Metamorphosis Monday

This is my first time to play in Susan's Met Monday & I'm late coming to the party....please forgive me!

Mine is just a small make-over but it fits in the category, I think. This is what I started with...a cheap silverplated award tray that somebody was given. I found it @ a thrift store so they obviously weren't too thrilled w/ it. ;o)

Course it is from 1988 so maybe they were proud enough of their first place trophy, to hang onto it for 20 years.

I hit it w/ some chalkboard paint (I used spray because that's all that Hobby Lobby had & I was too impatient to wait until I could get to another store) & look how cute it is now!

I've been asked several times how I spray painted the tray, leaving the frame silver. I taped off the edges w/ painter's tape (using a spatula to make sure the tape got in the "seam" tightly), not being concerned about staying in line. Then I took an exacto knife & trimmed the tape along where I wanted. The "seam" in the tray made it really easy to follow w/ the blade. There are a couple of "blurps" in it but they are very, very minor. I was being a little anal about them until I saw trays in antique stores done this way. You would not believe how sloppy they were! I seriously wouldn't display them in my own home much less try to charge money for them! Maybe spray paint versus a brush was the way to go after all.

Well, I better get my duff out of this chair & onto some projects so that I can play in Met Mondays more.... be sure & tell Susan thanks for hosting!