DIY Chalkboard 1st Birthday Photo Display
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Shelly@The Domestic Heart
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My son turned one this month, so I had a lot of fun doing DIY projects for his party. One of them was this photo chalkboard displaying all of his monthly photos from his first year of life.
There are a ton of different ways of displaying first-year photos, and I really wanted something simple, multifunctional, and little bit rustic; a little chalkboard in the mix never hurts either!
There are a ton of different ways of displaying first-year photos, and I really wanted something simple, multifunctional, and little bit rustic; a little chalkboard in the mix never hurts either!
All I did was take an old, chippy, aqua window (isn’t it gorgeous??) I’ve had around for a while and turned it into a chalkboard. To do this I cleaned up the front of the glass, removing old paint and sticky spots. I covered the glass with newspaper and added a few coats of polyurethane to the frame to lock in the chipping paint, because I’m 99% sure that’s lead paint (note the gorgeous crackle finish!).
Next, I taped off the frame and sprayed the glass with Chalkboard Spray Paint. I let it dry between each coat and did 3 coats. Then I primed it with a piece of chalk and my new chalkboard was ready to go!
MMM cake is good!
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Published January 26th, 2015 10:32 PM
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