We had gone to IKEA and found this adorable table and chairs for Savannah. It's unfinished wood and very easy to put together. But I wanted to do something to the table like paint it- I love the idea of chalk boards and have seen some pretty sweet chalk board coffee table tops just from a can of chalk board spray paint! So I picked some up and my dear hubby and I started the project last night out in the grass.
We kept all the parts of the table in the box except for the top and taped the sides. Once it was laying on the grass, we sprayed away- layer after layer. This morning I did one final coat and then ran chalk over the whole thing before calling it quits. Once it was dusted off, I put the table together and WALA! It's is now a little doodle pad for her and her friends.
I LOVE IT! And she already has it covered in squiggles!
I decided to make the bottom of the insert more sturdy by encasing a rectangular piece of cardboard with the material I was working with. I did some sewing and hot-gluing and here's how it came out-
Not too bad but let's just say, it looks better when there are magazines inside! :)
We have 4 birthday's in our family in the month of September and since our entire family was together last weekend, I made a few of these. What a fun recipe! A little bit of work since I needed to slice the Swiss rolls very thin and line a bowl with them. I followed a Taste of Home recipe which I'll let you check out. The hot fudge layer never freezes completely and kept puddling at the bottom of the bowl for me but with a bit of muscle, I was able to make it work.
No, that's not cheese- It's a bar of soap!
