DIY Chalk Board Mail Box

Many of the blogs I follow are full of wonderful DIY projects.  I
 love reading them and picking out the ones that  I can recreate
 and will be cute in my cottage home.  I have been sucked in by
the coffee filter wreath, (which was easy and adorable) the many

uses for chalk paint, vinyl stickers and of course burlap.

I have been wanting to show a project but never felt

anything was original enough to post. 

 Until now.

My husband has been scraping our front porch fencing to get it

 ready to paint.  When I was out helping watching him the other
 day, I noticed how nasty my brass mailbox and porch lights
 looked.  They were all crusty and oxidized and frankly, 1980's
 looking.  I asked if he could take the lights down and spray paint
them black. I was going to do the same with the mailbox
but thought it might be fun to do the mailbox in
chalkboard black instead.

I thought I could write cute notes like "no bills please" or put

 our initial on it, or anything I felt like doing on any given day. 

 At first I was worried it would be too flat looking but it

turned out adorable! 

Here is what the mailbox looked like before:

Ok, I realize this is a doorknob, but this is what the

mailbox looked like on the outside.  I know

I have to take a before picture.  I didn't know I was

going to post until it came out cute. 

Lesson learned.

Here is how the mailbox turned out:

I hope it makes my mailman smile!

Just thought you should know.

I took my son to dinner tonight. 

 It was just the two of us. 

 We had a very nice time eating

 and talking about his usual interests. 

 Star Wars, Lego's, Lego's that are

 Star Wars,  you get the picture. 

Anyway, when we got in the car

he was a unusually quiet.

  When I was getting ready to pull in my

driveway, he started to speak. 

 Now at this point, after being quiet,

 I thought he was going

to make a sweet statement,

as he has been known to do,

such as, thank you for taking me out

 to dinner or mention what a good time

 we had by ourselves on a "date"

at the restaurant or that we should

do it again next time daddy has to work. 

Comments like this usually come

after a little quiet reflection from him.

The following is what he said:

Boy- "Mom."

Mom-  "Yes honey."

Boy-  "I didn't poop at all yesterday,

 I just thought you should know."

Now you know too.

Summer

I haven't written much lately, because the boy
 and I are trying to soak up as much
Summer as possible!

Trying to get in more swims, more s'mores,

 more backyard fires and just plain

 hanging out before school starts. 

 I can't believe how quickly it is going.

I read this post today.

I could not have said it better myself!

(She rocks, by the way)

After you read it, get up, go out and enjoy

 what is left of summer!