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I found this basket with lid, perfect for transporting pies or casseroles to a pot luck, at our local thrift store.  Since I'm more likely to use this in the summer than winter, I wanted to redo the lid.  I may eventually sew a new liner for the basket as well, but for now this one will do. This is a very quick and simple project!  I painted the lid in Perfect Crust by Valspar - as close as I could get to the smokey beige spray paint that I love, but shouldn't use in the house.  :-)  (It's way too cold to spray paint outside!)   I put the design together using free fonts, and black silhouettes from google images.  This design is almost identical to what I used on the curtains in my laundry room, so it only took a little tweaking...  I cut it from  651 vinyl, which I buy from Amazon.    Once cut and weeded, I transferred it to dollar tree contact paper, which is my preferred transfer paper.   Place the contact paper over th...

When I bought this painting at the thrift store, I actually intended for it to be a sign for my porch.  But then when I was spring cleaning my kitchen, I decided it would make a great menu board..  I had primed the entire thing off white when it was meant as a sign, but that just made it easier to make it a chalkboard.  I used raft paint on the frame, a deep dark red.  When I sprayed on the chalkboard paint some of the overspray got on the frame - I rubbed it on and added a bit more black craft paint giving it that sort of crafty antiqued look. I'm really surprised by how much my family loves this.  They all really like knowing what is for dinner each night.  Especially my husband!