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Mini Cork Board and Felt Thumbtacks - featuring Elmer's productsMy hubby and I are busy bees and sometimes we forget important things... like our lunches.
We're always leaving sticky notes around the house as little reminders to ourselves and each other. I created this mini framed cork board and felt thumbtacks to help us keep track of our week!
I selected a frame and removed the glass and cardboard from inside. I used the cardboard as a template for cutting a piece of cork that would fit in the frame.
I cut out a piece of fabric approximately an inch bigger than the cork on each side. I covered one side of the cork with glue using the Elmer's Dot Runner and stuck it to the wrong side of the fabric.
I ran a strip of glue dots around the edges of the other side of the the cork. I pulled the fabric tight and stuck it down, kind of like I was wrapping a present! Remember, the back side will be tucked into the frame and won't be seen so don't be afraid to be messy!
Once my cork package was all wrapped up, I went back to the frame and added Elmer's glue dots all over the back.
jillybeans gave me a great tip to use the paper to apply the glue dots and when you're ready to stick, simply peel the paper off!
Then I stuck the fabric wrapped cork board into the frame and it was ready for storing our notes!
Now that I had the mini framed board, I wanted to add some cute thumbtacks to hold our reminders with.
I started by tracing a few simple designs onto tracing paper. Then I used my X-ACTO scissors to cut the designs out of felt.
I added a few embroidery stitches to give the pins a little more character.
I added a dollop of glue from the Elmer's Glue Pen to a piece of background felt and stuck the two pieces together.
Then I snipped around the designs to create a little border. On the larger puppy, I stitched the design to the border piece but that was just for looks.
The glue would have held them together just fine!
The last step was to use the Elmer's glue pen to add one more dollop of glue to the back of the felt pieces to attach the thumbtack.
After letting everything dry sufficiently, the completed board and felt thumbtacks were ready for our reminders!
This could be stored on a desk or table but we're hanging ours on the front door so we don't forget a thing!
