{"id":4884,"date":"2011-09-14T20:14:12","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T01:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=4884"},"modified":"2011-09-15T08:28:20","modified_gmt":"2011-09-15T13:28:20","slug":"chalk-board-chargers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=4884","title":{"rendered":"Chalk Board Chargers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em>Author:\u00a0 Spring (Jordan)<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3>The other day I went to the thrift store looking for a platter that I could paint \u00a0and turn \u00a0into a chalk board platter.\u00a0 You can read about that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2011\/08\/31\/serving-platter-chalk-board\/\">here<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0 I continued to browse the store because you never know what you are going to find.<\/h3>\n<h3>I came across a bundle of gold chargers and thought that\u00a0since I was going to have the chalk board paint out to do one project, I could go ahead and do another.\u00a0 I purchased eight chargers for a few dollars, and decided to make\u00a0chalk board chargers.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2011\/09\/14\/chalk-board-chargers\/chargers-before\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4885\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4885\" title=\"Chargers\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Chargers-Before-1024x651.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Chargers-Before-1024x651.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Chargers-Before-430x273.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0\u00a0They were typical gold holiday chargers.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2011\/09\/14\/chalk-board-chargers\/charger-cleaned-and-ready\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4888\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4888\" title=\"Charger \" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Charger-cleaned-and-ready-1024x729.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Charger-cleaned-and-ready-1024x729.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Charger-cleaned-and-ready-430x306.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">I washed the chargers, and they were ready for their first coat of paint.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2011\/09\/14\/chalk-board-chargers\/chargers-1-coat\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4886\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4886\" title=\"Chargers 1 coat\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Chargers-1-coat-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Chargers-1-coat-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Chargers-1-coat-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0After one coat of paint on the chargers, they looked like this. \u00a0 They needed some more coverage, so, I did another coat.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2011\/09\/14\/chalk-board-chargers\/charger-finished\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4887\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4887\" title=\"Charger Finished\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Charger-Finished-1024x717.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Charger-Finished-1024x717.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Charger-Finished-430x301.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0Since 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.\u00a0 I added a plate and used it to serve granny smith apples. \u00a0It was very colorful and cheery!<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2011\/09\/14\/chalk-board-chargers\/charger-after\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4889\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4889\" title=\"Charger After\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Charger-After-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Charger-After-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Charger-After-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>These chargers will work great for holidays because you can decorate them for the occasion.\u00a0 They also double as place cards for a dinner party.\u00a0 Now your guests will know where to sit.<\/h3>\n<h3>Have you done any chalk board projects recently?<\/h3>\n<h3>Cheers!<\/h3>\n<p>Linking to <a href=\"http:\/\/betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com\/\">Between Naps on the Porch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author:\u00a0 Spring (Jordan) The other day I went to the thrift store looking for a platter that I could paint \u00a0and turn \u00a0into a chalk board platter.\u00a0 You can read about that here.\u00a0 I continued to browse the store because you never know what you are going to find. 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