magnetic chalkboard menu

Posted by Deb on Jan 18th, 2012 in cricut, House, Projects | 2 comments

As anyone who has ever bought a house knows, the place comes with a list of “to dos” longer than your arm. In my case, the list is abso-freaking-lutely humongous. We’re now 8 1/2 months into this gig, and I’m marking them off…slowly. Very very painfully slowly, but they’re coming off.

My latest completion is this beauty.

And some details of the days…

I actually started this project a few months ago. I started with 4 (yes four) coats of magnetic paint. That dried for about a week before I added 2 coats of chalkboard paint. I waited that long because I started on Sunday and didn’t have enough time to finish before having to go back to work. This was also during soccer season, so…well, I think you can guess how much “free time” I had at that point.

The plain chalkboard was great, and the girls were getting a lot of use out of it. However, it didn’t fit the vision I had for the wall.

Then I got my Cricut (insert evil laugh here) and everything changed. I added the vinyl lettering a little over a week ago, and love the way it turned out. The red and white letters really pop on the black background, and the girls are staying on top of me to stay on top of the menu planning.

Win. Win.

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