Sometimes if you stare at your clutter long enough, innovation happens.

 

 

I scored this old cottage window frame at the dump when we were up north one weekend.

(Oh gosh, has that been two years ago already?  I think it has.)

It's been in our garage since then, propped up between the recycling bins and our bicycles.

 

Those black metal clips were left over from a work project.

(Oh gosh, has that been nine years ago already?  I think it has.)

They've moved with us from place to place, hoping one day to be useful for something.

 

Well, I...

• picked out some of my favorite papers and taped to the back of the frame
• pounded big-headed nails into the window frame and hung the clips from the nails
• placed in a handy spot, hanging on my studio wall
• putzed around looking for cute stuff to clip in there so I could take the picture

TA DA!

A free message board!  Almost like I planned it that way.