It took just 18 months (give or take a few months) to finish. That’s all. Not too bad if you ask me!
It started with a $25 Peddlers market find on April 22nd 2011. (I only know the date because it is time stamped in my iPhone pics.
I was so excited about it. A friend of mine has used old frames like this to make beautiful chalk boards and my kitchen wall was begging for one. But it sat leaning against my kitchen wall for months. Right up until the week of Thanksgiving 2011. See it there behind a very young Tatie playing cards?
It needed to get finished before all these people came over! So I painted it glossy white. With some help from help from the framed beauty above. But I didn’t have the fiber board and chalk paint yet. I had to move it because we had guests coming and it would be in the way.
I thought…perhaps I should take it down stairs? But then I was afraid, out of sight out of mind, you know. And after all, I was proud of this find – chalk board insert or no! So I decided the best place for it was on the wall. And there it sat… For MONTHS. A full calendar year actually. See it there behind Kinsey sporting her new YW Medallion?
All year long people commented on the empty frame and joked how it complemented the screw in the wall nicely. Oy Vey. As Thanksgiving rolled around I knew I was going to get heck for it not being finished after a whole YEAR! So I made it my number one priority. And got that puppy finished. It was awesome. Kinsey even decorated it for Thanksgiving.
And now, once a week I will update it with some inspirational words that I hope with uplift us as a family throughout the week and serve as a reminder of all the good things we can become. This was last weeks message. Its going to be changed today, Sydney is in charge of next weeks. I snap a picture of it and show you what she decides we need to hear for the week.
It took more than a year and a half to finish, but I think it was worth all the waiting. Don’t you?
2 responses to “Chalk Talk”
That’s a fantastic implimentation for the chalkboard masterpiece! Here I was picturing mundane messages like: need milk, gone to my friends house be home in time for supper, getting home taught Tuesday… This is inspired and involves the whole family in the process of edifying and uplifting. Genius.
What a cool idea to make a chalkboard from a frame. And what a great use for it! Ours is a lunatic collage of shopping lists, doodles, notes to self, bons mots to be written down somewhere permanent someday, and other bizarre random junk. You’re making me think it’s time to erase it all and do something eloquent. Nice decorative lettering is a terrific idea too.