"D" wanted her memo board to be 3 ft x 4 ft. I chose to use a thin sheet of Lauan, mostly so it wouldn't be enormously heavy! I covered the board in a thin batting, and then with a brown twill. The ribbon is a cream-colored grograin, and it took almost 15 YARDS of the stuff!Buttons for decoration were going to be expensive--but then I was inspired. In the jewelry-making section of JoAnn's, I found two strings of flat beads that would work instead! I used exactly two strings, and they were buy-one-get-one-free. You can't see it in the picture, but they aren't just plain brown, they look like stone with all the pretty variations and colors.
I like this one so much, I think I need one for myself now, above MY computer! I'm thinking something big...and bright...with flowers!
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My daughter Korie was just given one of these at her bridal shower on Sunday.
NO - - -hers was NOT crafted with love and care. I'm pretty sure hers was straight from the shelf of some store or other.
Can I be your friend 'E'?!?!?
Have you come across one of those semi circle teacher tables?
thanks korrie! re;new old bookcase
~decorating diva
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Your memo board turned out great! And I love the bench re-co you did, it's gorgeous now!!! Great job!
Cindy
Fantastic job ! Love the colors you chose. Now you have a great place to place everything that inspires you, bravo !
xo
Kate
I've seen these done before and had forgotten about it! This looks great! Thanks for linking up to Topsy Turvy Tuesday!
Great job ~ I bet the stone appearance of the flat beads look great against that brown. Stopping by from FJI-SNS.
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