DIY Memo Board

I’m back today sharing the first DIY for my little craft area: a DIY Memo Board!

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If ya didn’t hear over on Instagram, my hubby made me a craft desk!!

He says it’s so I have a place to work.  I say it’s so he doesn’t have to push my latest DIY off the dining room table to find room to eat…

Either way, I am thrilled to have my own little space.

Unfortunately, the desk sits right on a blank wall.  GASP!  Don’t worry, I couldn’t let very long go by before I had a few DIYs in mind to fill the space.

One of the first projects I knew I needed for craft organization, was a memo board.  Especially now in the busy fall blogging season, I have so many projects going at once with so many different deadlines.  I need to have a few memos posted to keep all the dates straight.

Plus, it’s a pretty way to display some old faux florals, or some other girly touches 🙂

The memo board itself is CRAZY easy to make.

I started with a rustic frame I found on clearance at Michaels.  First, I removed the glass but keep the backing to hold in the actual “board” part.

I then sized a piece of rolled cork and cut to fit the frame.  You want the piece to be slightly smaller than the width of the frame, so that the addition of canvas overlay doesn’t make it too big to fit.

I ended up having to use 4 total pieces of cork stacked on top of one another to make the cork thick enough to stick a pushpin into.

If you can find a piece of cork that just *fits* the frame without cutting and stacking, GO FOR THAT.  They make cork board, which is much thicker, but I couldn’t find the exact size for my frame.  Rolled cork is not the easiest to cut, and I made quite a mess.

Though, the kids didn’t seem to mind 🙂

Next, I wrapped the cork in Muslin colored canvas, making sure to pull very tight.  I wrapped the ends around the back of the cork, and used a staple gun to adhere the canvas.

Lastly, with the canvas attached, I placed the completed memo board into the back of the frame, as I would if I was using a regular picture.  I really had to push the backing into place, but eventually got it to be flush with the frame.  Success!!

Then, a few 3M strips later, and the memo board was looking beautiful on my previously barren wall.

And, of course I couldn’t just use regular push pins 😉

I used some Gorilla Glue to attach little flowers to the top of the pushpins.

And, that’s it!  Easy peasy, right?!

You guys, I am SO excited for my {almost} completed craft organization space.  I’ll be sharing the next few DIYs soon 🙂

Wishing you a joyful day!