a week of gift ideas: day 3 { chalkboards! }

Can you imagine what blogland would be without chalkboard paint??

Today, we're going to look at chalkboard paint through a gift givers eye. Look at these beauties and see if they don't getyour wheels turning about what you can turn castaways lurking on thrift store shelves and yard sales (maybe even your cupboards) into for your friends/co-workers/family/you get the picture.

First up, here are some silver trays turned to chalkboards:

Jen from Balancing Beauty and Bedlam welcomes her family home with this one:

Shannon at Bless Our Nest has made over a lot of trays. I love 'em all!

Here is one on Jen's( from Tatertots and Jello) door:

Wendy at The Shabby Nest and her cute dollar store tray:

(Wendy, I copied this picture but I would never steal your whole blog :) The nerve!)

Frames are fab finds as well~look what these were turned into:

Darlene at Our Creative Life turned an old picture into this beauty:

I adore this one from Holly Mathis Interiors:

Look at this long and lush one by Amanda at Imperfectly Beautiful:

I could go on and on, but I'm going to stop and let you link up your chalkboard projects that could be great gifts~I know there are a hundred jillion more ideas out there and the possibilities are endless. Show us what you've got up your creative chalkboard painting sleeve!