I've been feeling more motivated to make things lately thanks to watching "Making It" on Hulu, and a fun trip to JoAnn Fabrics with my friend Katy. I'd almost forgotten how good it feels! Just...satisfying. Productive. Busy hands. All good feelings.
So here's a DIY bulletin board/possibly the world's tiniest IKEA hack!
You will need:
- A corkboard trivet (mine is from IKEA and comes in a pack of 3) [affiliate link]
- 1.5 yards of cotton cord
- A hot glue gun
- Craft paint and a paintbrush
- Scrap yarn
- Craft tape
- Tape off a section of the trivet and paint. Try to stay as crisp as you can at the edge!
- Once the paint is dry, remove the tape.
- Attach the cotton rope to the edge of the trivet (about 2/3 of the way around) using the hot glue gun.
- Glue the ends of cotton cord together (see circled section above).
- Glue the end of a length of scrap yarn to the place where the cord is attached.
- Wrap the yarn around and around, gluing in place when necessary. (This step in particular reminded me fondly of a lamp DIY I wrote four years ago.)
- Trim the cord ends and fray a little bit.
I like it as a spot to showcase one of my favorite, most darling photobooth strips (oh, from a thousand years ago!), and my enamel pin collection. The pins look much happier up here than in a box tangled up with my other jewelry! If you're going to store pins like this too, I would just recommend keeping the pin backs together in a tiny bowl nearby.
Where I got my enamel pins, in case you're curious: Hillary (The Found via Cedar Chest); French poodle (Emily McDowell Studio via Essentials); Wild & Free tiger (Hello!Lucky via Essentials); Tough & Tender heart (Gimme Flair, a gift from Katy the day after I had Miles).
PS – DIY photobooth Christmas ornaments.
