A Peek Inside the Parsonage

Here’s a little something I’ve messed with this week in my parsonage…come take a peek.

I love those cute little chalkboards for menus and messages, but the ones I’ve had are really hard to write on. The chalk fades in and out because of the surface or the chalk. I recently saw on a blog somewhere a great idea. If I find the place I got the idea I’ll link you to it, but for now I’ll share the idea.

Use an inexpensive photo frame and put a piece of colored paper under the glass. The one I used had a border around the edge. If you’re not a scrapbooker and don’t have paper like this, you can buy a sheet for about .20 at Michaels. Use something that will the marker to show up – one that doesn’t have lots of designs on it. Light colors work well.

Use a dry erase marker to write on the glass. You could use it for messages, shopping needs, or your menu. I popped mine into this metal stand I had because I liked the looks of it, but if your frame has a stand on the back you won’t even need to do that. Cute, huh?