I think they're pretty awesome, and even though I don't spend my days at Disney World trying to spot them I thought they'd be a cool way to bring the Disney theme into our kitchen.
My first thought was to use chalkboard paint on glass jars I use for bulk items in our pantry.
As you can see, that didn't work out too well. The paper I used stuck to the glass and the paint didn't come off in a clean line. I was disappointed but put it behind me and moved on.
After doing some research on facebook and google, I found that you have to actually etch glass (or use sandpaper) so the chalkboard paint will adhere to it. Can you believe that none of the tutorials from Pinterest even mentioned doing that?! No wonder I was having a hard time with the chalkboard paint!
Luckily I had some etching cream leftover from a different project and was able to use it for this. But first I had to find a good Mickey stencil to use for the glass! My friend Emily went to Disney World this summer and bought our wedding gift there, which included a really cool Mickey shaped pancake/egg mold.
I decided the mold was a great size for all of my glass jars and traced it out onto vinyl contact paper with a permanent marker. Cutting out the shapes took forever, but I didn't rush and was extremely careful so there were no major incidents that deemed a Mickey unfit to use.
Putting the vinyl onto the glass was fairly easy and I didn't want to try to be too perfect and make the Mickey straight or exactly in the middle. I think there's a sort of magic to things if you have small imperfections. I mean, life isn't perfect so why should you try to strive for such a thing?
Anyways. I left the etching cream on between 5 and 10 minutes until I wiped it off with a damp cloth.
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| I bought the etching cream at Michael's |
Chris liked the look of it so much that he asked me not to add the chalkboard paint because it felt like more of a "hidden" Mickey the way it was.
I have to say, I agree.
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