Hello everyone!

 So I started my first project with one of the cabinet doors.   I picked one that i thought was the perfect size for a chalkboard Laundry sign.

  First I sanded "The Chosen One" and taped it off.  Then I used chalk paint to paint the frame of the door.

Once the chalk paint was dried I carefully removed the painters tape and then retaped so that I could paint the chalk  board surface. Using Rustoleum Chalkboard Paint I painted a first coat on the chalk board surface and then waited 24 hours to let it dry before  I applied a second coat.

Then I took a sanding pad and distresssed the chalk paint frame. Later I put some black paint thinned with water and a rag.  I rubbed it all over the cream chalk painted frame and rubbed it in to further distress and give it an aged look.

The next step was to take a clean rag and rub wax into the chalk paint frame buffing it as I went. I'm not quite finished waxing and buffing yet as I want to put two coats so I applied a second coat of wax and am waiting for it to dry now.

I then painted the word LAUNDRY on the black surface.

VOILA my laundry sign made with a cabinet door!

I had such a successful weekend and managed to acquire some awesome finds for free.  The first find was a bunch of spindles.  They are painted brown but I will be stripping them and I can barely wait to use them.  I have tons of ideas for them. I just need to get the time!  Most days, well everyday really, I wish I could be a stay at home mom and craft and create all day, all the time!

Back to my spindles!  I found a lady who was redoing her patio and she had 17 spindles to give away.  I was thinking one of my first projects may be bird houses perched on different height spindles. I have many more ideas for them but I will post everything that I make with them.

My next find was kitchen cabinet doors.  I found a guy who had a trailer full of miscellaneous, solid wood cabinet doors.  You had to dig through the trailer (which sounds much easier than it actually was). I grabbed a bunch, my husband didn't want me to grab too many..killjoy!

My first order of business with these cabinet doors is to make some signs and chalk boards! I've already started with them. More to follow on my next post with this project!

My third great, free find was a bunch of skids or pallets, whatever you want to call them! So many possibilities with these. 

The hardest part of working with these is deconstructing them. After that it's easy peasy to work with them.  I decided to make a friend who is from the U.S an American flag to hang on his wall.  I deconstructed a couple and put it back together in the shape of a nice rectangle.  

 

I've sanded the heck out of it and now it is ready to prime and then paint. I purchased little stars to paint to give it some depth rather than paint the stars on it.  Once painted I will grunge it up and distress it to give it that primitive look. 

I can barely wait to paint it but I will have to wait till the weekend to paint it as that's when I'll have the time. I will post the finished product on Sunday night!