Tuesday, January 20, 2009

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

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

I can not believe this, I picked a printed tissue paper from my stash to use as background on my next charm and it is exactly the same print as your fabric!

Jenifer

Beth E-R said...

I'll be extra excited to receive one of your next charms because I am really fond of this pattern!

Beth

Eileen said...

This looks like the picture I couldn't pass up last Fall (it had a big FREE sign on it). I haven't figured out what to do with it yet - this looks like a great idea for it. I can make some room for it in my studio.

http://ruralwisconsin.blogspot.com/

Beth E-R said...

Good job Eileen! Free is way better than shelling out $2. Please send us a picture of your finished creation.

Beth

Cindy Pestka said...

You have totally inspired me (for the bazillionth time) to do something similar. I know just the spot in my kitchen that has been screaming for an update. And a pratical one at that. I have so many things I want to do and I've trained my brain to simply "forget" almost all of them...probably so I can waste time "guilt free". But no more!

Cindy

Beth E-R said...

This is a guilt-free project. You'll only feel massive amounts of inspiration!

Beth

WhisperWood Cottage said...

Charming makeover!

Barking Dogs Flea Market Style said...

I love this! Thanks so much for sharing!