Day 208 did it!

Yay, DIY! Here is the final result of my craft project. The frame was discovered behind a pile of random goodies at an antique shop. The cork board was found at Staples (not very exciting). I custom cut a backing for the frame for added stability. Then a few layers of paint onto the cork board, some stapling and nailing and securing to keep everything in place and wa la! This is now what's happening on the wall over my desk. There's more decorating work to be done, but I'm happy with this as a start!

ps. I'll be out of the country with no internet/phone/email/fb/twitter/WORLD access for 6 days. I'm having anxiety thinking about it. I hope you're all looking forward to 6 spectacularly Canadian posts upon my return. Woot!

Day 206, DIY

I'm one of those people who's not very crafty or DIY'y, but always wished that I was. But I was completely inspired by a gorgeous vintage frame I found yesterday with Em, so I decided to give it a go. Today I painted this cork board white (then had to google "how to remove paint from skin"... butter is the key). Tomorrow I move on to step 2 of this fun project and I'm just so so excited. You'll all see what it is this is going to turn in to oh so soon. It could be a disaster. It could be miraculous. I'm hoping for the latter. Yay, crafts!