it must be part nesting instinct and part common sense but i've been motivated to get a bunch of things done before this baby shows up. and i really appreciate having a husband who is willing to help me, considering a few of the things i wanted done i couldn't exactly do by myself.
one of the projects though i did all by myself...i just need eric to hang it for me :). i started this particular project ages ago but ran out of materials and had to wait until i collected more to finish. i'm not even sure where i got this idea, but it turned out great and i can't wait to get it on the wall!
i took a piece of plywood, painted it with metallic paint and then a few coats of chalkboard paint. i did have eric cut it for me one day to give it a rectangular shape instead of a square, but that was only b/c he was already using the saw. i also had to sand it down between coats of chalkboard paint as it was grooved from the grain of the wood. once all of that was prepped i took my handy dandy hot glue gun and glued the corks around the edges. i got around once, but didn't have enough to do the second layer until after my recent trip to CA, where my mom has been saving up wine corks for me :). the amount of wine we have consumed in the last 9 months is considerably less than usual, for obvious reasons, so i've been stealing corks wherever i could find them!
i actually ended up with more corks than i needed...anyone want their own wine cork chalkboard?
2 comments:
Great idea, Marisa! It's funny - I had a similar idea recently, so it was cool seeing yours turn out! Maybe I'll try it afterall. (If you're wondering, I was thinking of "slicking" the wine corks, then turning them into a cork board/chalkboard type of thing.)
Thanks also for the kind words on my blog last week. I appreciate your prayers!
Hope all is well! No doubt you are counting down the days!!!
*"Slicking" = "slicing"
Quite a difference, especially since I don't know how one would "slick" a wine cork.
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