Author: Spring (Jordan)
The other day I went to the thrift store looking for a platter that I could paint and turn into a chalk board platter. You can read about that here. I continued to browse the store because you never know what you are going to find.
I came across a bundle of gold chargers and thought that since I was going to have the chalk board paint out to do one project, I could go ahead and do another. I purchased eight chargers for a few dollars, and decided to make chalk board chargers.
They were typical gold holiday chargers.
I washed the chargers, and they were ready for their first coat of paint.
After one coat of paint on the chargers, they looked like this. They needed some more coverage, so, I did another coat.
Since these were ready in time for our wine crawl, I decorated one using the chalk board markers and played up our New York wines red, white, and black theme. I added a plate and used it to serve granny smith apples. It was very colorful and cheery!
These chargers will work great for holidays because you can decorate them for the occasion. They also double as place cards for a dinner party. Now your guests will know where to sit.
Have you done any chalk board projects recently?
Cheers!
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What a great idea! Just today I saw chalkboard napkin rings!
What a great idea! I have some old chargers that need a facelift!
what a brilliant idea!
Love your chargers, I passed up a bundle of these a couple weeks ago at our GW, now I’m kicking myself after seeing your results. Thanks for sharing.
Now I’m going to have to go back to Goodwill and see if the ones I didn’t buy are still there! Love this idea!
I too love this idea! The placecard idea is wonderful! I am having folks over tomorrow night for a UK themed party. Wish I had some of these done. Would be so cute to use and decorate…… Oh well, maybe next time!!
This is such an awesome idea! I am now on the lookout for some chargers so that I can do this project! I so agree that the place card idea is wonderful and I plan on using them that way for the holidays!!
I love this Idea! So cute and versitile! We may have to use this in the future for our tablescapes 🙂 (giving you credit of course!) found you on Tablescape thrusday and so glad we did!
I love this idea for place settings! Thank you for sharing =)
FABULOUS!!! I LOVE this idea! Thanks!!!!!
The chalk board chargers are a great idea, and they turned out really nice. Thank you for walking us through the process. Cherry Kay
I actually did this same project last Thanksgiving. I found them at a junk shop for pennies and loved changing them up. I wrote “I am thankful for NAME” on each one for Thanksgiving. =) Fun!
Those are so very cute and clever.