I will be the first to admit that I follow waaaaay more blogs than I can ever keep up with. My RSS Reader consistently shows over 1000 items needing to be read, no matter how many I might read here and there (I’m thinking it must max out at over 1000). But, I know that going through and unsubscribing will take more time than I want to give it…lol. I do LOVE Google Reader’s search function though, it really helps me find information on a subject from many sources that I like, quickly. For today’s post, I thought, “It would be really fun to pull together lots of ideas for chalkboards!” I love the chalkboard look on just about anything and these days it can be put on….just about anything. Here are a few of my favorite ideas I found:
Speech bubbles for a birthday party photoshoot by Elle Belle:
I love the Nester and she shared these chalkboard rocks from Potterybarn (in her Potterybarn Hacks for Fall post):
Nester also shared this chalkboard globe (love!). I couldn’t find directions for the globe, but I’m thinking spray with chalkboard spray paint, use a die-cut (think cutting files for a personal cutter) to trace the map….might work?:
Centsational Girl has instructions for how she created this CUTE chalkboard:
Outdoor Chalkboard on Angry Chicken (via CraftyCrow):
Thrifty Decor Chick shows step-by-steps for creating some fun and extremely inexpensive labels (and if you used to be a paper scrapper, you can even use your fun edged scissors 
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Stampin’ Up has these really cute chalkboard labels (I think I need to order some but the product description online doesn’t give dimensions or quantity, if you know, please leave a comment) :
How fun is this at Apartment Therapy?:
I also did a quick search in Etsy to see what fun chalkboard finds there were (I just couldn’t resist), here are a few fun things:
Some really fun upcycled jars:
LOVE this upcycled piece of chalkboard art:
This is fun chalkboard artjournal:
I can see some teenagers having almost too much fun with these colored chalkboard speech bubbles and portable banner (bubbles are also sold separate from the banner):
Modern June has been on The Daily Digi before, but I LOVE her stuff and can’t choose just ONE chalk cloth product, so be sure to check them all out:
Last, Martha Stewart tells us how to make chalk paint in any color (using supplies found in your hardware store):
Happy Sunday!!
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Just bought the chalkboard vinyl from SU yesterday. They also have ones which are larger and can have a to do list added on them. They came in two sizes. One was about the size of 12 by 12 scrapbook page. I ordered for DD for Christmas she’s a great list maker and thought would be perfect for her room. Check out the interior design catalog they have some really cute chalk vinyl shapes – Whale, hippo – unfortunately no sheep but maybe one day.
I don’t know who invented chalkboard paint, but that guy or gal is my hero! Thanks for all the great ideas (love the PB chalkboard rocks)
Not sure why my first comment didn’t show up so I’ll comment again just to let you know that the SU! Curly Label chalkboard vinyl set shows that the dimension for the largest label is 5-5/8″x2-1/2″. I’d be happy to find out the dimensions of the other two (medium and small) tomorrow when SU! is open. Let me know if you’d like that info. I’m a demo and would be glad to answer any questions you have.
One more thing. I just saw you were also wondering about quantity on the SU! Curly Labels. There are 3 in the set and it’s $5.95 if you order through a demonstrator.
what a fun post!!! Thanks for some great links.
I love chalk board on anything!! Thank you for the great article.