Vision Board

I got a bit behind on blogging this last week because I was busy on our kitchen update. It was time for the stale wallpaper to go. My husband, Raoul, and I removed 99% of it, and left the extra-stubborn stuff for Micah to remove. Then while he painted, I created a gigantic ribbon board to serve as our vision board. We'll put words and pictures of our dreams and goals there - places we want to visit, art retreats where I want to teach, ideas for our dream green home when we are ready to downsize.

I had this monster picture I found at an estate sale.

I spent a whopping $2.00 for it.

The frame was painted really lightly with white paint I had on hand. The other frame will hold a chalkboard.

Foam core and quilt batting was hot glued to the picture. Then it was time to find the fabric I had in mind. I've had a little fabric fetish in the past and am proud to report, I have limited my acquisitions to these 12 plastic boxes, organized by color. They are stacked in a closet. Of course the fabric was in the 12th box.

Here's the finished piece - ready to hang on our freshly painted walls.

The usefulness of being an organized packrat was totally reinforced by this project. I had every component on hand. Also, a make do attitude came in handy. -- Beth