Framed Chalkboard

What do you get with an

 Old Chalkboard

and

Frame

You get a beautiful piece of artwork for

Menus

(ours is an adult beverage menu)

Chore chart

To-Do List

Calendar

Art Board

The options are endless!

The only thing we needed to do was touch up the paint and put the chalkboard into the frame.

Before you can twinkle your nose you have

We will be showing off this project at

Stashbustin September

Visit to see all of the other projects made during the month of September.  The only rule is- you can not shop through the entire month.  All supplies must be in your stash.

A man is but the product of his thoughts. 

What he thinks, he becomes

~ Mohandas K Gandhi

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Chocolate Biscoff Ritz

We have now found our favorite family treat.

Biscoff Spread

How many of you remember Biscoff Cookies?

It was the highlight of Delta flights.

Well the wonderful people of Biscoff has made the cookies into a spread.

CAT daddy asked what we could eat the spread with.

Hummm?

Bread & Peanut Butter

Ritz Crackers

Here is a recipe for

Chocolate Biscoff Ritz

Ingredients:

Ritz Crackers

Biscoff Spread

Chocolate Chips (we like milk chocolate)

Spread each cracker with spread.

Top with another cracker.

Melt chocolate acording to directions on bag.

Make sure not to get any water near chocolate.

Dip each cracker sandwich into chocolate.

Place on wax paper to harden.

Dip fork into chocolate and drizzle over top of each dipped sandwich. 

This will make them look fancy enough to serve to "special" guest.

To us special guest are all of our loved ones.

“The worst thing you can do for love is deny it; so when you find that special someone, don't let anyone or anything to get in your way.”

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We are so excited to share this project with you this project.

We saw similar wall art on Anthropologie for around $500.

(the picture is not available any longer, so we are sorry we can't give the artist credit.  she was an amazing artist from New Orleans)

We fell in love with how simple the design was, but $500??

Hummm, it got us thinking.

How could we replicate the design a little less expensive?

Simple!

All we needed was:

Sheet of Preserved Moss- $1.00 (Dollar Tree)

Canvas

Needle

Black Thread

Copy Paper

(all items with out a price we had on hand)

So the cost of this project was a whopping

$1.00

Print the letters you would like to use.  Place the letters on top of moss and cut around each letter.

Arrange each letter how you would like them to look on the canvas.

(you can tack down with a little hot glue if you wish)

Thread needle with black thread.  Make a large knot on end of thread.  Starting from the back of canvas start sewing each letter.  We spaced the stitches about 1/2", but you can do how ever close or faraway that you wish.

(it is hard to see, but the stitches are there)

Ta-Da you now have a $500 for

$100

What word will you use?

FAMILY

LOVE

FRIENDS

DREAM

Will you keep it white, or pop with color?

Blue

Yellow

Pink

Red

Oh-how the ideas are limitless.

Families are like fudge - mostly sweet with a few nuts. 

~Author Unknown

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