One of my favorite things I did this year was turn our kitchen bulletin board into a memory board of Christmas' of the past. As the title suggest, it is usually full of 'crap', consisting of coupons, menus, decorating ideas, articles, etc. Well, I couldn't allow 250 people to see all my crap. So the original plan was to turn it into a holiday card board. Well, when I began to do it, I just couldn't. I mean a cork board with ribbon criss-crossed was so predictable.
Well, another plan was to make Christmas ornaments out of black & white photos and hang them on one of my trees. I made the ornaments and hung them and didn't like them.
So began the merging of two ideas. I quickly gathered all the black & white photo ornaments, more black & white photos I didn't make ornaments of, Christmas scrapbook paper, Christmas stickers, ribbons, etc. And 40 minutes later, taa daa! I love it. Now, I don't want to take it down, so I am considering having a seasonal board, in which I change out every 2 or 3 months. So, we shall see. This certainly is an improvement over what was there before and much more enjoyable to look at!
Oh yes, I must mention the tacks you see. A few years ago Bill began collecting root beer bottle caps. He only intention was to hot glue them on to raised tacks make a more decorative tack. Very creative and fun. I knew I caught myself a good man!
