Chalkboard Serving Tray

A Chalkboard Serving Tray is beautiful addition to any home. Think of the possibilities!

My Crafty Girlfriend invited me over for an evening of crafting at her home. 

We made these beautiful serving trays, with a chalkboard on them! How genius is that?!

This wood is 2 x 10 and cut at 2.5 feet long. 

We applied a coat of stain to the edges and backside, yet tried to avoid the middle area where we planned to paint the chalkboard. 

Here you can see the front side of one tray and the backside of the other. 

The wood is pine and the stain is "Early American".

Using painter tape, we taped off the area to apply the chalkboard paint. 

A little trick to make sure the paint doesn't bleed under the tape: 

Paint a thin layer of Modge Podge over the edge of the tape, this will seal up the edge. 

Have a drink while that dries....

Now paint the taped off area with chalkboard paint. Use long even strokes to avoid brush marks in the paint

Now go ahead and remove the tape.

Do this before the paint dries or you risk the paint chipping off along the taped line. 

See? Beautiful clean, crisp lines!

Now, add hardware for handles. 

How perfect are these? Super cute little fork and knife!

A beautiful centerpiece or serving tray!

Please note: unfortunately you have to wait about 72 hours until the chalkboard paint is completely dry. Then you have to lightly put chalk all over it and rub it off before you can write anything. Oh, and when you wipe the chalk off at the end of your party you can use a damp cloth but then you have to repeat these steps again. So friends, that is why there are no pictures of chalk words on the chalkboard tray....still waiting!