The new normal... & a little project

I've finally been working on some little projects for fall around Red Gate Farm... getting back to normal after everything this year has been slow coming... an empty nester after 24 years and then a summer wedding... well, it has really surprised me in how hard it's been to just get back to a normal life... but I think I'm finally finding my new normal...

And after mastering the chalkboard art we used for the wedding (like how I continue to work that into my posts?) I decided to make a quick and easy sign on my vintage slate chalk board...

Using chalk markers makes this an easy project and easy to change for seasons and holidays.  One downside to these markers is they can't be used on chalkboard painted surfaces since it won't come off... but they work beautifully on slate chalkboards and glass... so....

I'm finally making time for a project simply because I want to.  After all of the chalkboards that were made for the wedding I knew I wanted to make something similar and permanent.... and I had an exact phrase and location in mind.

Off to the thrift store and I found exactly what I was looking for... an 11 x 14 frame, with glass intact and ready to hang for $6.99.  Probably not the cheapest frame but it was exactly what I was looking for.

I still have 1/2 of a quart can of chalkboard paint and already had the frame paint I wanted to use... ASCP in Duck Egg Blue.

The phrase?  Well it's the title of a country song... a song used at my daughter's wedding for the anniversary dance.  I think it speaks for itself...

I used publisher for the font/text and printed out the page in the size/scale I was looking for.  Taped it behind the glass and...

Using the chalk marker we purchased for the wedding chalkboards I traced over the printed words/text... right onto the glass.

Here you can see it better without the paper behind the glass... 

Then out came the chalkboard paint and I painted the reverse side.  In the future, if I want to change out the text/words I can simply wash off the current phrase... of course next time I wouldn't be able to just trace over the words like I did here since I have now painted the reverse side... but I don't plan to change this any time soon.  Sorry about the reflection... this was in the evening after work...

But the final project?  Turned out exactly as I pictured it...

I had never liked how the gas fireplace exhaust pipe was the only thing on this wall... but didn't quite know what I wanted to do.

I recently found this cute little basket and knew it would be just the thing... knowing that I needed a "3rd" item to round this out is what got me started on my newest chalkboard idea....

And the pipe doesn't look so lonely and out of place... just floating there on that wall...

Looking forward to a sunny, colorful, slow and lazy fall,

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