In January I taught a group of women in my church about organizing. I went over a lot of tips, tricks and ideas for organizing, plus some tools I use in my own home and clients homes. One of the tools I talked about was a memo board. The ladies decided they wanted me to teach them how to make a ribbon memo board and these clipboards at a meeting in April. Here’s how we’re going to make them:
First, gather all the supplies you’ll need:
OSB board for the back- it comes 2′ x 4′, this is 1/3 of the sheet
Foam core board
Batting
Material- I used a painters drop cloth
Roll of ribbon
Buttons or brads
Glue gun and sticks (at least 6)
Cut the foam core board to fit the size of the OSB board. A box cutter works great and makes a smooth cut.
Cut the batting about 2″ bigger than the board on every side and the material a little bigger than the batting.
Start gluing the material and batting to the board corners first, like this.
Bring both sides of each corner into the center of the corner and glue. Then glue all the sides. Pull the material tight, but not too tight.
Here’s a close-up of the corner.
Now you’re ready for the ribbon. This was the hardest part for me. I used yarn first to map out my ribbon pattern. The easiest way for me was to start with the corners and bring them 2/3 of the way into the board. Once you have all four corner to center ribbons glued down, measure the other ribbon pieces equally spaced from each other and glue on the back of the board.
Does that make sense? Here’s another picture to help. Just make sure your diamond patterns all line up.
Here’s the back. Not very pretty, huh? Don’t worry. It’ll be covered up.
Now you can add the buttons or brads. I added a little glue to the brads just to secure them a little more.
I like using the brads because you can poke them all the way through the foam board and secure them on the back side.
Like this.
Next secure the OSB board to the back of the completed board. I used liquid nails. It needs to sit over night and don’t hang it up for at least 24 hours. Add 2 saw tooth hangers to the back of the board after it’s set.
Ta-Da!
Here’s some of the cute brads.
The board works this way
Or this way.
Total cost for the project: about $8.00.
