![]() Doing two marks meant that all I had to do to make the thin line straight was to line up the top with the mark on the upper thick tape and the bottom with the lower thick tape – No wonky/crooked lines!!! We masked the whole thing out in the thick masking tape, using the level to make sure our lines would be straight. Then we started putting in the vertical thin lines by making pen marks every 3″ on the top strip of thick masking tape and then again on the bottom strip. So, after factoring in the 1/4″ masking tape every few inches, we came up with a 16×22.75″ rectangle. We decided on 3×3″ “daily” squares and a 7×16″ “memo” section. ![]() A level for ensuring that the lines were straight.Thin 1/4″ masking tape for the lines between the “daily” squares.Thick masking tape for masking off the overall rectangle of the calendar.Measuring tape and an oversized ruler for centering the calendar and marking out the “daily” squares.A new nylon paint brush (which was the recommended brush type listed on the back of the chalkboard paint can).A quart of Valspar black chalkboard paint.John’s MacBook with the Dream Green blog opened to the post with our calendar inspiration photo in it (because I somehow lost my print-out of the example…).If you’ll remember, this is what we were going for… Luckily, one of John’s coworkers came to the rescue – He happened to have 1/4″ tape (for car detailing) that he wasn’t using in his truck. ![]() ![]() Now for our fifth and final reveal from our AMAZINGLY productive weekend: The chalkboard calendar.Īs you may remember, we hit a wall a couple of weeks ago when we couldn’t find a roll of masking tape any thinner then a 1/2″ for the dividing lines. ![]()
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