Have y’all seen this mini cutting board at Hobby Lobby? I’m obsessed! I don’t know why, I guess it’s just because it’s so darn cute.
I purchase the rectangular ones last fall and loved using them at individual place settings on my table.
They were so pretty with grapes and cheese.
Or a wonderful cupcake type dessert.
So when I saw these round ones I couldn’t resist buying one… or two…
However, for the round ones I decided to make them into a decor item… and a functional cutting board too.
Business in the back, party in the front!
Supplies
Round Cutting Board
Paint
Paint Brushes
Gold leaf
Blue tape
Chalk pencil
Step 1
Let’s start with the party in the front part.
I wanted to add my kitchen colors to my cutting board.
Find the center point on your cutting board and draw a horizontal line using a chalk pencil.
l love using chalk pencils because they are so easily erased.
If you have a steady hand paint your board from the chalk line down.
If not, they use blue tape to protect the top half of your board from paint.
Since I don’t want any paint on the sides of my board, I like to paint the edges after I paint my horizontal line.
Paint from the inside toward the outside, keeping your brush from wrapping to the edge.
Then paint the middle using smooth, long strokes.
Let dry.
Step 2
Now that your paint has dried, it’s time to add in the fun part.
I’m adding our last name initial to the center of the board.
Using my Silhouette machine, I cut out the letter L and placed it in the center of my board.
Problem #1
Since I had used black vinyl and my board was dark on the top and the bottom, I quickly realized that you couldn’t see the letter very well.
But I had a solution!
I would trace the outline of the letter using a small gold marker.
And quickly realized that it looked terrible!
The gold didn’t show up enough and quite frankly it looked green.
Again I thought I had a quick fix.
Problem #3
I traced the black vinyl letter with my chalk pencil, then removed the vinyl letter.
Using my favorite gold paint, I painted in the letter.
It’s my favorite paint because it’s truly gold!
However, it still didn’t have the wow factor I was looking for.
At this point I was ready to sand everything off and start over, when I had one last thing to try that just might fix it.
Gold leaf.
Yep, I brought out the big guns.
And guess what?
It worked.
I simply followed the gold leaf directions and FINALLY I had the gold initial that I wanted.
I know that you are thinking “but Tammy, it isn’t food safe.”
No, it isn’t.
However, if I ever need to use a small cutting board I can simply flip it over and use that side.
Of course, it’s a hand wash situation.
I LOVE my cute mini cutting board decor.
Party in the front, business in the back.
Until next time…
Tammy
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