{"id":7369,"date":"2010-09-25T07:27:59","date_gmt":"2010-09-25T14:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/?p=7369"},"modified":"2010-09-25T06:29:37","modified_gmt":"2010-09-25T13:29:37","slug":"make-a-faux-chalkboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/2010\/09\/make-a-faux-chalkboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Make a Faux Chalkboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/chalkboard-paper-easel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7370\" src=\"http:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/chalkboard-paper-easel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/chalkboard-paper-easel.jpg 400w, https:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/chalkboard-paper-easel-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chalkboard paint is incredible stuff with thousands of potential applications.\u00a0 However, it doesn&#8217;t exactly fall into the category of &#8220;budget craft supplies&#8221;; 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