I know I'm not the only one who loves Pinterest. For me, it's a fun way to organize all the ideas I see on the Internet. I'm a visual person, and being able to see a quick picture of what I am looking for works better for me than reading a list of web bookmarks.
It's easy to get sucked into browsing all the lovely items people pin, so I have made a goal of at least attempting to create/do something inspired by Pinterest as least once a month (it legitimizes all that browsing, right?).
So, I decided to get organized using ideas from Pinterest. Part of this was to meet my goal, and part of it was to prepare for the new school year. I figure if I can be a little bit more organized, I might be able to reduce the stress of juggling teaching with home life and my need to create.
Here is a project I worked on. I took an idea from Olive and Love that uses an old frame with glass and paint chip samples to create a dry erase calendar.
It looks great, right? And organized.
I put my own spin on it, deciding not to use paint chips, but instead created a watercolor wash on paper that I then cut up. I also decided to raise the paper by using foam tape on the back to achieve more of a 3-D look. I also made the background by cutting up pages from a book and collaging them onto cardboard. Since I had all the materials lying around, including an old frame, it didn't cost me a thing. So here is my version:
It's easy to get sucked into browsing all the lovely items people pin, so I have made a goal of at least attempting to create/do something inspired by Pinterest as least once a month (it legitimizes all that browsing, right?).
So, I decided to get organized using ideas from Pinterest. Part of this was to meet my goal, and part of it was to prepare for the new school year. I figure if I can be a little bit more organized, I might be able to reduce the stress of juggling teaching with home life and my need to create.
Here is a project I worked on. I took an idea from Olive and Love that uses an old frame with glass and paint chip samples to create a dry erase calendar.
It looks great, right? And organized.
I put my own spin on it, deciding not to use paint chips, but instead created a watercolor wash on paper that I then cut up. I also decided to raise the paper by using foam tape on the back to achieve more of a 3-D look. I also made the background by cutting up pages from a book and collaging them onto cardboard. Since I had all the materials lying around, including an old frame, it didn't cost me a thing. So here is my version:
