I feel like I have so much to do at the moment. When you really look at it…I don’t. I just think I do, because I have a baby arriving in 3 months and I’ve started developing this overwhelming sense of urgency to finish stuff. Last time I cleaned and cleaned. I made Stephen paint the whole house. Which I kinda feel bad about, because we moved house anyway when Isaac was 9 months old. Worst still, we rented it out and the walls got trashed by the tenants. This time is a little different. Yes I see dirt people..I mean dirt everywhere and I will be cleaning, But my nesting consists of finishing those unfinished craft projects. I’ve finished Isaac’s quilt for his second birthday, but I’m behind 7 months in his scrapbook albums. I desperately want to get up to date before baby arrives. If I am not ready to go with baby’s albums, they might not get done and the poor second child syndrome will strike again. So amongst all this overwhelming desire to finish projects…what did I do? Yeahhh I started a new one.
FABRIC CORK BOARD
I scored a secondhand corkboard from Church, hard rubbish style. It was still in good condition, but I wanted to jazz it up a little.
So I made a trip down to Spotty and got some supplies.
I did 3 coats of paint along the frame.
Then I cut a piece of trendy fabric (cotton patchwork) to fit inside the frame of the board. I used my quilting mat, ruler and cutter for this. It didn’t matter if it didn’t quite reach the edge, but close is good. 
Next, I used masking tape to tape around the frame of the corkboard and then used fabric spray adhesive to spray the cork and carefully positioned the fabric down on top, making sure to get rid of any bubbles…just like contacting books! I then got the tool that women use when they want their husbands to see how ”handy” they are. A staple gun! I proceeded to unleash my inner handyman, by stapling the fabric down close to the edge.
The gluey masking tape is then removed. Next step is to glue ribbon around the edge of the corkboard to tidy up the gap between frame and fabric and hide those masculine staples.
I used a craft glue that can knock you out with the smell at 20 paces. It can also take the finish off your furniture…whoops. Good thing Stephen won’t notice amongst all the other crafting inflicted injuries our dining table has suffered. So I suggest a paint brush is a good way of applying the glue.
Then finally the board is hung, pride of place above my computer so I can cover up the pretty fabric with notes reminding me of the things I still need to do!
