Day 519: Fun with chalkboard paint

Wasn't feeling these guys.

holiday messages from our friends!

Not long after we closed on the house, we were driving through Morningside, and someone had put out two lovely frames, framing two awful prints, for trash collection. They're huge gilded frames, and we couldn't let them meet their fate, so we scooped them up and vowed to put them to good use. Nearly two years later, we have indeed put them to good use.

<< Exhibit A: One of the LOVELY prints. The other involves angels and cherubs. Same crackled aging effect. Same gigantic faces. I'm sure we have a pic somewhere.

So, what fate did these lovelies meet you ask? Well, you know my love for chalkboard paint. One is now a lovely chalkboard for messages, lists, etc. in our kitchen. I taped it off and painted right over the plastic print.

The other holds a print of Van Gogh's Irises - one of my faves. We just had a piece of glass cut to size and popped in a print we'd been waiting to frame. Perfection!

And while we're on the subject of chalkboard paint, while I had it out I also brought one of my pins to life (don't you just love pinterest?). I've got tons of wine bottles just waiting for craft projects, and this one was super easy. I just painted stripes of chalkboard paint onto a few to label their contents - in this case, water at our holiday party!

so easy, so fun!

It's like I'm in the Getty. every. day.

What pins have you brought to life?