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- Hey guys, how's it going?
It's me, Ann.
So before we get started
with this fun, do-it-yourself project,
I want to quickly thank you guys so much
with all of my heart, for leaving me
such wonderful, beautiful comments
and sharing your stories with me
on my "draw my life" video.
It really means so much to me,
I felt so blessed just to read all your comments
and all your love pouring in, I can feel it,
and I really really do appreciate every single one
of your comments, so thank you guys so much.
Okay, so let's move on to this tutorial
and today I'm going to show you how to make
fun little chalkboard labels!
Now yesterday I was shopping at Marshalls
and I was in the home decoration section,
and what I noticed was there were a lot of fun little
containers that had little chalkboard labels on them.
So instead of buying new things,
I can actually reduce clutter by taking things
that I already had sitting at home
and putting the labels on them.
So I have these jars right here that
I will be working on for a upcoming tutorial
and then I had some vase that I use for storage
that I will be using as well,
and these are just fun ways to write inspiring words on here
give you a nice reminder of positive things in your life
or, you know, just to label stuff.
So if you guys like what you see,
then make sure to stay tuned and we'll get started together!
Okay guys, so let's start off with materials
like things from around the home.
So I picked up a few things that I would love to label,
and I have a empty candle jar, I have a mug,
I have some vases that I want to label,
so go ahead, get creative, start shopping around your home.
Next you will need some rubbing alcohol
for prepping and cleaning, and then some chalkboard paint.
Now if you are wondering where I purchased
all my supplies from, then make sure
to check out my blog, lifeannstyle.com
I have more specific information on my blog.
Okay, so next up I'm using this contact paper right here
that I found from Target in the kitchen/cleaning section.
You can also find this at Walmart,
I believe they sell this at almost any department stores
and then you can also use other type of sticky paper
anything you can find, stickers or whatever it is
that will adhere to your surface.
If you cannot find this, you can also use masking tape
and lastly I will be using a sharpie and a pair of scissors.
Okay so before we begin, it is suggested for you
to sand down the surface area that you will be painting on.
However, I will be working with a little, little area
so I'm just going to use rubbing alcohol
and soak that into a cotton pad
and then I'm just going to clean the surface area
from any grease or natural oils from my fingers and residue.
So just make sure you prep this very well before moving on.
Okay, so now have your contact paper ready,
and what I would suggest for you to do
is cut out a big piece of contact paper
that's bigger than the size of your object
because you want it to wrap around
and not get the paint around your object.
Okay, so what I'm doing here is I'm just
going to draw a speech bubble,
and when you're drawing your design make sure
to keep in mind the size, you don't want it too big
and you want it enough to fit into your surface area
where you will be making your label.
So here I'm just making a little fold
so that way I could snip it into the design
and then I'm going to cut around it.
So here's another design idea,
and basically what I'm doing here is
I'm taking my paper and I'm folding it in half
so that way it can mirror each other perfectly
well not perfect, but you know, very close.
So with my sharpie marker I'm just gonna draw
a curve on the top, and then on the bottom as well.
So when you're doing this you can
actually make this into any design,
and if you add more curvy lines
it just gives this label a more feminine look
and makes it look a little bit more fancy.
Okay, so now it's time to take that contact paper,
peel it off, and place it onto my cup.
So I'm just going to have an idea of where I want it
and then I'm going to peel off the contact paper
and then now I'm going to stick it onto my cup.
And when I'm doing this, I want to make sure
that where the cut-out part is
is going to stick on very well,
so make sure you flatten all that area
around the cut-out part very well,
because you don't want any paint to seep through.
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Okay, so before I apply on the paint
I'm going to make sure that
I'm in a well ventilated area, I like to do this outdoors,
and make sure to shake up the can
if you're using a spray paint can,
make sure to shake it up very well
so that way the paint can evenly distribute.
So now I'm just going to spray that onto my surface area.
While spraying this on, I suggest for you
to spray on a very thin layer, let it set for a couple hours
before you spray on the next layer.
After that, let it set for about 24 hours
before initially using it.
So after letting the paint set and dry for over 24 hours,
go ahead and peel off the paper, and if you see anything
or any imperfection that you don't like
you can always take a q-tip or some cotton balls
and dip that into some acetone, some nail polish remover,
and simply remove the paint off,
and that's basically it, guys.
Thank you so much for watching,
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and I will talk to you guys next time.
Love you, ciao!
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