🎵 Oh what fun it is to ride...🎵
Actually... Oh what fun it is to repurpose! Especially when it is something headed to the trash and ends up to be fabulous!! 
Today I'm repurposing the second of 2 large canvas paintings my daughter was throwing away. 
I just love how it came out and I can't wait to hang it up for Christmas! 
Take a look...

It's Christmas in July to get all you crafters ready for the holiday season! Today I'm showing you how to make an easy Christmas ornament using chalkboard and slate shapes.

I haven't had my sewing machine out in years but since life has changed, I am now teaching my preschool class from home.

My day and my project began with a walk around the neighborhood and a great find!  Wow! Another great find just sitting out for the garbage man. Last week I found another fabulous find! It's been some great week for vintage treasures.

This project began with another repurposed kitchen 
cabinet door. 
A repurposed cabinet door and a piece of chalkboard I found at Tuesday Morning, a store by me that has a little of everything. 
The first thing I needed to do was to choose a color for my cabinet door and since I love green I decided on a chalky paint by DecoArt that would be the perfect "garden green". 
I stenciled a bee from the DecoArt stencil Americana Decor Collection onto the chalkboard in white so it looked like chalk but would always be there. I then cut the chalkboard to fit the center of the cabinet door and used wood glue to adhere it. 
The bee came in a pack of 2 stencils with a couple of cute bird stencils. 
Once I glued the chalkboard into the center of the cabinet door I added a Scrabble ledge to hold th…

Repurposed kitchen cabinet door projects!  Day made!  A friend called me with a curb alert... well actually it was more like a store alert.  Someone was throwing out the contents of their cabinet store... did I want it? 😳 I was soon on my way and filled up my car. I could have filled up a truck but I had to draw the line somewhere. 
Some of the cabinets were wall displays with doors that opened.  For this project, I removed the door and drawer front from the frame. I'm only going to use the frame this time. I glued and nailed the drawer front to the bottom of the frame. 
Next, I cut a piece of pre-made chalkboard from the hardware store to fit the door space.  I glued and nailed the chalkboard onto the back of the larger space.  This cabinet is a beautiful natural wood color with a clear fini…

I'm using what I have in the junk pile today to create a  chalkboard memo stand.
This tree slice cutting board was in the donation pile but I pulled it out to use it for a new project.
The first thing I did was to find a dowel that was the right size to fit into the stand. 



The one I found was the wrung of an old chair.  The stand I'm using was the candle holder leftover from this project. I glued the stand to the base with E6000 glue. I attached the cutting board to the dowel using a few random pieces from my junk supply.  Here's the back: I attached a small piece of Scrabble tray with hot glue to the front to hold chalk.  I painted the entire piece with black chalkboard paintthen added a hook to the top of the board to hold notes or photos.

Be sure to save those old outdated signs! They can easily be turned into something pretty and new! 


This old sign was a garage sale find with flip flops all over it.
It is now a brand new chalkboard with farmhouse style. I painted the front and back with chalkboard paint then glued an old Scrabble tile shelf to the front to hold chalk. I hung a buffalo check ribbon through the holes that were there to hang the chalkboard.
I added the little hello with Chalk Couture, a fun little silkscreen process that takes minutes.
That's all it took to turn an outdated thrift store find into an awesome new chalkboard. It's great to hang on a door.
Or perfect for a quick note in the kitchen.
The best part is, it couldn't have been easier!


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