We have this ginormous (it's a word! maybe) bulletin board in our kitchen for all the kids' stuff. It is such a beautiful mess that I am not even going to show you but I can guarantee that there is not one square inch of free space up there. If bulletin boards were meant for organization, then we went terribly wrong somewhere but I am about to rectify that.
I have had this, what I thought was nice, framed bulletin board in my basement since the fall. I bought it for a class project but we went with something else instead and I of course never returned it, yada yada yada...
I have seen a lot of people covering their bulletin boards lately in blog land and thought " I can do that!" (now Chorus Line is playing in my head). Oh if only I could focus on something for more than 2 seconds! What were we talking about? Oh yeah, the Goodwill. So I was at the Goodwill for the first time ever and found the cutest valences for only $1 which has nothing to with this story but thought I would share. I also found a super cute striped brand new bed sheet for $2. Do you see where I am going yet?
Plain bulletin board + fun green and pink striped bed sheet = fabulous summer organization!!
To fully appreciate my awesomeness you should probably see what I began with.
There it is: my $20 bulletin board and my $2 sheet. I agree that $20 is a bit much for a good bulletin board. And this one is not even good. I totally got ripped off. Look at the inside! It is foam core with the tiniest sliver of cork glued on top.
Luckily my anger was tempered by the beautiful day. So beautiful in fact, that I ironed outside.
To cover the board, I simply laid the cork, I mean foam core, in the middle of the sheet and cut around it. I used double stick tape to hold it in place. I had originally planned on using my husbands staple gun but that foam was too thin and flimsy.
Yeah I know, I see the big wrinkle lines too. I never said I was great at ironing. Oh well, I'm gonna cover that up anyway.
I found these cute little printable calendars at The Teacher's Corner. I just trimmed them down and then matted them first on pink paper and then on green. I used a hot glue gun to adhere the pink and green ribbon which I already had in my stash. I also used the glue gun to stick on the scrapbooking decorative flower.
That's my son C's hands holding it on the wall for me because I asked my DH every day over the weekend to hang the bulletin board up for me but... You can't tell in the picture but I wrote on my calendar with pink and green pens. I will use the bottom half of the bulletin board for grocery lists, or prayer cards or whatever else I want because it is MINE and no one else's.
Have a great week everyone and thanks for stopping by!
Be sure to click on the Linky Parties in the top right hand corner of my blog to see all the other awesome blogs I share with. And while you're up there be sure to "like" me because everyone wants to be liked.
Becky, this is so cute! I'm sorry we'll miss you at the reunion, have a great summer!
p.s. I'm a goodwill junkie..oh the things you find there! ;)
Posted by: Lucy | June 07, 2011 at 08:42 AM
I love the bulletin board....so cute! Visiting (already following) from the Tues. hop & wanted to invite you to link up with our "Fun in the Sun" Hop every Monday throughout the summer:
http://www.sweetdivamj.com/2011/06/berries-of-blue-fun-in-summer-sun-link.html
Blessings to you,
Jill @ Sweet Diva
http://sweetdivamj.com
Posted by: Jill @ Sweet Diva | June 07, 2011 at 11:23 AM
What a lovely way to keep your family organized!
Posted by: radhika | June 07, 2011 at 12:00 PM
Hey Becky! It's Judi from Detroit (Frank's Judi). I love your blog. It brings back great memories of things I used to do with my boys when they were little. My very good friend is a author/speaker/librarian who specializes in early childhood literacy. I think you will enjoy her ideas too! http://kristenremenar.com/?page_id=38 Hope to see you this summer! Judi
Posted by: Judi | June 07, 2011 at 10:36 PM
LOVE your board. So pretty and I need to do one for the summer.
And love that you shared your creation with our readers this week too.
Thanks for linking up at Nothing But Country Creative Creations Tuesday. You rock!!
Posted by: Mary Beth | June 08, 2011 at 11:36 AM
Very cute! I love those colors :)
Posted by: Emily | June 08, 2011 at 04:38 PM
This looks so cute, the fabric is lovely!
Posted by: Amanda | June 09, 2011 at 07:27 AM
looks wonderful I love having pretty bulletin boards
KAT
Posted by: Kat Griffin | June 11, 2011 at 12:56 AM
It looks awesome- love the colors!
Stopping over from Smilemonsters! Here's my summer board post-http://raisingcreativeandcuriouskids.blogspot.com/2011/06/summer-activity-board.html
Jen :)
Posted by: Creative and Curious Kids! | June 11, 2011 at 05:59 AM
That is such a nice calendar display! Love it! Thanks for sharing it at For the Kids Fridays! Love to have you link up again this week!
Posted by: Rachel | June 16, 2011 at 11:30 PM
Hi Becky! I really loved this one.. such a lovely board, and amazing use for it.. I really wish you a lot of little happy moments like this one :)
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