Diy Chalkboard

I'm sure many of you have heard of chalkboard paint by now and probably thought of a million uses for it. I picked up these two boards from Ikea the other week when I was there for $3.99 each in the "as-is" section and thought they'd make cute, cheap, chalkboards! So I stopped by Lowes and picked up this chalkboard paint, which is a bit pricey...but it will last a long time since I only plan on using it for small projects. I would definitely suggest grabbing a can of this and making a few little chalkboard projects! The boards I made took two coats and need a few touch ups after taking off the painters tape - pretty quick and easy!

This is the back of the 1st board I made. 

You can pick up a picture hanger kit at Michaels or any hardware store.

The one below is the finished product for my parents kitchen, they wanted their chalkboard to hang vertically on the pantry door as a grocery list. 

Have you made anything using chalkboard paint? 

I'd love to hear other ideas for using it!

Diy Earring Holder!

Remember this from my Ten Things Tuesday this week?
If you know where I can give credit to the original owner of this photo, please leave me a comment - 
when I tried to back to Pinterest it says the page is no longer there.

Well, I decided to make my own. Richard had bought a grater and washed it and it already began rusting so what better way to recycle it than this? Here is a mini tutorial on how I made mine! All supplies were purchased at Walmart. 

So go dig in your kitchen cabinet and find that grater that you never use and make this!

Email Tutorial

Hey everyone! I've been wanting to share this tutorial with all of you because I've tried to respond to some of your comments by email and you haven't added it to your profiles yet. It makes it easier than me posting a response comment onto my post, since most people don't go back and read comments after posting theirs. So go check out the tutorial post by Lindsay over at LDC Designs so you can learn how to add your email to your profile. Feel free to leave me a comment letting me know that you've gotten it working! :] Thanks!