DIY

I am loving that Blogger decided to update their format.  It is so easy now to do a post.  I don't have to dread it and set aside an hour to post 1 little thing. 

So I am not really a DIYer.  But sometimes when inspiration hits you have to act on it.  Dave was gone this past weekend and I had an idea to take a thing (for lack of a better term) that had been sitting in my closet and turn it into a message board to put by our phone.

This was my attempt at a before picture.  I held that blue board up there and took a picture.  I don't have anything blue like that in my kitchen so when I got this cool...thing...for free, my plan was to change it.  But I didn't know what to change it to until inspiration hit me last weekend. 

So I headed to the fabric store and bought some fabric and ribbon.  I also went to Office Max and bought some clear plastic file holders and covered them with fabric too. 

And it turned out like this!
I wanted to do it on my own and not bother Dave, but as it usually turns out, he had some really good ideas and it turned out better because he helped me. I still have to buy one hook to replace the one that got broken, but I like the effect overall.