Lovely DIY Designs: Week 5 - Dry Erase Boards

Hey y'all!  It's week 5 of Lovely DIY Designs.  Each week, either my blog friend Heather of {just.lovely.things} or myself take one of our diy Pinterest pins and bring it to life.

We call it using our Pinspiration.  Check out week last week's tutorial over at Heather's blog.

My pinspiration this week:

{original source/post here}

Every night, before bed, I take my boring, plain white dry erase board off the wall and write my to-do list for the next day.


My to-do list is more like a schedule.  I write out what I will be doing every hour.  I know that might sound a little neurotic, but making lists and plans is something I really enjoy doing.  Plus, when I have everything written down, I have no stress.  When there is a plan laid out, I know I will get everything done the next day.


When I saw the {above} pretty dry erase board tutorial, I knew it was a must do project.  It looked super easy and something pretty would make schedules even more fun. {If that's possible.}


What you will need:
-a large picture frame {I bought two 11"x13" frames on sale for $6.50/each}
-a piece of fabric or pretty paper that is large enough to fill the frame {I used a vintage pillow case that I bought for $0.50 at the thrift store}
-white or cream colored card stock {if your fabric is thin}


Step One:
Since the pillow case I was using for each frame was fairly thin, I covered the back of the frame with two pieces of cream card stock so that it wouldn't show through the fabric.

Step Two:
Cut your fabric or pretty paper so that it fills the entire frame.  I cut my fabric about 1/2" longer on each side and then tucked it in around the back.

That's it!  Easy.Peasy.


I am going to use one for my daily, hour by hour schedules and the other as a week ahead type planner or for general notes.  Like I said, I love lists.

I feel so organized and I have something pretty to look at - win.