Custom Bulletin Board

My son needed a place to show his artwork,

so I wanted to make something that matched his room,

and was a little different than the plain 'ol bulletin board.

First, I sanded a regular sized bulletin board

that you can get from Target (the one with the frame). Then, I took two pieces of scrapbook paper

and stapled them the center of the board.

The colors I chose went with his room.

Next, I hot glued twine on the edge of both sides of the paper.

I did this so that I could clip more artwork,

if it got to cluttered with tacks.

So I have twine at the top and bottom of the paper.

Then I used a red ink pad and scraped the edge
of several clothespins to give them a worn look.
I also just wanted to add some color to them, so it worked perfect!



Then, I hot glued them to the twine,
as well as the bottom of the board.
This will give the board a lot more available space
to display pictures and artwork!
Next, I took an old Scrabble set
and glued his name and some buttons on it.
I tried to give the letters a distressed look by scraping them
on a black ink pad.
Next, I added my pictures...
but not too many because I wanted you to see how cute it was first!

It can hold a LOT of work...

with tacks, clothespins, and whatever else you want.

Very cheap,

easy to do,

and Simon LOVES it!!!

Job well done!