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I love cutting boards!

In the past six months I have painted a variety of things.  There are a few items that are found at thrift stores on a regular basis.  They always have a lot of wooden shelves which are not the most conducive to a creative project, tons of frames, wooden trays and of course cutting boards.  I like to use three of the above mentioned when I find them.  Read some of my past posts and you will be reminded of that.  Today, I have another cutting board, this one is the most common size and shape that you will find.  It looked like something from the seventies to me with the lettering and colors.  As with most things I get I just covered the design with paint.  If it isn't an object that suits your taste, cover it in paint and make it your own. 

Because of the size of this cutting board and most of them for that matter it is best to keep the design simple.  Since there is a Parrot head fundraiser coming up at the end of the month and I can never have too many projects for it, the design is a palm tree.  This is a hand painted tree, I didn't use a stencil for this.  But even if I did use a stencil as I have in the past, they are still designs that I drew first then made into a stencil.  Not that anyone doubts my ability, but for some reason I felt a bit of clarification was needed.  Yes, it's another day of jabbering as my hubby likes to say.  I love the light blue background, it gives it relaxed feel.  It reminds me of one of my favorite songs by Jimmy Buffett, so instead of a quote for today, here is song lyric.

Song lyric for the day:
Havana daydreamin' Boy he's just dreamin' His life away - Jimmy Buffett

If you are not familiar with this song, I recommend that you find it an listen.  It definitely gives you the feeling of lazing around on a beach on a warm summers day.
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