Chalkboards anyone?

I love the look but hate the feeling of chalk ahhh lol Good luck with your project

Those frames are gorgeous!

i hate chalk too @ Lucky

We have a chalkboard for table numbers, but aren't using actual chalkboard. We are using black paper....it looks like a chalkboard and only costs $2 a yard at the craft store. We are writing on it with chalk and putting it in a frame with no glass. Got the frame at Salvation Army for $15, probably because the painting in it was so hideous!! This will save time and money. If we mess up writing, no big deal. They also make chalkboard Contact Paper. Here are some links for what I'm talking about.

http://www.amazon.com/Kittrich-Corporation-06F-C9052-06-Chalkboard-Contact/dp/B000KKMO90

http://www.etsy.com/listing/108062088/10-feet-black-kraft-wrapping-paper

I've never heard of hating chalk lol... is it like a texture thing?

Its a scraping/grinding thing

aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh makes my head hurt just thinking about it

I'm thinking maybe paper or black mat board and paint too... that could be easier for me but not sure it'll create the look I'm going for

I like the chalkboard idea :-)

PurpleSun stop iiiiiiit! making me cringe and now my teeth hurt! lol

Hey! why did you change your name!?!

I used chalkboard paint for table numbers, my photo booth sign, photobooth props,giant Patron bottles, and even my card box. I had a ton left from when I bought it to paint my sons bedroom so I figured I'd use it for whatever I could!! I have used it on alot of different things since I bought it, Glasses, cardboard, walls, cookie sheets, mirrors. Haha. maybe alittle overboard!!

I made mine this week! I used a tin serving tray I got at the dollar store for 2$ the paint was $1.25 the ribbon was $1. the only thing is "prime" the surface with rubbing alcohol for the paint

I am going to use chalkboard paint because I know that I will have a use for it in the future I plan on putting it in the baby's room when we have a child. I am writing on them with chalkboard pens that I found at fred Meyers but I bet staples or amazon.com has them as well I feel like its easier than using real chalk and I hate the sound of real chalk

You can also sharpen a regular piece of chalk with a sharpener. Its a little messy while sharpening but it makes it easier to write with!

My parents painted a "half wall" in their kitchen with chalkboard paint. It was an island that the Stove was on and the other side was the grandkid's art studio. It works great but doesn't erase as well as normal chalkboard. Be prepared to clean it with a damp rag instead of a eraser. Other than that works like a charm!

I am using black craft paper for the ones that are already frames, just wrapping it tight around the glass. for the others im using spray paint chalk board paint bc i didnt want any drips or brush strokes.

There's a product called liquid chalk. It comes in all sorts of neon colours and white. You can use it on any black writing surface (chalkboard, foam core, bristol board etc). It comes off of chalkboard with a damp rag and the plus side is that you won't have the lovely finger smudges from everyone testing to "see if its real chalk" or erasing your messages. They aren't cheap but not too expensive either. I wil be doing chalkboards too.

Ive bought frames at thrift stores that im painting and I'm using rust oleum chalk board paint. I bought chalk markers to write on them with. See, no chalk sound! Heheheh I'm using them for bar and food menus and cupcake flavors. so excited.

This is so fun! I totally saved your pic Rachel - I want some like that!

I have done a few chalkboard projects. I used chalkboard spray paint and chalk pens. This board was on an old whiteboard that I converted into a chalkboard with the spray paint. I also converted some old canvases and used some foam board. I have seen black foam board at hobby lobby and michaels - they would pass for chalkboards (but you would need to use chalk pens probably.)

One thing to think about when using chalk pens is that on more porous materials they don't come off (even with water) - so you would have to be okay with either throwing away the sign after, or re-painting it. The chalk pens came off fine on the converted whiteboards though.

For the lettering, I cheated on some (the one pictured) and printed out the words on the computer, traced over it onto the board with a ballpoint pen, then followed the indents made with the chalk pen.

Good luck!

I'm making some, I just bought some chalkboard spray paint yesterday and I'm going to make them today. I bought some cheap frames at Goodwill so I'm going to use those. I'll let you know how they turn out