A Sewing Room Craft Project

Remember my long-ago post last summer about redoing my bedroom/sewing room

in colors of robins-egg-blue and coral pink?

Well, since I met Jordan and we started planning a house of our own, those plans to redo my room kinda got put on hold. However, many of the things I had planned for my room here, can transfer to my sewing space in the new house, as I'm going to be using the same colors (my favorites! :)

One of the little items I had in the works last fall was a cork inspiration board,

 a place to pin sewing to-do lists, notes, sketches, etc.

This is the picture that started it all...a beautiful framed fabric-covered pin-board by a lovely Etsy seller.

I was so inspired when I saw it.

From ElmPlace on Etsy

I lovde the look, and I loved the fact that it was oval -

so different from the normal square, boring pin boards.

So, I started digging around and found a vintage oval gold frame out in our storage building.

 The color was like this:

(Picture from etsy shop shabbymcfabby)

Then I bought a square of cork board at Hobby Lobby, and cut it into a matching oval.

This was the hardest part - the cork just did not want to cut evenly, and it was very difficult to cut at all!

However, finally it was done and I covered it over with some neutral colored linen from an old tablecloth.

Finally, after having it sit around 'almost done' for nearly a year, I pulled it out this week and finished it....

The finished product.

Painted a lovely shade of pale coral pink, then sanded down a bit to show the

gold peeking through on the floral designs and borders.

Hanging on my wall!

For the pins, since this is mostly a sewing inspiration board, I thought it would be fun

to hot-glue buttons to flat tacks - and they turned out real cute!

There you have it! A shabby-chic inspiration board.

 I think it will look very well in my sewing room eventually!

There are so many adorable cork-boards on Etsy and Pinterest, lots of inspiration and lots to buy if you aren't a crafty person. So many different lovely designs!