Savvy Slate and Simeon!

Roofing Slate Turned Black Board 

& Our Newest Little Shopper, Simeon!

Minnie Pearl, watch out! 

 Little Simeon and his parents made a visit to Rustique...

He took a liking to vintage fashion sporting this hat, what a cutie!

Now for the Black Board!

I have had this black board paint for a few years and haven't put 

it to use until I received a little inspiration from Miss Mustard Seed.

My brother, (a contractor), asked if I would be interested in in some 

roofing slate (he's got a whole palette) of course I said YES!  

I would come up with something to use it for.  

This is one of my creations... start to finish... Enjoy!

This is how the slate looks before I do anything to it. 

As you can see, the slate already has two holes 

on either side, perfect for hanging!  

But I don't want to use the traditional rawhide to hang it, blah...

This is the chalk board paint I used, I think I bought it at Walmart.

Apply two coats : )

So instead of rawhide, I thought some vintage hardware would be really cool, 

they don't have to be the same, but maybe similar (both silver or gold or wood)

.

You will need to use washers and fairly short screws. 

I used picture wire to hang, just wrap under washer and around twice.

Make sure you season the surface (cover with chalk and wipe off)

(this was a great tip I received from Miss Mustard Seed also), 

other wise the first thing written in chalk will burn an image.

I also added these antique keys, you could add all kinds of things, 

I am going to try some vintage kitchen utensils next!

The finished product! 

I am going a little crazy with the black board paint 

so you'll see more projects using this technique!

FYI

Simeon's Mom, Annie, told me of a really cool project she is working on, 

so keep an eye out for that in an upcoming post!