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I spend quite a bit of time in my home office, mostly telecommuting for my job. I decided it needed a facelift. For the first project, I wanted a chalkboard wall. Over the weekend I painted a wall with black chalkboard paint. I used one quart of Valspar, two coats. I considered Dry Erase by Rust-Oleum, but one container covered only 7 by 7 feet and my wall was 8 by 11 feet. I used my regular paintbrush and roller. I was worried the brush lines would show, but it didn’t, so you don’t need to use a foam brush.

Like any paint project, it’s good to “cut in” first. –photo by nora paige davis.

My lovely husband, Dave, found me a chalkboard eraser. He’s been teaching for more than twenty-five years and remembers when chalkboards were in every classroom. Apparently they are no longer in demand and have been replaced by dry erase boards. Continue reading →

This is the beginning. I’ve read through some of the tutorials on how to create a blog, and my head feels like it is going to explode. Picking the name was very difficult. I had so many ideas, and I didn’t want to use a name someone else was using. I first chose Fussy Cuts — that’s when you pick a part of a fabric you want to use because it’s special in some way; for example, a flower you want to center in the middle of your block. Anyway, I found a website with that name and a business with that name, and it just wasn’t special enough. I finally decided on Wanda’s Life Sampler. It is a metaphor of my life, something different in every block, like a quilt sampler.

Introducing: Wanda’s Life Sampler. Now what?