vintage tray & slitchen.

since it decided to snow 8 inches the last couple of days...

i had time to finish working on my vintage tray.

and i used this.

this stuff is awesome.
many of my friends have used it, but this was the first time i used it.
i kept thinking about all the stuff i could paint with it.
i turned my thrift store vintage tray into a chalkboard for my kitchen.
first i primed the front and partially the back with kilz spray paint. (another of my favorite things)

then i gave the whole thing a coat of white semi-gloss spray paint.

then i brushed on the chalkboard paint with a foam brush.

it took 2 coats.
you have to let it dry a few days before you can write on it.
...and i realized i didn't have any chalk, when there was all that snow on the ground :(
so i braved the elements for a 89 cent box of chalk.
which i used to write this.

it seemed appropriate.
i also painted a little tin can with the chalkboard paint to hold my chalk.

i used sticky velcro on the back of tray, and used brad nails to attach velcro to the wall.

since it was a metal tray...i made some magnets to use on it also.
ya know, in case i use up all the chalk, and we have another blizzard.

large glass globs and a circle punch with cute amy butler paper glued from the back.
glue on a magnet and done. 

it finally quit snowing. 
but since it was just sitting there...

we decided to take advantage of it...with a little thing called slitchen.

it's quite redneck.
it involves a automobile, sleds, a garden hose, and preferably empty city streets, and it also doesn't
hurt to have a police officer with ya...just in case :)
oh, and  bunch of people hanging out of the back of a suv telling the driver when we've lost someone.
...and taking photos.

 that's meg's talby behind the lens.

it's really the only thing snow is good for.
in my opinion anyway.