I decided to name this post "Beauty and the Beast" of dry erase calendars because I could not stand my last one and I love my new one!
With the new year here, I was ready to make a new calendar for the wall outside the kitchen. I wanted it to be better than the one I had which was a store purchased dry erase. I also wanted it to be a picture frame calendar so I could have an excuse to get some new chalkboard markers. I also knew I wanted it to be blue and green to match the blue walls in parts of my home. So with the stage set, I began! As a side note, how many pictures are too many for a tutorial? I guess we will find out!
Picture #1...
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I am just taping some paper down to use as the background for the stencil
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| I am using a Laura Ashley Home stencil I picked up for little to nothing |
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| I have not used it on the walls before |
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| This is the first fail- I stenciled yellow and red and it was not great-did not look good on blue walls |
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| Then I did blue and green and was in love( 2 fave colors) |
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| Half done |
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| A little nap for the stencil to dry off before the next step |
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| close up |
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| here comes the BOOM- glow in the dark paint! |
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| Before the glow in the dark |
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| All glowed up-I wish I could show you her "purty-ness" at night with the glow in the dark paint added! |
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| Then I added some Silhouette birds and things to add character |
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| Frame in gold before I spray painted it a really cool hammered bronze color |
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| I used the last calendar as a guide to hot glue down the dividing lines on the glass of the new frame |
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| I then added yellow stickers as templates for the days of the week |
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| Then I wrote all over it with chalkboard markers-they wipe off very well! |
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| The I took a picture of the finished project reflected in mirror to look artsy |
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| The Beast! See ya on the 5th of NEVUARY! (never + February) |
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Now that I have finished I will say that I love the fact that the glass is the only thing that gets wiped off and the stickers and detail are all underneath. This is good because I can use dry erase and chalkboard markers and not worry about cleaning too much since it is just glass. It cleans easily and just looks better.
I think that the hardest part was getting the lines measured and glued down and the yellow stickers. I sometimes have no method to my madness and it took a while to get the stickers exact since I was not measuring as much at that point.
I enjoyed the process because I basically just kept grabbing stuff from around the house and using it like the yarn for the divider on the days and the yellow stickers. I also was very excited that my Silhouette worked this time. I realized that it probably needed a larger setting for the needle so I turned it to 3 and it cut properly....which means I am going to finally perfect that wall stencil I started!
Well, that's it- is there a wall calendar that you just can't stand any longer and need to bury?
