Newest Chalkboard Ideas

Does anyone out there love chalkboard accents as much as I do? I don't know, I love them! :) Maybe its because I'm a teacher; I grew up wanting to be a teacher, dreaming of writing on a chalkboard one day. Too bad for me (or maybe not) all chalkboards have been replaced with dry erase boards and now SMART boards. Oh well, more chalkboard love for my house!

My two newest chalkboard accessories are below:

Individual Chalkboards for Baskets: creating using small thin pieces of scrap wood, painted with 4 coats of chalkboard paint. They are connected with thin twine hot glued to the back and tied through the basket. I love them on my porch!

Don't mind the mess underneath of the baskets!

Next are my new chalkboard canister labels!

Did you know there is Chalkboard Contact Paper?!?! Yes, there is! I was VERY excited to find that out! I read about it on a blog somewhere, some day (can't remember either) and found it at Micheal's. I believe it was $4.00? or about that.  I had thought about painting my canisters with the liquid chalkboard paint I already had, but I didn't want to commit to it forever; even though they are inexpensive Ikea canisters, I just wasn't sure I would love the idea as much as I thought I would. I used my Creative Memories scrap booking cutting circles to pick the shape and size, cut them out and stuck them on! 

Before

Cutting the circles

Sizing it up

All Done

In the cabinet in their actual home

And, I realized I have one more recent Chalkboard item. I painted a galvanized Ikea planter with a chalkboard rectangle. We use the planter on our porch to hold flip flops since we have a TON! 

Notice my Vera Bradly diaper bag behind, which I love!

There you go, three ideas for Chalkboard paint! I am sure I will come up more! I just love this stuff! I have read about this "Chalk Ink" pens, I need to find those! I want a much neater look to the chalk writing.

Happy Mother's Day Tomorrow!