Ever since I saw this beautiful woven board tutorial on Jones Design Company's blog, I knew I had to try and make it. Since you all know that I've completely admitted to being one of these,
I went for it.
At my job, we have had some changes take place and an idea that has been in the works was finally OK'd by my boss: The Brag Board.
I love the idea of a Brag Board at work. It is supposed to be fun and it is one way that you can thank others for lending a helping hand. It is also the place to share things that seem too personal to send out over staff e-mail...or maybe it just seems too small to mention. I believe it's these things that make us human; these are the bits of info that connect us in a place where our only connection is the job we're there to carry out.
So, I recruited my friend and partner in crime, Ashley to help me. Did I mention how talented she is?? Yes, I think I have...
After like a month of procrastinating, we finally dove in and stayed late at school one evening...then realized that we didn't have enough burlap to start. *enter: last minute trip to Hobby Lobby*
Once we got back to school, we started 'The Cut-n-Weave':
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| Ashley was the cutter... |
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| And I, the Weaver |
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| I stapled as I went, because we couldn't remove the board from the wall |
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| The *finished* product...well, the background at least! |
That was the hard part, kind of. The rest of it was "figure out as we go." I had added a newspaper border to cover the edges, but the board was fighting me. So I attacked it with a stapler. HA! (But then you could see the fifteen staples at each cinch...) Clever Ashley fashioned these punched-paper circles to thumb tacks and Voila!
Problem solved.
We added those all around, along with the scrabble-tiled thumb tacks we'd envisioned (we had our counselor do the grunt work on this tedious project!) This is what I got for 'farming' out that job:
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| Hey! I almost spelled 'FAMILY' We LOL'd on this one. |
After the pins-through-the-shoe mishap, we were on our way...we continued with some trimmings and this adorable lil' banner o'flags that Ashley made:
And it was finished! Here is the before and after:
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| Before...snore. |
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| After...muuuuch better. |
Here are some of the sweet little details that we added:
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| Scrabble Tile Thumb Tacks |
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| Sticky Photo Frames--don't try this at home. They are a paaaaiiinn! |
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| "A Little Birdie Told Me..." with a newspaper birdie--thanks Ashley! |
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| Ashley's fabric flower |
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| My watercolored newspaper flower I added to the black frame...I think it looks better in person! |
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| My "stiffie" glued fabric flower I added to the green frame. Yes, you can laugh at the name of the glue...we did! |
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| The Brag Tags...from The Handmade Home blog |
There you have it! Lots of sweat, laughter, thought, and procrastination went into this project. This is one act of piracy I am proud of. Ashley found the gift tags we used as Brag Tags here.
I will post how to make the different fabric & newspaper flowers lay-tah. I'm sure you're tired of scrollin' by now...
Anything you'd like to brag about? Go ahead...don't be shy.
