I started off with just a plain black picture frame. I think that a flat frame would be ideal-not sure that you would want to do it with a frame that had edges or any kind of decorative to the outside. I cut various sizes of circles out with my cricut-from 1/4 up to 1.5 inch circles. I did this with both red and green circles and then I just put them scattered throughout the frame. I just love the outcome! My goal was to be an advent calendar, but really, this is cute as is for a frame. But, of course, I had to stick with the goal in mind, so keep on reading! :)
I then took the glass out of the frame and applied about 3 layers of chalkboard paint on the glass. Once that dried this is the finished product!! I love it. I could see taking the green circles off and using white or red and putting it in my kitchen for a "notes" board or a running grocery list. I just loved the look, though. I will say that afterwards I noticed that the chalk left a residue when I cleaned it, so I applied another 3 layers of chalkboard spray paint and that solved the problem. I guess because it is a glass base it took a little more than a wood base would take.
Hope you can add this item to your Christmas Cheap Frugal Homemade Lists! :)
