Hi there! Don't have a card today! I do have a cool and fun project to share though! How is your week going so far? Did you buy your turkey? I drove by the grocery store last night and the parking lot was crazy-town! I'm glad I already did most of the shopping. Next week already! I'm excited for Thanksgiving and shopping and general holidaze! It's time people! Get ready!
My lovely and amazing friend Brenda had the good fortune of receiving some beautiful birch tree branches from her neighbor a while back and we have been brainstorming what to do with them… My first thought was chalkboard paint! So I bought the paint (Martha Stewart Black Chalkboard Paint from Michael's) and white Sharpie Markers and some White chalk and then we finally got together last week to make it all happen. The ideas kept evolving and Brenda's kind husband (a gentleman AND a scholar) cut little pieces of the branches for us to use. We had a marvelous day in the studio making gift tags, ornaments and pins for Christmas.
Brenda did a wonderful tutorial on her blog, so I thought I would just post some photos of my finished items. This is really a super fun and easy project – with great results! Gather up some birch pieces or wood pieces from the craft store, Chalkboard paint, white paint, chalk or markers, and fun embellishments! The chalkboard paint dries really quickly on the wood. We used medium sized paint brushes and we used two coats for a nice thick black. (This is also a good place to note that if you mess up your white paint, you can put on another layer of Chalkboard paint….ask me how I know this!)
Here is our lovely pile of beautiful birch slices! We did some larger sized ones too, but I think both of us liked the small ones better. My favorite are the 2 inch ones that I made into Christmas pins by putting a pin back on with some hot glue!
I love that each one came out differently! You can really use any embellishments and make them unique and special. I really like the little boxwood greenery – just feels so festive. My favorite pin is the little stag head one. I think I'll be sportin' that one here pretty soon! I am still mad for the deer/stag/antlers craze!! Have a wonderful week. I'll be back on Friday with a blog hop for the new Simon Says Stamp Mini Christmas release! It's called "From All of Us!" Take care crafty girls! XO
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5 responses to “Chalkboard Pins and ornaments!”
Oh, these are so super cool and very trendy!
LOVE them so very much too!
so gorgeous..would love to make them together with Brenda and you..would be so much fun..
like you also love that stag head..(they are all so cute together).. the painted ones are super too..they all have there own personality…so to say!
I have some Martha Stewart chalkboard tags and embellishments and have tried all kinds of inks/pens for a permanent finish. Nothing works (too slick?) I’ll try a sharpie.
Loved your SSS post yesterday!
These are just adorable and so festive!!!! I love the deer stag too! It made me smile big! :). Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! 🙂
Wanda, how neat are these! I love the idea, and I think they make awesome Christmas gifts. I’ll have to see if I can track down some birch slices somewhere. Thanks for sharing your uberness and always inspiring 🙂