Remember my recent Inspiration Board post?   I have a little more to add to that one….

My house is not decorated in a shabby chic style, the style that I love. But I thought, why not create that look that I am drawn to in a small space that I call my own – a pretty place I could retreat to in an all-boy family.  My studio is filled with keepsakes (jewelry boxes, antique velvet albums, ephemera), and soft, pale colors.  I wanted to create a visual retreat with my inspiration board.  Plastic and metal thumb tacks just wouldn’t do – not when I wanted to hang an old rhinestone piece or old piece of lace.  I made thumb tacks with rolled fabric roses (like the ones I used in this project) and mother of pearl buttons.  I also used vintage earbobs (earrings) – turned push pins.  Now I have a functional use for all of those single earrings that I’ve been collecting.

It’s been fun searching for old earbobs that have likely gone untouched for years. I attached them to thumb tacks and created something both sweet and functional.  You’ll find sets in my Etsy shop – ready to help make your inspiration board or memo board a pretty place.