Chalkboard Paint Makes Anything Look Good

 

Last summer I was perusing all sorts of thrift/junk/"vintage" stores in search of anything that I could salvage into something cute. Literally hoping to turn trash into treasure for the business that my friend Melissa and I were hoping to create.

Well, I found these wooden hearts at a Goodwill store nearby for 25 cents each. A little too "80's country" for my taste but they had POTENTIAL!




So I came home laid my handy dandy tarp out on the garage floor and painted each one with 3-4 coats of chalkboard spray paint, added a cute little ribbon and TADA.........

 





Cute little chalkboard signs for only 25 cents each. Now I had the spray paint already and the ribbon but if you end up going out today to buy a can of chalkboard paint, it will last you a looooong time (that is unless you plan on spraying an entire chalk BOARD on your wall, then you will need a few more cans :)!


Now, the chances of finding these exact hearts at a Goodwill near you are probably gonna be slim. But I bet you will find something very wooden and very late 70's contemporary to early 90's country that is dying to be re-purposed into something very now and I can predict that a can of spray paint will be your best friend in this process. :)

Happy Spray Painting!!

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