Spring Mantel

I was inspired by the colors yellow and green this month and apparently the shape of the month was oval.

I picked up three different oval frames from different thrift stores around town.

The white large oval in the mantel picture was so pretty I just left it that way.  The one on the left in the picture above I spray painted yellow and made into a chalkboard of sorts and the small mirrored one I am saving for another day.

I bought a piece of cardboard from the dollar tree and traced the oval shape.

Then I cut it out and painted over the whole thing with chalkboard paint.








The chalkboard didn't work out as well  as I had hoped for two reasons.  The chalk didn't show up very well so I ended up painting the message with white paint. Also, as you can see in this lower picture the cardboard had ridges in it and they show up much more than I wanted in the light.  So I will be searching for some flatter cardboard when I write my next message.  (Hopefully Spring is here!)