It Is Well With My Soul Reverse Chalk Transfer Method

I've been haunted by a certain saying lately, having seen it all over blogland for a while now. Have you seen it?

It is Well

with

My Soul

Honestly, I thought it was from the Bible.It's actually lyrics from a song entitled "It is Well with My Soul" written well over a hundred years ago by Horatio Spafford and Philip Bliss. When I looked into the history of the song, I was quite humbled. It involves the tale of a husband and wife (the Spaffords), their children and the unbelievable losses their family suffers through the years.

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Mr. Spafford, an attorney, and his wife, Anna lost their only son to scarlet fever in 1870. They later lost their wealth as a result of  the Great Chicago Fire in 1871. They then lost their FOUR daughters in a shipwreck in 1873. Spafford wrote the lyrics to the song shortly thereafter. The song is truly beautiful, and you can

hear it here.

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It really made me think about how blessed my family and I are, and how easy it is to take that for granted. Knowing this, I was convinced that I wanted to use the quote for my huge DIY chalkboard that hangs in our kitchen eating area.  

I scanned the internet for just the right font, and I ended up with this.

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I've been known to free-hand some of my other chalkboard art, but I wanted to make sure this was done right. So I employed a super-easy method I've used in the past and you can find my reverse chalk transfer method tutorial for it here.

In order to get the letters just the right size, I used a free website called Block Posters and enlarged them, printing them out on my own printer. It's a really fun and easy site to use. Just upload your picture and follow their instructions. My particular quote printed out in six pages.

I cut the copies down to size (cut the white parts off) and taped them together into one big quote. I then placed it on my chalkboard, using painter's tape to mark the board so I had an idea as to where to reposition them after I chalked the back of each sheet per my tutorial.   

After chalking the back of each sheet, I secured the entire thing to the chalkboard, again using painter's tape. Then I outlined each letter in pencil and colored them all in.

Here are the first three words outlined and colored in. Once I lifted the paper off the chalkboard I was left with a very faint outline of the words. I then filled them in a bit more with my chalk and

ended up with this.

I added the anchor using the same method that I used for the words. I just googled "anchor image" to find it. I then downloaded it to my computer and printed it out as is, since the size was just right for my project.

I then used the reverse chalk transfer method for this as well. It's a really easy technique you can use if, like me, you're not always comfortable drawing something freehand.

Well, that's it until next time, friends! 

I hope you enjoyed reading about 

my Reverse Chalk Transfer Method.

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