For unimportant reasons, I have always been put off by New Year’s Resolutions. But not in 2020- NEW YEAR, NEW ME. Just kidding. But really, this year I wanted to have a board on our gallery wall where we could post realistic things that we wanted to do this year. I couldn’t find anything that I loved, so I ordered this cork board from Amazon to temporarily satisfy the need until I found something better. Its appearance was truly a disservice to our home.
Boooo!!!
Thankfully, my friend, Ashley, posted a prayer board that she made a few weeks ago, and I found my solution. It was so pretty and so much better than the cork board sadly displayed on my wall, making one was an easy decision.
What I really like about this board is that it can be used for so many things- a prayer board, a goal board (or as my husband likes to say, a vision board π), a baby shower message board, hanging pictures, whatever- so many options.
So I made one for our wall and a prayer board for my friend’s birthday. Here are the things I bought/used to make the board:
Alvin & Zo helped make ours. Ugh, they’re so sweet and adorable π© 
- 16″ x 20″ Unfinished Wood Panel
- 25 pack White Clothespins
- Mini Glue Gun
- 18 pack Mini Gluesticks
- Twine (I purchased a black and white one for mine, and had kraft on hand for my friend)
- 6′ x 18″ Adhesive Chalkboard Liner (Large roll for multiple boards)
- 6 pack picture hangers
- Sola Wood Flowers (Nightingale and Ocean Mist)
- Sola Wood Greenery (Boxwood Greenery)
- Ruler
- Leveler
The first thing I did was put the hangers on. I drew a line and used the leveler to make sure that the hangers would be even, then made markers of where I wanted the hangers to be. The board was much too thin for nails, so I used super glue instead.
Next, I cut the chalk paper from the roll, took the adhesive off, and centered and wrapped the board. (NOTE: if you use a roll, it’s important to have an extra inch on all sides of the wood to wrap it.) Then I arranged the twine so that it could be glued. For our board, I used tape to hold the twine until I glued it. For my friend, I used clothespins. The tape worked much better; I didn’t have to worry about the pins falling off and arranging the twine again.
Now it’s time for the flowers π I made a loose version of what I wanted it to look like on the board, then glued the flowers on.
I ended up adding a few flowers in on top of my “intended version” because it didn’t look as full as I wanted, and of course, wrote on the top with a chalk pen. Here are the finished versions:
I wanted to use chalk paper because that allows the option to change the intention of the board. I mean, next year I might want to use this board to hang pictures, who knows? For my friend’s board, I collected cards from mutual friends and put them in envelopes so she had a bunch lovely notes to read on her birthday.
I made mine first so that if I made any mistakes, I would know what not to do for the gift for my friend. Two things I did wrong on mine- I forgot to put the hangers on first, so I ended up having to put them on when the board was finished. It wasn’t terrible, but much easier when doing it first. I also didn’t cut the chalk adhesive paper long enough on the top and bottom and only had like 1 cm on top and bottom, which was terrible, but I figured it out. lol. I really like how the boards turned out, and our new one looks so much better on our wall than the cork board. BOOOO!!
Before shot of wall ft. food from our Super Bowl party (only one I could find) 
Current wall
That looks a lot better than the cork board, right? lol. About a month ago, I had different frames and realized that most of them were rustic and really suited to fit our home in Texas. So I bought some black frames, and am planning on making our wall more modern. Next I’m going to change my What Cancer Cannot Do sign to a black and white one. I’m also planning on painting something and replacing our letterboard. And I don’t know what else yet; we’ll see where this goes. lol. Alrighty, biyeee!
