Flavors to Follow: Chalkboards
Posted 7.30.2010 by Sandy a la Mode in Flavors to Follow :: 28 comments
When we first moved into our house, my husband and I had toyed with the idea of turning our fridge into a chalkboard fridge. What could be cooler than writing up your to-do list, drawing random pictures, and leaving each other sweet messages on one of the more frequently used appliances, yes we like to eat. But because of our basement renovation, anything fun like that had to be put to the backburner. Well guess what?? Our basement is DONE as of this week, so those things that used to be at the bottom of our list can make their way on up, woohoo! And what perfect timing that Emily from Sassy Smolak just had a post this week about her DIY chalkboard fridge, which by the way, looks TOTALLY cool! So I decided to search high and low on the web for some more chalkboard inspirations, and this, my friends is what I found… Enjoy!
{1} brought to you by the amazing sassy smolak, learn how to make your own chalkboard fridge
{2} seen on 74 lime lane, draw your own interpretation of the world with this chalkboard globe
{3} seen on isabella & max rooms, light up a room with a chalkboard lamp
{4} thanks melissabxoxo for sharing this chalkboard calendar, perfect for the type A’s!
{5} label bins, tins, and buckets with chalkboard paint, great idea not your average ordinary!
{6} seen on in honor of design, decorate your office space with some chalkboard wall decals
{7} seen on creature comforts, dress up your packaging with chalkboard gift tags
{8} seen on apothecary fox, record your grocery to-do list on this chalkboard tote!
{9} seen on poppytalk, decorate your room full of chalkboard
{10} seen on happiness is… chalkboards are a perfect prop for engagement photos
P.S. Sorry if I haven’t checked out your blogs lately, it’s been a long week and an especially long yesterday… Long story short, flight was delayed going from Detroit to Chicago, now staying overnight and blogging from my hotel room (that’s how much I love you), and finally heading back home tomorrow! So excited for the weekend, all I’m going to be doing is RELAXING. Then it’s off to Orlando on Monday I go… can’t wait to meet up with Sonja from SoNgDesigns!
P.P.S. Today is the last day to get 20% off of anything in Carol Hannah’s etsy shop! Yes, she’s the designer from last season’s Project Runway. Just mention “Sandy a la Mode” and this blog post in the “Message to Seller”. I really hope that someone can take advantage of this awesome discount, her dresses are AMAZING!
P.P.P.S. Don’t forget to enter the We Heart Paper custom letterpress GIVEAWAYS (yes two) on here and Janie Hearts! You have until Monday! 
Hope your weekend is FABULOUS!
That would be absolutely awesome if you turned your fridge into a giant chalkboard.
I’ve always thought about getting a few chalkboard decals so I can have them scattered around the house!
And again I want to say thank you for the beautiful bunting!! It’s perfect with perfect colours and prints. I can’t wait to figure out where I should hang it up. And the cute little pins too
xx You’re so lovely!
Wow, grat collection Sandy! That’s definitely a hot trand lately!
HAve a lovely weekend!
Suze
It’s official Sandy you are too good to me…. thank for such a nice shout out and what amazing chalkboard things you found. Totally rockin!! If you do the chalkboard fridge you better share pictures would love to see someone else’s. XOXOX
I love that chalkboard fridge by Emily of Sassy Smolak! She’s such an amazing blogger as well. Like you! Wow, amazing array of ways to create a chalkboard anything. Have a great weekend Sandy!
love that idea of the chalkboard fridge. i will have to head over to emily’s blog to check it out. i know you’ve been quite the busy traveler. how do you manage that pace. reading your updates on twitter tires me out already! : ) however, i think thats totally cool you can experience all those different places through your job. what an amazing opportunity! hope you get some r&r this weekend with the hubby before you take off again.
i LOVE all of these. i dream to have one wall in my house one day painted in chalkboard pain (kinda like in 500 days of summer). maybe in my art/craft room. loved this post.
such a great variety!! i’d love to use them for labels on pots, or in your office like the decals!
can’t wait to see you next week!
I love chalkboard walls. A chalkboard fridge sounds AMAZING! Can’t wait to see yours once you do it! Thanks for the round up of all of these awesome links!
Fantastic collection, Sandy! Thank you so much for including me. Chalkboards are lots of fun…and so many things you can do with chalkboard paint.
I hope you don’t have any more travel delays, Sandy — those are never good. Safe travels and have a great weekend!!
I soooo love what Emily did to her fridge – genius right?? I’m thinking of doing the same…anything to cover our old fridge!!
Great collection (love the photo bottom right)! Have a wonderful weekend
I love the chalkboard calendar!! So fun!
Love chalkboards. I always wanted a chalkboard wall when I was younger. And still now! haha
I know–I LOVE Emily’s chalkboard fridge! How cute it that?! Thanks for the reminder about Carol’s Hannah’s stuff–I LOVE HER!
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Thanks for the link my friend! This is an excellent chalkboard post! Lots of fun finds
xo
I have a globe obsession, and the chalkboard version is just such an interesting perspective!
OMG, the engagement shot is soooooo cute!
You KNOW I love chalkboards! Great collection.
we’re totally on the same page, sandy! i’ve been crushing on chalkboard recently. these are fabulous!
xo Alison
these are awesome! i love the chalkboard calendar! have a happy weekend!
love love love the chalkboard idea! would love to see pics after!!!
hmmmm….time to bust out the chalkboard paint that’s sitting in my cupboard! thanks for the inspiration ms. sandy!
J.
i’ve been loving them too!! especially when anthro posted them with their new colorful bed spreads! LOVE!
bring on the chalk!!! i so want a chalk wall in my house!
cute cute cute!!
i love the idea of chalkboards more than i actually like them though. the texture of chalk always bothered me for some reason lol. but i love the way they look!!
<3
I love the chalkboard idea! Though it would bother me to have all that chalk dust all over the floor. I’m OCD about having clean floors.
I toyed with having a chalkboard wall in our house for the girls to draw on but decided against it for two reasons 1) afraid of chalk dust everywhere, and 2) afraid the kiddos would have trouble understanding which walls are okay to draw on.
Thanks for the round up! These are all so much fun, I am in quite a chalkboard frenzy!
Sandy, I adore chalkboards! I’ve been trying to figure out how to incorporate them into our decor and you post helped me out so much! You sure sound like a busy lady…I hope you get to relax! Have a wonderful day. ♥