Today's link is a shout-out to Julie at www.joyshope.com. Her story is incredibly touching. I love her posts! Her crafts are adorable, her girls are adorable, and the whole page is adorable! I have to admit, this blog is the reason why I started blogging about my crafts. I'm not new to the whole blog thing, I have a personal journal over at livejournal, so I know how theraputic writing about your feelings can be. But through Julie's blog, I've discovered a new way to outlet my creativity. This blog is not just a crafty blog, it's her life. And that is such an inspiration to me!
Now, on to our craft!
This is my re-vamped corkboard! I was an RA for a year at Peace College (a women's college in Raleigh, NC) which was really an excuse for me to geek out over the resource room. But the summer after I left, my dorm was to be renovated. New floors, new walls (thank God for no more wallpaper) better bathrooms, etc. Anyway, after the students left, and I was closing down the hall, all of the old equipment was left at the trash cans. Piles of old bulletin boards leaned up against the trash cans. So I asked my RD if I could take one, and she said sure, so I snatched one up and took it home with me when I left.
A couple months later, I found a nice little bunch of silk remnants at Joann's for about a dollar, so I snatched it up. I didn't really know what to do with it until I saw my trusty bulletin board over my desk. So I went to work.
All I used was a trusty stapler, and the fabric, and voila - a cover for the bulletin board! I could probably reuse the fabric later, since it's just stapled around the edges, but really, why would I want to? It definitely works well for holding random notes, a recipe, and my favorite pictures of my boyfriend and I!
Hope you all enjoyed! Now I'm off to find an Independence Day craft haha!
Oh, I like this idea!
ReplyDeleteWill definitely be doing this when I go to uni in September. Thanks!