Chalkboard side cupboard

Notice the little hands that like to help. 

      I finally got around to putting a chalkboard canvas with some cool wooden rope trim up on the end side of my kitchen cupboards last week. 

Today I decided to add a little fall decor to it.

Ta Daaaa

Waiting for the school bus

Waiting for the school bus this morning was picturesque.  I couldn't help but take the camera out with us and get some shots of the kidlits (and Shamrock)waiting.
          

                                                                          

Fall coloured mason jars

      I often see a great deal of different uses for mason jars whilst surfing Pinterest and since I love painting so much I thought I'd give this little craft a try. 

We are in the midst of some gorgeous autumn weather here, so I was of course influenced by the beautiful fall colours.

I had a bunch of left over different size mason jars on hand from some previous artsy crafts I made so I was go to go with those.

I picked up about 5 of those inexpensive little paint colours from a couple of different local stores each bottle only costing about $2.00. But wow, are there a lot of colours to choose from!

• Using some of my kids paint brushes and some I picked up at the dollar store, I gave each bottle a few coats of paint letting them dry for about an hour between coats.
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• Then thoroughly let them dry for several hours or even better overnight before sanding down the words and pictures on the glass as well as a few spots here in there to give them a somewhat aged look.
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• I used 100 grit sandpaper, but could have even used an emery board.
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• Then I slapped on a  couple coats of  Modpodge in a matte finish.  Letting it dry about 20 - 30 mins. between coats.
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• Lastly I wrapped several layers of twine around the top.

So easy peasy and fun they were, that I have now started working on some Christmas colours.