DIY Mother's Day Gift

Happy Mother's Day to all you sweet moms out there (if you are still awake)! I hope you had a wonderful day full of love, appreciation, and hugs! My day started out with getting to sleep in, getting a sweet card and some hand-picked flowers from all my boys, and a venti caramel macchiato from Starbucks. Oh, and by sleeping in I mean I woke up at 7 o'clock, thanks to my internal alarm clock...my boys are early risers so I am used to getting up a bit earlier. I like to think that I am such a fun mom that they are just so excited to start their day with me every morning! Okay, probably not, but it is still mother's day for one more hour so I can believe what I want to believe!

Anyway, let's move on to reason for writing this post...I wanted to share with you a little DIY project that I made for my mom this Mother's Day - a DIY message board. So easy, so cheap, so cute. Win. Win. Win. Here is how it turned out...






Aren't my mother's day flowers beautiful (side note)? What do you think of the message board? My mom loved it, by the way. She always loves anything with pictures of her grand boys and anything homemade.
Here are some process pics so you can see just how easy it was...



I used a piece of scrap plywood (3/8 inch, good grade) that I cut down to size using a table saw, followed by sanding.



Then I applied some classic gray stain with a foam brush and wiped away the excess stain.




Once it was dry, I put in two screws where I wanted my clips to hang (I was afraid glue would not be strong enough) and then I taped off the area that was to be painted with chalkboard paint.



Then, I slapped on some paint, removed the tape and... voilà!


Okay, it turns out that I accidentally used magnetic paint instead of chalkboard paint, huhum, mom brain..so now it is a magnetic chalkboard;). Happy accident.

So what do you guys think? Anyone else try a DIY gift for mom? What is your favorite Starbucks drink? Yum, Starbucks. Am I supposed to be boycotting them or something? I try not to stay too current with all that stuff for fear that I won't have anywhere to go when I leave the house. Anyone with me?