I actually did something I pinned!

 

So, I have a weakness for pinterest. Some (my lovely bf) may actually define it more as a sickness. I love all the wonderful ideas and projects I see - I pin things constantly with a little voice in my head shouting, "Oh, you could do that! You could do that better than they did!" The problem I encounter most often is that I don't ever actually do the things I pin. I am just a pinner,  not a pin-doer. Sometimes I even have the intentions to do a project, it just never actually happens.  My garage is full of awesome goodwill finds, old pictures, lamps, a box of wine glasses (one day I'll get that glass etching done), lots of mason jars, an bar stool, an old dresser and my best find:  a really neat rolling metal box that one day I will re-paint and add fabric too, to create a really neat rolling book pin for the classroom.
Sooo, over the last long weekend I had off from school I promised myself I was going to do at least one pinterest project and I did!

I found a few different pins that I followed in order to figure out how to go about the project. Most the time thought I get my own bright ideas on how I think it should work and just follow my own plan. Sometimes it works, sometimes is really does not.
so, for my long weekend project I made chalkboard frames.

Here are the pictures I bought at goodwill: ($5 each!)

I bought some chalkboard paint form home depot and followed the instructions on the can. Cleaned surface and dried the surface. I then taped off the edges with some cheap masking tape I got at the dollar store --- I had read on another pinners post that spending $ on painters tape was just a waste and that dollar store tape works just as well (I'll show you just how well, later) --- I painted the frame with acrylic white paint, then I painted the glass with a sponge brush. 

The dollar store tape didn't exactly work so well, and when I pulled it off (after it had properly dried) it also pulled off some of the chalkboard paint. If I ever try this project again I think I'll splurge for that pretty blue painters tape and see how that works.

After touching up the bare spots I am pretty proud of my FIRST pinterest project! I can't wait to use these around the house, at an upcoming bridal shower and many more uses. 

Maybe I'll do another project sometime soon... or maybe I'll just keep pinning and telling myself I'll do these projects one day.