Dolled up corkboard.

O.K., I am getting crafty in my ole ripe age of 34! Maybe I have to be crafty b/c I'm trying so hard to be thrifty. I see things I like and I can't afford it so why not figure out how to make it! Right?

So, I'm always looking for ways to stay organized and on top of the kids various activities. I want things to be functional but also cute.

I bought this regular ole cork board at IKEA for like $4. Then I decided to paint the trim around it a funky green.

I found this darling fabric at Hobby Lobby and just stapled it onto the cork board.

I would recommend a crafting stapler and not a desk stapler like I used. Let me just say I was getting a little frustrated with the bending of my staples.

Anyways, I also found little jewels in the scrapbooking section and hot glued them on plain gold tacks I already had at home. They just look much cuter.

So this whole project cost me about $7.oo.

Now I feel cutely organized! Is that such a thing?