Writing on a chalkboard can be messy. Chalk dust gets everywhere. And the letters sometimes smudge if your hand lays on the writing.
The solution? A chalkboard pen!
I just recently purchased my first chalkboard pen. Maybe I’m slow to be on board with these….but I love them!
The precision that you can achieve with a chalkboard pen is much greater than with regular chalk. Dear Lilly created this on her chalkboard. Surely she used a chalkboard pen!
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I have the pen, and I have several chalkboards… now I just need to practice {and practice and practice and practice} my handwriting so I can create something as beautiful as Dear Lillie.
I recently purchased this cute caddy from Target’s new Threshold collection, and was was able to try out my pen.
Writing with it was so simple! And when I made a mistake, a wet paper towel cleaned if off in no time!
I can’t wait to try my pen out on other chalk boards! And maybe one of these days, I will have mastered some fancy writing to create a piece of art like Dear Lilly!
jen
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I’m working on my chalkboard pen handwriting too! I don’t think it will ever look like Dear Lillie’s though…unless I use a stencil.
Sharon
Well, if you are slow on getting on board (nice pun) with the pen, than I am really slow since I didn’t even know one existed. Thanks for the tip (again nice pun), I’ll be looking into this for sure!
I need to look into a fine tipped pin now so I can create something more fancy!! I ordered mine online.
Thanks for letting us know about this product…I have never seen it before!
Ooooooh, I like this! I haven’t seen this before, I’m going to have to find one!
You won’t regret it! It’s a really fun pen!
Jen
I really need one of those!! Thanks for the reminder and your little caddy looks just darling! Glad you shared this with us at Inspiration Friday this week.
Vanessa
Hi there!
I am a big fan of chalk markers myself – I’ve done a couple of posts about them. I use a different brand though –
I’m curious – have you used them on a “self made” chalk board? My biggest chalk surface is my chalk wall in my kitchen but I’ve never used the markers there. I just assumed that they would stain the surface – or take too much scrubbing to come clean. The wall is painted with Rustoleum chalkboard paint. . . what do you think?
Breida