Making a Nostalgic Inspiration Board
I have been meaning to create an inspiration board for a while now. Somewhere I can jot down ideas that flow through my mind. Why? Because as one flows through, it gets replaced by another and the cycle repeats! Forgetful? I like to say my plate is just plain overloaded
My oldest left his cork bulletin board here when he moved out. It's been sitting in the garage for...oh.. a few years.
I had a piece of linen with embroidery in the corner that was my Grandmother's and thought it would cottagefy (is that a word?) it a bit. Only problem was it had a few holes and stains in it.
I thought Elmer's spray adhesive would be the easiest way to marry the two. I had some leftover from a previous project, a no brainer!
I sprayed the bulletin board with the adhesive. I was able to maneuver the linen so the holes and stains didn't show.
I folded the excess around the back and used a stapler to attach it
Grandma's sweet little embroidery work makes me smile.
I decided to flip the embroidery to the top corner so it was more visible.
Added my corsage from my son's wedding and a few other memento's given to me from my children.
Then out came my jewelry/beads/etc. tote and Mom's buttons.I embellished some tacks for interest and am also using a few special pin backs as push pins also.
I found a long strip of pink fabric that had been removed from an article of clothing, the entire length is covered in rhinestones.From Mom or Grandma ~I ''draped'' it as best as I could across the top.It's a continuous piece, I thought of cutting it so it could actually frame the board, but decided to leave it as found ~ as they had left it to be re-used at a later time.
It's now just about covered with photos and diagrams/images of future projects that have been swimming around in my head.
So glad I was able to reinvent one of my Grandma's pieces and save it even though it had some issues.
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Suggested materials:
- Bulletin board (had it - Walmart)
- Linen (had it)
- Elmer's Spray Adhesive (Leftover from previous project - Walmart)
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