Cork/ Magnet Board

I needed idea storage. Most people are probably thinking "Isn't that what your brain is for?'! Well, not mine. I don't know whether it was having 4 kids, or drinking too much diet Coke, but my brain doesn't work that way. Sure I can put the ideas in there, but retrieving them is a whole other story. :) I wanted a cork board,....and I wanted a magnet board,....but I didn't want two separate items. So I decided to create one. This was such a simple and fun project.

I bought a frame at Michaels for 50% off. I actually prefer to find frames at thrift stores or garage sales and paint them, but this one wanted to come home with me, so it worked out well. I bought some sheet metal at Home Depot and cut it with wire snips to fit my 16x20 frame. I bought a four pack of 12x12 cork pieces at Walmart for about $5.- (who knew??) I found one of my favorite pieces of scrap paper (just to spice it up), and got busy.

I used Tacky Glue to adhere the scrap paper to the sheet metal. I like to use a paint brush to smooth the glue out for a better finished product.

I trimmed the cork board about an inch all of the way around with a straight edge and a utility knife, so that the paper would provide a border. Then I used Tacky Glue to adhere the cork board to the paper.

I weighed it down and gave it a while to dry. (No mystery what my favorite magazine is, eh?)

When the husbands away the wife will play.:) I hunted down the hubby's hammer and used my super cute, tiny nails to fasten the sheet metal into the frame. Tip...if you can't hold the tiny nail and not hit your finger with the hammer then use some pliers to hold the nail.

I hung it in my favorite spot in the office and pinned up some of my crafty ideas. I am so excited that I won't have to dig my ideas out of a box any more. Or even scarier,... try to find them in the file folders of my brain. ;)

HAPPY CRAFTING!!!

 

I am going to link this to Frugal Friday at the Shabby Nest.

 

xoxox -Holls

Too Many Bows???

Am I wrong in assuming that a girl can never have too many bows. I have been making bows for my girls. Bows, bows, bows!!! I like to put them on headbands, and layer them, and even pretend they are pins and wear them on the strap of my bag. But,...when one has so many bows that one cannot find the one one wants, then one has a problem. Too many 'one's'? Never fear, I found ONE solution. These cute little frame-hook-thingy's were on clearance at Michaels. Shazzam,...I will hang the bows on them. (My life would be so much more simple if I didn't feel like everything had to be cute.) I could have tacked a piece of yarn to the wall months ago,but I digress,...it was worth the wait. Aren't they cute? I put a lock of my half pints hair in the rectangle frame, and if my quarter pint ever has enough hair for a cut, hers will go in the oval frame. I hung them on the wall in the girls closet. They will never even be seen. But I know they are there, and they make me smile.

Papertowel/ Ribbon holders

Answering some of your inquiries...yes, I keep my ribbon on paper towel holders. The cuter the better, so I try to find them on sale. Sometimes I can get the nice metal ones a little dinged up at a clearance price. When the husband is not home I sneak his utility knife (I have been banned from sharp objects, with good reason, I'm a klutz) and I cut the centers out of the ribbon spools so that they will fit onto the holder. "Easy peasy" to quote the big sis . And...a quick note on finding thrifty ribbon...every once in a while Michaels has a 5 for $1.00 sale. True story, I wouldn't joke about matters of such importance. That is when I stock up. They only include the 1/8th and 1/4 inch ribbons in the sale, but those are the sizes that make the best embellishments anyway. (fringe for tassels, bookmarks, scarfs, etc.)

Also, I would like to give a heartfelt Thank You to all of you who have made me feel so welcome here in the more creative section of the Land of Blog, where craftiness runs a-muck and ideas seem to float around like electric current. It feels like one big cheery family of harmonious strangers. It is my new happy place.