turned out pretty cute.

Have a great weekend Valarie!

Leigh of Tales from Bloggeritaville said...

I saw these too and LOVED!!! I am going to get some for my girls trip to the beach for craft night.

Yours look great!

Muthering Heights said...

Adorable!

mah-meeee said...

you always make these things look sooo easy!

love them!

Sandra said...

I have definitely gotta go to the Dollar Store and look for these! I have been wanting something like this to put outside my office door at the school I work at. Several people have some that they have paid someone to do for them professionally. I think I can do this and save a lot of money! Thanks!

Georgia Girl said...

woohoo...I bought a bunch of them also. saw Amber with them and we had just gotten a huge new Dollar Tree so I snatched those babies up...just have to do something with them...since your sharing I guess I will copy one of mine with chalkboard paint...I have been wanting one with that stuff, now going to go get some paint.

Jules from "The Roost" said...

CUTE!!!!:0)

Lorie said...

Hello- I want one - hint-hint
Love ya!
Lorie

Thrifty Decor Chick said...

Adorable! I want JUST ONE! Our dollar store has none! (I think Amanda traveled here and bought them all.) HA!

Tammy said...

Such a good idea. Love the dots.

Unknown said...

I love this!

Rhea said...

Oh, that's totally awesome. It looks easy to make and cheap. LOVE it. You are so creative.

Anonymous said...

Great idea!

Louise said...

Love it :)

Unknown said...

So cute. I am going to have to make a couple of these for friends.

Mandi Shandi said...

GENIUS! I am so gonna do this. I could really use one of these in my kitchen. Thanks for sharing.