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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Frames, Chalk, Magnets, Oh MY!

So I have been spending some time in the Idea Room as of late, and I am drawn to this weekly menu board.  I love the vintage look/functionality of it!

Problem: As I've been searching the internet for a metal frame I can use to create it myself, I am having a hard time knowing either a) what to call it to bring it up on a search or b) just plain finding something like this.  I think it's more problem a than b, in all honesty, but THAT'S OKAY . . . .

BECAUSE I found some instructions on how to turn any frame into a magnetic chalkboard (or on how to turn a space on a wall into a magnetic chalkboard).  Check out some other application ideas here. I also followed the Idea Room's link to a tutorial on making glass magnets.  So, what, you ask? Oh, friends, the possibilities are endless: job charts, message boards, family home evening charts, to-do lists, gratitude boards, a fun toy for my kids to play with (once they get out of the eating everything in their hands stage, of course), schedules, etc. And it can all have a classy, vintage look (instead of a cluttered list look) that will add to my home!  SO GREAT!  Now to start shopping for inexpensive wood frames.  First stop: Goodwill!

Okay - cute moment number . . . I forget: Dave just walked in the door and Abby started talking from her crib.  He went in and got her and was playing with her for a few minutes when Isaac woke up.  Her face lit up, and she looked down the hall and started talking.  So I asked her, "Do you hear Isaac down the hall?  Do you want to go get him?  Go tell him Peek-A-Boo."  She got the biggest grin on her face, got down off Dave's lap, and started crawling as fast as she could down the hall to our bedroom, giggling all the way.  Dave ran down in front of her and turned the door knob so she could push the door open.  She got there, giggled with glee, pushed the door open, and started talking to Isaac in her high-pitched, happy jibberish.  Somewhere in there she said, "Baaooo!" (Her way of saying BOO!).  Isaac, of course, also started to laugh.  We have a lot of laughter in our house.  It's so great!

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