Big Crafts In My Future

While I was on talking about my therapeutic cleaning yesterday, I posted this picture: What’s boring, dull, and bland all over?  Definitely my bulletin board.  I have big plans of reinventing it, but all week I have been trying to figure out what to do since I want to cover it with fabric in a more permanent fashion than last time but there is no way to remove the frame and reattach it later.  Today, I was impulsive and decided to just cut the corkboard out of the frame.

     Now I can either staple, tack, or tape the fabric to the back.  I think I will add some ribbon in a criss-cross pattern so that I don’t have to tack everything on and ruin pictures.  However, all of this had me thinking.  What’s the point of a cork board if I don’t need to tack anything on to it?  Then one thought led to another and I was searching on craigslist for old mirrors with pretty frames so I can make my own chalkboard.  That way I can use magnets on any pictures and even add little notes and pictures on the chalkboard if I want.

But then what will I do with the corkboard?  Well, I think I will put the chalkboard on my desk where the corkboard was and I will hang the corkboard on my sliding closet doors.  I am thinking I will either use the corkboard for random pictures with the chalkboard as more of an inspiration board or use the corkboard for hanging jewelry and accessories.  I have a lot to think about and plan before I go on a date with San tomorrow to Cracker Barrel and then to buy lots of fun things!

Let me know what you think!  Also, does anyone know of anyone buying an ornate frame with glass instead of a mirror inside and painting the chalkboard paint on that?  I’m guessing there would be no difference, but I’ve never heard of anyone doing that.  Have a great weekend, everyone!