DIY wood slice chalkboard

A few weeks ago, on our first big Joann's Fabrics run (that place is seriously heaven to a crafter), we saw these beautiful wood slices and instantly fell in love... we might be crazy. I had always wanted to make my own, but buying it from them just seemed so much easier! Plus they hand out coupons like nobody's business so we were able to get a pretty good deal on it.  Once we had it home in our tiny apartment we knew what we had to do-combine our new love of wood slices with our love of chalkboard paint. It turned out beautifully, did it not? We were thinking it would make the perfect addition to the center of our table for our Friendsgiving coming up. This is our first year hosting a Friendsgiving and we are just so excited! (like the pun on our wood slice?) Though this will be the perfect centerpiece for Friendsgiving, it can also serve so many other functions! What would you write on it? -a clover & a bee check out our other chalkboard projects here

A few weeks ago, on our first big Joann's Fabrics run (that place is seriously heaven to a crafter), we saw these beautiful wood slices and instantly fell in love... we might be crazy. I had always wanted to make my own, but buying it from them just seemed so much easier! Plus they hand out coupons like nobody's business so we were able to get a pretty good deal on it.  Once we had it home in our tiny apartment we knew what we had to do-combine our new love of wood slices with our love of chalkboard paint. It turned out beautifully, did it not? We were thinking it would make the perfect addition to the center of our table for our Friendsgiving coming up. This is our first year hosting a Friendsgiving and we are just so excited! (like the pun on our wood slice?) Though this will be the perfect centerpiece for Friendsgiving, it can also serve so many other functions! What would you write on it? -a clover & a bee check out our other chalkboard projects here

chalkboard paint terracotta pots

If you have been following our blog for awhile you have probably figured out that we are sort of suckers for projects that use chalkboard paint. I just love the way chalkboards look and feel (perhaps it is the teacher in me ;) ) so I love any excuse to add chalkboard paint to a surface. Our bring the plants inside project was the perfect excuse to whip that can of paint out yet again.

I think my favorite part about these two new pots is that they will never look the same! As I get bored with them or as they inevitably get water on the outside thus smudging my beautiful designs I can change easily wipe them clean and start again! And of course, professor was glad to step in and help out during the photo taking process. That little stinker sat right in the background of my shot... I thought it was cute though.

You can check out our other projects with chalkboard paint here and our other ideas in our bring the plants inside project here.

What designs would you add with chalk?

-a clover and a bee

If you have been following our blog for awhile you have probably figured out that we are sort of suckers for projects that use chalkboard paint. I just love the way chalkboards look and feel (perhaps it is the teacher in me ;) ) so I love any excuse to add chalkboard paint to a surface. Our bring the plants inside project was the perfect excuse to whip that can of paint out yet again.

I think my favorite part about these two new pots is that they will never look the same! As I get bored with them or as they inevitably get water on the outside thus smudging my beautiful designs I can change easily wipe them clean and start again! And of course, professor was glad to step in and help out during the photo taking process. That little stinker sat right in the background of my shot... I thought it was cute though.

You can check out our other projects with chalkboard paint here and our other ideas in our bring the plants inside project here.

What designs would you add with chalk?

-a clover and a bee

chalkboard coffee cart

We go through weird phases of crafting obsessions on our blog. For a while it was bleach, then studs, then embroidery, and now I guess we are a little bit obsessed with chalkboard paint (I've already thought of our next project!).

Last summer I found this old ugly cart at a thrift store for only a couple bucks, so I brought it home and spray painted it this beautiful aquamarine. This summer, with chalk board paint on the brain, I walked by my beautiful little cart and had an epiphany, What if the top of the cart.... was a chalkboard?!?

So I acted on destiny, whipped out our chalkboard paint, scrubbed down the cart, and began painting. Once done I added the age old question, "tea or coffee," with my chalk, though you could ad labels for specific kinds of coffee you brewed ("hey this one is decaf!) and so on. I absolutely adore the way it turned out, don't you?

Have you had any crafting epiphany's lately?

-Leah

We go through weird phases of crafting obsessions on our blog. For a while it was bleach, then studs, then embroidery, and now I guess we are a little bit obsessed with chalkboard paint (I've already thought of our next project!).

Last summer I found this old ugly cart at a thrift store for only a couple bucks, so I brought it home and spray painted it this beautiful aquamarine. This summer, with chalk board paint on the brain, I walked by my beautiful little cart and had an epiphany, What if the top of the cart.... was a chalkboard?!?

So I acted on destiny, whipped out our chalkboard paint, scrubbed down the cart, and began painting. Once done I added the age old question, "tea or coffee," with my chalk, though you could ad labels for specific kinds of coffee you brewed ("hey this one is decaf!) and so on. I absolutely adore the way it turned out, don't you?

Have you had any crafting epiphany's lately?

-Leah

chalkboard dresser re-style

Being a poor college student from halfway across the states, unsure of where I'll be in the next year, I find it difficult to invest in furniture. This dresser came from Leah's wonderful family (apparently if I seem desperate enough, furniture just falls right into my hands). They told my I could do whatever I wanted with it, basically, so I decided enough was enough with the brown drawers that clashed with the beige walls and also brown carpet. 

Leah and I have an abundance of chalkboard paint, and as I am a huge fan of neutral colors, a black chalkboard dresser seemed like the perfect solution. It just took an evening and about an hour to make sure it was all painted, and I love how it turned out! 

What else could you turn into an awesome chalkboard? (everything!)

-Erin

Being a poor college student from halfway across the states, unsure of where I'll be in the next year, I find it difficult to invest in furniture. This dresser came from Leah's wonderful family (apparently if I seem desperate enough, furniture just falls right into my hands). They told my I could do whatever I wanted with it, basically, so I decided enough was enough with the brown drawers that clashed with the beige walls and also brown carpet. 

Leah and I have an abundance of chalkboard paint, and as I am a huge fan of neutral colors, a black chalkboard dresser seemed like the perfect solution. It just took an evening and about an hour to make sure it was all painted, and I love how it turned out! 

What else could you turn into an awesome chalkboard? (everything!)

-Erin

DIY chalkboard calendar

When we are not busy blogging here on e plus l, erin and I both work as baristas at a place called Mojo's Coffee Bar (actually where we became friends and even where we thought of starting a blog!). It is really fun to work together, the problem is that we have completely opposite schedules most of the time! We decided it would be easier to keep track of each others work schedule if we had an awesome calendar to write it on. So I snagged up an old board, some painters tape, and some chalk paint and set off to work.



I knew I wanted to have wood showing for my end result so I used it as a way to outline my calendar. I sectioned of my board with painters tape, added a few coats and a few details with white acrylic paint, and voila! A beautiful chalkboard calendar to keep track of each of our schedules. Sad though that the first thing we had to write is erin leaving me for 10 days...

- e plus l

When we are not busy blogging here on e plus l, erin and I both work as baristas at a place called Mojo's Coffee Bar (actually where we became friends and even where we thought of starting a blog!). It is really fun to work together, the problem is that we have completely opposite schedules most of the time! We decided it would be easier to keep track of each others work schedule if we had an awesome calendar to write it on. So I snagged up an old board, some painters tape, and some chalk paint and set off to work.



I knew I wanted to have wood showing for my end result so I used it as a way to outline my calendar. I sectioned of my board with painters tape, added a few coats and a few details with white acrylic paint, and voila! A beautiful chalkboard calendar to keep track of each of our schedules. Sad though that the first thing we had to write is erin leaving me for 10 days...

- e plus l