Dry erase - part 2

Well, I've been a good girl today! I put the finishing touches on a custom card job that I've had in the works for a while. They're for a friend and were custom made to her specifications, so aren't much like my usual aesthetic, but I still think they turned out nicely!

[Hedgehog cards custom-made to order for a friend]

You can't see them in the picture, but the pink envelopes have a matching floral motif - all in all, pretty cute.

After cleaning up that mess (and let me tell you, was it a mess), I got the urge to put together another dry erase board. This one had a custom-sized 10" x 10" silver frame that I put together. I also had to hand-cut the acrylic to size. I started by using my sharp craft knife and a ruler, but was having a hard time keeping it straight. I moved it to the rotary cutter to try and get a nice scored line, thinking I'd finish cutting through with the craft knife, but after scoring with the rotary, it just snapped neatly along the line! That was WAY more exciting and easy than I imagined.

[Dry Erase board features hard acrylic surface suspended 1/4" above colorful design]

Other than that, the only challenge was getting the spring clips mounted in the middle of each side of the frame (they kept slipping when I tried to put the acrylic sheet in on top), but in the end, it turned out fairly nicely! The background is about 1/4" behind the acrylic surface and gives it a nice shadow box feeling.

[Decorative background of dry erase board features colorful scrapbook paper, vellum covered writing area and sewing-themed embellishments]

I'm really excited about these dry erase boards and hope to make more in the near future (my very tiny apartment seems to be filled with frames and cork boards of all sizes).

Other than that, I caught up with some picture taking and posting for the Facebook page and posted an item for sale on Etsy. I'm hoping to post a few more items in the coming days to work on filling out the store a little, but that's all for tonight! See you soon!

-Aja