Monday, March 11, 2013

A Morning Message

Doesn’t everyone like to wake up to a sweet word or two? I know that I do.
Remember how my sweet coworker gave me this awesome spork? Well it was her birthday recently and I knew that I had to get her something awesome.  We get coffee together on the reg (slang for “regularly” that my students taught me.  They keep me in-the-know), and she is a HUGE coffee connoisseur.  So I decided to make her some coffee mugs for her lattes in the morning.  I’ve seen several versions of this tutorial floating through Pinterest so I thought I would try my hand at it.
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I purchased 4 mugs (two for me and two for my sweet friend) each for $1.50 at Walmart…or as I like to call it, Wally World. 
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After cleaning & drying the mugs I taped off the top of the mug with painters tape, but masking tape would work fine too. I painted the first layer of chalkboard paint around the base of the mug and the bottom half of the handle.  I let it dry for an hour and painted a second coat.
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Then I let the mugs dry completely for 24 hours.  I put them upside down on a baking sheet and put them in a preheated 300 degree oven for 35 minutes.  
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Once the mugs cooled off, I colored all over them with chalk and then erased it to prep the mugs for their messages. 
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I wrapped them in a brown paper bag with shredded cardboard and threw in a Starbucks gift card.
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This was such an affordable and fun gift, and I’m pretty sure she liked it a lot.  The set I made for us has been used a lot, for both tea and coffee.  It’s such a fun way to leave messages for each other :-)

These mugs are microwave safe.  I have only hand-washed my mugs so I’m not sure how they would do in the dishwasher; I just don’t want to take the chance on mine.
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Family & friends, I’m almost 100% positive that you will be getting something verrrrrrrryyyyy similar to this for Christmas ;-)
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xoxo Darby
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