Are you keeping up with Crafting In The Rain‘s A-Z craft month? Did you even know this month is Craft Month? ;) Such a fun series we’re able to participate in: one letter of the alphabet each day to represent a new tutorial based around that letter! Check out A-L and now H-M:
H is for Home | Organize and Decorate Everything
I is for Ink Effects | Uncommon Designs
J is for Jar soap dispenser | My Craftily Ever After
K is for Kite cards | Our Thrifty Ideas
L is for Leather necklace | Crafting in the Rain
M is for Monogram | Lolly Jane
We snagged the letter M, for monogram! Inspired by La Dee Dah Art’s wooden monogram I saw via Pinterest, I wanted to recreate it but didn’t want to bust out the jigsaw so I looked around my craft hoard and saw that I had a slab of styrofoam. Paired with a styrofoam cutter tool, MagiKoat and chalky paint, I got to work!
Have you guys ever tried MagiKoat? Seriously, coolest product eveeer!
We carved styrofoam (traced a funky frame we had on hand) then added 2 heavy coats of MagiKoat over it (letting it dry outside for a few hours in between coats) then painted a coat of DecoArt’s chalky paint finish (in Refreshing color) over the whole thing. The chalky paint went on like buttah! Our monogrammed D decor now looks like it is plastered… except it’s easy to hang because it weighs nothing! ;)
We hung it with a strip of frayed burlap in our recently concrete-floored craft space and it matches the floors perfectly!
Such a fun project and although it is a bit time consuming because of dry time, it is a fun addition to our everyday decor!
Here’s a few other projects we’ve done using chalky paint… we seriously LOVE chalky paint!
How to chalkboard ANY surface in ANY color:
Be sure to hang with us on Insta for the current craft room floor saga where these cute chalky chairs sit… and by saga we mean cramming-for-a-magazine-photo-shoot, (that was thankfully shot this morning! Phew!) We tore out the gross carpet and painted the floors instead- can’t wait to share the reveal! XO
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