Hmmm... what to call this post? The hit that was first a miss...

The other weekend I started out on a project with very good intentions. I'll walk you through the steps of my project flop.

First, I found this mirror at a second hand shop -

I had intentions of painting the frame and doing something with it. I thought about stencilling the base of the frame with my house numbers... yep, this seemed like a good idea!

So here I go... spray painted the frame apple green

Then I spray painted the middle/base white with intentions of stencilling my house numbers with black acrylic paint

Good intentions, but a sloppy stencil job! I didn't really like the stencils I used - they were hard to work with - or is that my excuse for the bad job I did? It's up to you to decide! lol

The finished project... it's ok, but it was boring. The numbers were too small and I didn't do a very good job with the stencilling so I left it alone for a while. I needed some time to think about what I would do with it...

So this weekend I decided that I would paint the base/middle part with chalkboard paint - ah ha! Great idea!

So do you like this re-vamped project better than the original? I do!!! Thanks for stopping by!

Chalk Board Labeled Jars

Sometimes you start a project and just smack your forehead because you forgot to take the "before" picture. This happens to me often, very often. Last weekend, I mentioned I had been to a garage sale fundraiser where I picked up a ton of stuff to upcycle. I found these canister glass jars. At first sight, I had it in my head that I would paint a label using chalk board paint to write what was in the jar. Heaven forbid, you don't want to mix up sugar for salt! So having labeled jars is probably a really good idea. I mean, I would think... I don't do much in the kitchen. My man cooks more than I do! How lucky am I??

So I saw somewhere in blog land that someone had painted labels with chalk board paint rather than painting directly on to the jar. Then when I get bored of it, I can rip of the label! Genius, right? So who ever you are that came up with this idea, please let me know and I will give you credit!

Here are the labels I used, they are actually sticker name tags!

Then I painted them with chalk board paint. I tried to paint inside the lines...!

I gave each of the tags two coats of paint. I let the first coat dry for an hour before painting a second coat. I then let the second coat dry overnight, not that I planned it that way - I got tiered and went to bed! haha

The next day I stuck the labels on to the jar and filled the jar with Oats, Coffee, Sugar, etc. and wrote on each of the painted label.

Here is the final result!

I think I need to work on my picture taking / picture staging... Practice, right? This table was the only space I had to take my pictures. We were baking buns and had the kitchen upside down, and so this is why the pictures are kinda boring!

I really like how this turned out. Now I want to paint everything in chalk board paint. Including a door in my kitchen. I won't get ahead of my self but... I really want to!!

Thanks for stopping by!