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I got super frustrated with both my knitting and crocheting this weekend so I built and painted stuff instead. And also watched LOTR and Harrison Ford movies, but whatever.
First I repainted a cork board I have had for ages. I painted the edges teal but thought the cork itself was ugly so I stained it with teal, black and dark green paints diluted with water.
Then I built a memory board. I used the back of a kitchen drawer we had sitting in the garage. I then used a staple gun to staple some quilt matting to the board, then the fabric (which you have to make sure is taut. After we dealt with that we had to figure out how to put the ribbon on. Most of my ribbon was too short to do the whole board so I used two different kinds: brown with burgundy polka dots and white with gold fleur de lis on them. It turned out perfect for my 8x10 and 5x7s.
Sorry you have to go to another site to view the pictures. Lj's photo system makes me sad.
First I repainted a cork board I have had for ages. I painted the edges teal but thought the cork itself was ugly so I stained it with teal, black and dark green paints diluted with water.
Then I built a memory board. I used the back of a kitchen drawer we had sitting in the garage. I then used a staple gun to staple some quilt matting to the board, then the fabric (which you have to make sure is taut. After we dealt with that we had to figure out how to put the ribbon on. Most of my ribbon was too short to do the whole board so I used two different kinds: brown with burgundy polka dots and white with gold fleur de lis on them. It turned out perfect for my 8x10 and 5x7s.
Sorry you have to go to another site to view the pictures. Lj's photo system makes me sad.