Art Wall

So I saw this on Pinterest and I was talking with a friend about doing this because she is also planning on do this.

Here is the original blog.  I'm not going to take credit for it.  LOL!

So like I've said before I really don't have wall space in my kitchen.  However, I do have 1 wall.  It had a picture on it already.  I really like this picture but I am going to give it up so I can display Chrissy's art.  Here is the wall before:

Yes, I have a coke themed kitchen.  I love my kitchen...  Well, I would like to paint it and get my coke bottles up but for now I love it!  So this picture went bye bye to the basement.  It is going to be behind the bar.  It looks like a bar picture don't you think?

Ok so I was trying to figure out how I wanted to make this wall.  I found in my basement 5 magnetic coke pictures.  My mind started to run!  I could use these to hold the art and if I don't have something up I will still have coke art in my kitchen! 

So I went to the dollar store to look for some magnetic clips.  I actually found some!  They had round spots on them and I immediately thought I could put something on them!  Well during my trip to walmart I found some cute brads that would work perfectly!  Here is what I got:

See the circles that will be perfect!  Here is the back of the brads:

Here is how I attached them and how they turned out!

Weren't those perfect!  So this is what they look like on the coke pictures!

So I hooked Jake into helping me hang them.  He was home so I figured he could help!  LOL!  I'm sure he was thrilled...

Here is everything up! 

I still need to get my ART letters to put above it.  However I have some of Chrissy's art up now because she is always bringing things home from school!  Here it is with her artwork on it!

I love it!  FYI the one on the top left with just a red poof is Rudolph in a snow storm!  HAHA!!!

Until Tomorrow!  (I got the letters and will be working on them!!)

Weekly Menu Board

So I try to make a weekly menu of dinners.  I have these written down for myself but usually Jake will ask me what we are having.  That is fine but sometimes I will forget my paper that its written on or I will leave it at work.  So that is annoying. 

Pinterest has a ton of different ideas for menu boards.  I didn't know for a while what I really wanted.  I don't have a lot of wall space in my kitchen so I couldn't decide if I wanted to go monthly or just weekly for the board.  There was also a lot of ideas on magnetic, dry erase, chalkboards... 

Decisions, Decisions...

Saturday when I was roaming the isles of Walmart lost... (because I hate how Walmart is set up and I can never find anything!)  I found a cookie sheet some place it shouldn't be but it looked cheap...  go figure...  Then it dawned on me...  Menu Board!  It was like the light dawned!  This is how I want to do the weekly menu board and I'm going to use this cheap cookie sheet. 

The supplies above are the things I came up with.  Walmart doesn't sell regular magnets.  Really, wow...  They are odd aren't they! 

I started by using Mod Podge and attached the paper to the back of the cookie sheet.  Why the back of the sheet you ask?  Well I decided I wanted to put it on my refrigerator and in order to attach it the way I want to I must use the back as the main board. 

I am not sure why I can not get the paper to not bubble up but now that its dried it seems to have worked out ok. 

Next I made the magnets to represent the days.   I found chip board letters at walmart that were only 87 cents.  The round magnets were $1.88 for 8 of them.  They were fancier than I wanted.  (Like I said earlier they don't carry plain magnets...)  I did use a dab of superglue to hold them on there.  I am happy with the way they turned out. 

At first I found really cute little clothes pins that I wanted to use but these turned out better than I thought they would so I'm happy with them.

Next I made the magnets that will hold up the board.  I put the word MENU on it. 

At first I didn't put the circles behind the letters.  It looked too plain so I had to do something.  That is the same paper that is on the back of the cookie sheet cut into circles and mod podged on.  (There is a funny story about these magnets but Jake said I can't share it.  If I get 10 or more comments asking about it I will share...  LOL)

So my finished project:

I need to make my papers to put on here.  I don't have a printer at my house though so I will have to print them at work.  I believe I will do business card size menu items.  I have thought about how I will store cards when they are not in use.  I haven't decided yet.  I will update this when I finally decide.

Until Tomorrow!!