Here is a fun project that I dreamt up the other day after a quick trip to the thrift store. I found this great sketch pad and it was calling my name!! I thought it would make a fun DIY Chevron Memo Chalkboard, with a stitch of Krylon Spray Paint{blue ocean breeze} and some fun Krylon Chalkboard Spray Paint I knew we would be in business.
So… a sketch pad is like a giant clip board that you can buy at art supply stores and it generally looks like this {just a little less used}…
I have found some new, here for a little over $9.00. Mine is 26×23. I started off by masking the clips so that when I spray painted it they would be protected…
Then I spray painted the whole thing using Krylon Blue Ocean Breeze Spray Paint. Once I gave it a few good coats I let it rest for a few days so that the paint would fully dry. Then I taped off a fun and ever popular chevron pattern and began the spraying process all over again with Krylon's Chalkboard paint…
Isn't it cute? Here is where I got a little stuck. I knew it need a little more, but I didn't want it over the top. My freshman isn't the super frilly type. So… then I thought about adding a basic small rope or twine to the bottom so that she could hang some of her favorite pictures with cute clothes pins! That should do the trick…
Then, all I had to do was figure out a way to hang it in her room. I decided to take some of the same rope wrap it around the top clips and then hang it from a wreath hanger placed over the back of her bedroom door…
Now she can use the clips to keep track of important papers and then use the chevron chalkboard as a calendar of sorts. How fun is that. My younger daughter is getting a little jealous, I may have to make her one too!!
This was originally a guest post at Brown Paper Packages for their back-to-school event.
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I saw this the other day on BPP and though it was absolutely amazing!!!! I need to totally keep an eye out for one of these sketch boards. The pictures at the bottom really add to it too:-)
Jocelyn, you’re a doll! I found mine at the thrift store and fell in love, but you can find them online starting around $9.00. I found mine for $7.00. Good luck, let me know if you find one!
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heather
So cute! Great idea for re-purposing that clipboard.
Thanks Elizabeth!
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heather
I have to admit that I’ve been getting tired of the ‘same old same old’ blackboard projects, but this one is amazing! It’s fresh and new.. love it. 🙂
Sarah! That totally makes my day, thank you!
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heather
Heather, this is perfect! And the photos at the bottom really finish it off…what a wonderful idea!
Thanks my sweet Maggie!
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heather
My two favorite things rolled into one…chevron patterns and chalkboards! Great idea and ditto liking the photos at the bottom…This would make a great “going away to college” gift!
Nellene, it totally would! Great idea!!
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heather
Very cool! Very creative. Imagination, when unfettered by “can’t” and “shouldn’t” is an amazing thing!
That’s a great idea and it’s sooo cute! I love the projects that you have on here – they are so cute and creative!
L-O-V-E!
thanks lorie!! that totally makes my day!
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heather
Fantastic idea! Of course I adore the chevron!
Oh how cute!! Though I’ve tried not to, I am in love with all things chevron – and this is a DIY to boot! 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
I LOVE THIS! So pretty. & (like everyone else said) the pictures at the bottom at that special something-something to it.
Is that chalk you used? Or is that chalk marker? Curiosity wants to know 😀
Thanks Amanda!
It’s chalk marker, it works so much better than regular chalk.
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heather