I was short on inspiration in the craft department through the holidays. i’m sure that this is common, so much going on, the hustle and bustle. add to that the little mans hurt arm, which was casted due to severe bruising {no break afterall, thank goodness!} and then i took him to the pedi 2 days later to find out he had pneumonia. seriously?! yea. no inspiration here, i was too busy helping unstick his head from his shirts and snuggling on the couch watching elf.

so i didn’t get anything finished for the december jbs mercantile reveal. but this past sunday morning i sat down and pulled off a few little items. things that took under an hour to make, like the bambino prize ribbon you saw yesterday and the mini inspiration magnet board above. just enough time to create something, but not nuclear in time commitment.

I thought i’d share a few step by steps of how i made the board since i took a few pics during the process, not sure exactly what i was going to end up with.

the magnet board {8″x11″} was a thrift find from a craft thrift store in the nearby town of sebastopol. the little ladies run it for a local hospice program and it’s where i get all of my luscious vintage trims and odd bits and bobs. all they sell is vintage craft things. i know, i’m a lucky girl. :)

i covered the front in the luscious curio paper from the kit and then backed it with some vintage wallpaper {the dr.’s office industrial fabric variety} on the back, then pinked the edges. beatrice, my sewing machine, is at the spa or i would have added some sewn borders too.

the adhesive mini tag is basic grey and i backed it with the same wallpaper, then i again pinked the edges.

added a strip of magnet, which luckily for me came with the board :)

done. see, super quick and i have a bunch of the little frames left from the jbs project kit so i think i’m going to add some more of those and turn it into a message board for the back of our front door, since it’s the place we seem to tape items so we don’t forget to do something. so organized am i.

isn’t it the cutest? could totally be made into a pin too, or a bookmark, or…

happy thursday!

ps : thanks for the welcome back notes on tuesday, totally made my day to see so many familiar friends saying hi and wishing me luck on this new journey. cannot wait to see where 2011 takes me, and you!!