{"id":4723,"date":"2011-08-31T21:07:44","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T02:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=4723"},"modified":"2011-09-01T17:01:47","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T22:01:47","slug":"serving-platter-chalk-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=4723","title":{"rendered":"Serving Platter Chalk Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Author: \u00a0Spring (Jordan)<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>I love chalkboard paint, and now that I recently purchased some chalkboard markers I have been doing some easy projects here. \u00a0This one is very easy, and it only cost me $3.99 \u00a0I took an old tray and painted it with chalkboard paint, and voila, I had a place where I could write a menu or message.<\/h3>\n<h3>First of all, I went to the thrift store and found a platter that I liked and purchased it for $3.99.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2011\/08\/31\/serving-platter-chalk-board\/tray-before\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4735\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4735\" title=\"Tray before\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tray-before-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tray-before-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tray-before-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Here is the platter I purchased. \u00a0(Sorry it is not the best picture)<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2011\/08\/31\/serving-platter-chalk-board\/tray-template\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4726\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4726\" title=\"Template\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tray-template-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tray-template-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tray-template-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">I first cleaned the platter, and next \u00a0I traced a template from the bottom of the platter so I would know the area to paint. \u00a0Here I used a left over pizza box. \u00a0Anything will work.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2011\/08\/31\/serving-platter-chalk-board\/tray-taped-with-template\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4728\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4728\" title=\"Tray in progress\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tray-taped-with-template-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tray-taped-with-template-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tray-taped-with-template-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Once I had the template, I decided to use painter&#8217;s tape to mark out the area I would be painting. \u00a0If \u00a0you didn&#8217;t want to tape, you could just mark out the area. \u00a0I still need to use the painter&#8217;s tape.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2011\/08\/31\/serving-platter-chalk-board\/tray-taped\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4727\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4727\" title=\"Tray taped\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tray-taped-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tray-taped-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tray-taped-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">When I removed the template, I had the area ready to paint with the chalkboard paint.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2011\/08\/31\/serving-platter-chalk-board\/tray-one-coat\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4733\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4733\" title=\"Tray one coat\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tray-one-coat-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tray-one-coat-1024x703.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tray-one-coat-430x295.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">One coat down.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2011\/08\/31\/serving-platter-chalk-board\/tray-two-coats\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4725\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4725\" title=\"Tray two coats\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tray-two-coats-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tray-two-coats-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tray-two-coats-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Here it is with two coats. \u00a0I stopped at two but then went back and added a third.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2011\/08\/31\/serving-platter-chalk-board\/tray-finished\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4734\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4734\" title=\"Tray finished\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tray-finished-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tray-finished-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tray-finished-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">You can write out a menu for a dinner party or whatever works for you. \u00a0Our neighborhood had a &#8220;Wine Crawl&#8221;, which you can learn about it an upcoming post. \u00a0We were assigned New York wines at our house, and so, our new platter provided a way to identify the wine region our guests were sampling.<\/h3>\n<h3>Cheers!<\/h3>\n<p>Linking to\u00a0<a title=\"Between Naps On The Porch\" href=\"http:\/\/www.betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_x908CSKJhI4\/TPp5U0929OI\/AAAAAAAAU9w\/dCqnDBWHD8U\/s400\/Chair%2Bon%2Bright%2Blike%2Bheader.jpg\" alt=\"Between Naps On The Porch\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/_iNH7eCND5Ws\/TdAvsLg_lhI\/AAAAAAAABis\/OUO1vU_fEoA\/Inspiration%20Friday%20Graphic.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: \u00a0Spring (Jordan) I love chalkboard paint, and now that I recently purchased some chalkboard markers I have been doing some easy projects here. \u00a0This one is very easy, and it only cost me $3.99 \u00a0I took an old tray and painted it with chalkboard paint, and voila, I had a place where I could [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4723"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4723"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4867,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4723\/revisions\/4867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}