What I've been up to

My mom found this chalkboard while we were organizing and set it aside for the kids to draw on. I didn't realize that until AFTER I redid it, but it turned out cute!

This was color of the wood before...



Anyway, so this was quite the exciting project when it came down to it. Why you ask? Because I messed up big time. I made my way to one of my favorite stores: Roberts. Ask my hubby, he says I'm there everyday (im not... really, well... maybe). I had the perfect paint color in my mind and went to the browns to pick it out. I had found it! A nice dark mocha like brown. The name of the color was Burnt Carmine. I had no idea what carmine is, but it sounds brown right? Nope. Carmine is a deep red! So what does "Burnt Carmine" mean? PURPLE!



Not the color I had planned.

This is the bottle and how it deceived me...


Doesnt that look BROWN?!?



The lighting in the store was oh so deceiving. So I took a medium brown, mixed it with this color and ended up with this:
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I thought it turned out cute.