Source Table Inspirations by Emily Chalmers |
Firstly I had to seal the fibreboard (birch) with a sealer/undercoat. I use Taubmans 3 in 1. Then I gave the place mats 2-3 coats of chalkboard paint.
When they were dry I seasoned the chalkboard by rubbing it all over with the side of a piece of chalk, and then wiping it clean. I added some felt (or you could use cork) feet to the bottom of the place mat to protect the surface of the table. This is the end result.....
Hmmmm.... A little boring I think. So I grabbed a rubber stamp and some Stayzon Opaque white ink and added this.
A damask stamp to the bottom corner.
A scroll corner stamp.
I found the mini easel in the discount store. It was a bright gold colour, so it got a coat of white paint.
I can imagine painting a long strip of wood to use as a table runner down the centre of a table, or large square place mats. You could place a small mason jar of chalk on the table so your guests could play naughts and crosses (tic, tac, toe) or write messages. You could stamp any design onto the chalkboard - hydrangea, bird, chandelier .... Oh the possibilities.
P.S The little chalkboard labels on twine were from Somerfield - a funny little supermarket in London.
Love the help 'yourself'!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for popping over to mine. Such a lovely blog you have and you are a very talented lady. Love your style.
Pam x
Your chalkboards look great. When I was looking for a gift for someone last xmas, I found some slate cheese boards in John Lewis...complete with a piece of chalk enclosed so that you could write the names of the cheeses on the slate...I thought it was a great idea and made a lovely gift with some different cheeses thrown in. Robc
ReplyDeleteThese look so great! Thanks for coming over to share with our Wicked Awesome Wednesday party.
ReplyDeleteHi Kylie, I featured your project on my link party this week! come on over and grab an “I’ve been Featured” button if you’d like.
ReplyDeleteLol @ "Somerfield - a funny little supermarket in London" That's really made me chuckle! Somerfield don't exist anymore, well at least they don't where I live in the middle of the UK, they've been bought out by the Co-Operative so those tags might be important one day... lol
ReplyDeleteGreat idea...so many fun uses :) Laurel
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