Monday, June 6, 2011

DIY

in these economic times DIY has become THE trend. its all about the do-it-yourself and save money.
A while back i saw a great memo board that I like that had tear off paper. It was in one of those super high end magazines and when I saw the price my eye began to twitch. no way was I paying that much! I can make it!
i didnt want to spend a dime but i wanted a great product. heres what i came up with:

this is a piece of scrap wood that i had. I soaked it in a tea bath to get an older vintage look. then I took two old rulers, screwed one to the top and one to the bottom. they hold the paper in place but the bottom one also serves to tear a clean line. I robbed an iron towel rack i had and added the iron bar to the top. the paper roll is from lowes. its the paper in the paint isle. i added string and a sharpie. and i love the results.

10 comments:

joy said...

Love it, love it, love it!!

Rochelle said...

Hi! Just a quick note to say I'm feature this in craftrooms.blogspot.com as a DIY project and I'm linking it here. :) Thanks for the idea. I love it!

Rochelle

Maria said...

This is a fantastic idea. Love it! Maria x

Amanda Hakes said...

OMG! This is AWESOME! I can't wait to steal your idea! :) Thanks for sharing!

Cindy said...

Wow! I love this! I'm going to find a spot in my kitchen to do this. Thank you for the inspiration!

ma said...

This is the best idea. I used this paint paper for a runner for harvest tables at a youth church dinner it was darling and I had left over and thought it would make great art paper for the kids. but didn't know how to hang in office. I can't understand the towel bar on top - where can I get it and does it disconnect to add more paper. thanks for your creativity.

Sawdust and Paperscraps said...

Brilliant. I'm doing this in my workshop.

Linda said...

Great job, I love it.

Jess said...

LOVE this idea! It looks awesome.

gh hasan said...

good

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