how to make a chalkboard

Top DIY Projects + Reader Favorites for 2014!!

December 30, 2014 by Tanya 5 Comments

Happy last day of 2014 friends!!

I don’t know about you, but to me that just looks and sounds crazy!

But we are here again, saying farewell to another year, and welcoming in a wonderful new year full of hope, promise, and
some projects we can work on together!!

I want to thank you for your continued reading, encouragement, and ideas.
This has been an interesting year, with a mix of loss, joy, excitement, and truth telling.
Mixed in there was a whole bunch of laughter, hot glue sticks, and learning that made it a wonderful blogging year here
at twelveOeight. And I have you to thank for that. If you didn’t keep on coming back and reading, pinning and sharing
there would be no twelveOeight.

So thank you, thank you for making my dream grow, and turn into something unique and different, and far more wonderful
than I could have dreamed on my own.

Here are some of the DIY Projects that you loved this year, ready? [Read more…]

Filed Under: craft, Decorating, DIY, Dollar Store Projects, home decor, How To Decorate, how to make a chalkboard, Thoughts, Thrifty Living, Wreaths

How to make a Chalkboard Globe {Holiday Edition}

November 23, 2014 by Tanya 32 Comments

Do you ever think about how very huge our world is, yet so small at the same time?
We are all part of something so much greater than ourselves, interlinked, equally loved and valued
by our Creator. On a planet so strong yet so delicately balanced to sustain life.

It’s awesome, and wonderful to think about.

Some of us are very far away from loved ones, and it sure is hard to think about not being with
them when we think of carving turkeys or watching our favorite Holiday movies each year.

Looking at this globe each day, knowing we all stare up at the same moon and stars made me feel
that much closer to loved ones miles away.

I picked up this globe for just under $10 at Goodwill recently, and while that’s more than I usually try
to spend on an upcycle, I had this exact project in mind.

And I didn’t want to paint my grandfather’s globe either, so in the cart she went. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Christmas, Craft Ideas, Decorating, DIY, home decor, how to make a chalkboard, how to use chalkboard paint, Spray Paint 101

How to make a framed chalkboard + and some “yester-decor”

March 24, 2014 by Tanya 13 Comments

This is a pretty fast project & one that I have done before, but I had to share the before/after as it is
always so fun to see the power of a little paint & work!