Have you ever seen a red homemade chalkboard project before? Me neither! This is truly beautiful right down to the art! But there's a sneaky trick to achieving this look.
Deb indeed created her own chalkboard paint adding plaster of paris to her red paint. But she took things a step further and created a darkened edge around the entire board. What an outstanding 3D touch!
As an artist, I'm all about those additional touches that make a project pop just that much more. And this detail certainly does it for me.
Deb's full tutorial on how to mix the paint is at: