Industrial Cabinet Goodness!

Some of my favorite decor pieces are industrial. I just love the look of metal and wood together in perfect harmony. And, if you ask me, we don't do nearly enough of them! But I'm sharing one with you today that I hope you like!

A Chalkboard in Bloom

Today I wanted to tell you a little bit more about our spring chalkboard that was hanging next to our new mail holder made from a shutter that I shared yesterday. 

This little goodie was already a chalkboard. But, the surface was pretty much shot. You just couldn't write on it anymore.

We had this particular item donated to us by a woman who saw us at our very first show and loved our stuff. She just so happened to have a few things in her car that she was planning on taking to Goodwill that day. Instead, she brought them back to our booth and made a donation to On A Whim! 

People can be so nice :)

All I did for this piece was paint the chalkboard itself with Ce Ce Caldwell's Emerald Isle and then I used Annie Sloan Aubusson Blue on the frame and dry brushed some Ce Ce's Santa Fe Turquoise over that. I love the effect! 

I printed some letters off of my computer and cut around them. I then cut 3" x 3" squares out of some springy-green scrapbook paper I had and made them into triangles. I glued the letters onto those and I attached the flags to a piece of teal yarn I had picked up somewhere in a free bin with some blue flower brads I had laying around in my scrapbook stash.

I just love the combination of blue and green, don't you? :)

Farm Fresh Eggs

My friend Jessica gave me some fresh eggs the other day. 

It's hard to see in this picture, but all except one had those pretty pale blue shells. 

She laughed when I said I was going to make a nest and take some pictures of my pretty blue eggs.

But I just couldn't help myself... :)

It's Easter time, after all. It's the season of the egg! 

When I was arranging them in their nest (a terra cotta pot base with some CeCe Caldwell's Destin Gulf Green over Emerald Isle Green), I placed the one brown egg in the center and it looked like a daisy. 

So I kept it that way and took a few pictures.

My little egg arrangement made me smile.

Maybe it's made you a smile a little too. Hope so! :)