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Happy Friday! Today, I’m sharing a quick DIY project if you’re looking for something to do this weekend!

The other day, as I was organizing my jewelry, I realized I didn’t have proper storage for my necklaces. I made these bulletin boards for my office and thought it would also be a great way to also hang my necklaces.

Materials needed:

• (1) 2 feet by 1 feet light wood panels {I bought mine from Lowe’s and had them saw the 2′ x 2′ board in half + make sure the wood is hollow or light enough to pin a thumbnail}
• 1 yard linen fabric
• 11 inch by 23 inch felt fabric
• stapler gun
• glue gun
• scissors
• sawtooth picture hanger
• nails

1// This board was 2 feet by 2 feet and I had the nice people at Lowe’s cut the board in half.

2// Fold the linen in half and center the board on top of the linen.

3// Fold one side of the linen on top of the wood panel.

4// Then staple both ends of the folded linen.

5// Repeat on the other side and make sure you tug the linen tightly so the front panel is smooth and not loose.

6// From the top of wood panel, tuck each edge of the linen over like you’re wrapping a present. Then take the top of the tucked edge and staple the end of the fabric piece.

7// Staple the folded edges to secure the fabric tightly on the board.

8// Repeat on the other corner and staple all sides to secure the linen on the board.

9// Take the felt fabric to cover the backside of the board. Use hot glue to glue down the felt.

9// Centering the saw tooth, about 1/2 inch from the top, hammer down the saw tooth.

Here’s the finished DIY necklace board! I used fun thumbnails to hold the necklaces! You can either hang it on your wall or on top of your dresser.

Happy DIY’ing and make it a stellar weekend ya’ll!

A fairly large wall in my office needed some serious love so I decided to give it some life by creating a budget-friendly photo frame wall collage! I bought most of the supplies from Ikea + Target.

It’s an easy project {minus the difficulties of figuring out how to hang up the Ikea white RIBBA frames. I’ll show you how I added an additional hanging hardware before the DIY photo frame collage tutorial}.

Materials needed:

• grocery paper bags, gift wrapping paper, butcher paper, anything larger than a letter-size paper
• tape
• nails {I bought the photo frame mounting accessory set at Ikea} and/or photo mounting hardware {i.e. sawtooth picture hangers if you decide to use Ikea RIBBA frames}
• hammer
• scissors
• pencil
• variety of photo frames {all of these frames are from Ikea}
• prints, photos

If you purchase the RIBBA frames from Ikea, I would suggest installing a sawtooth hanger so that it’s easier to hang on the wall. The hanging hardware is too deep in the frame that it made it really difficult to get the nail to grip onto the hook. So instead, I applied a sawtooth picture hanger to the back of the frame so that it was easier to hang.

Now onto the DIY photo frame wall collage tutorial!

1// Start tracing the frames on the paper and cut out the shapes.
2// Measure the top of the frame to the tip of the hanging hardware where it will be hung on the nail. Measure also from the right edge of the frame to the center of the hardware.
3// Using these measurements, take the paper cut out and make an intersecting point on the paper.

4// Now take the cut out and lay it to back of its corresponding frame.
5// Take a nail, place it on the intersecting point, puncture it through the paper, and make sure the nail fits securely in the hanging hardware. Now remove the nail from the cut out.

6// Apply a piece of tape on top of each paper cut frame and write on the paper of the corresponding frame.
7// Start arranging it on your wall {you can also arrange the actual frames on the floor as well to see if the prints look good together}. Play around with the layout for a bit and step back to take a good look at your arrangement. I placed the frames around 2-3 inches apart. The key is that it doesn’t have to be perfectly spaced!
8// Once you’re happy with the layout, leave the paper cut outs on the wall and start hammering in the nails or hardware hangers where the pre-punctured holes were.

Tadah! Here’s what the arrangement looked like!

1// This framed print was gift from a sweet friend! Thanks P!
2+9// Art cards of London found at Ikea + Ikea’s RIBBA frames
3+8// Old postcard prints bought at Target {they were in the stationery section} + Ikea’s small RIBBA frames
4+7// Photos taken from my trips, converted to black + white, printed at Target. Ikea’s KVILL frames
5+6// Fun way to display souvenirs from trips {pictured, masks bought in Venice, Italy}

Aren’t these masks amazing! Now, I just need to be invited to a masquerade ball or have an excuse to wear this!

Can you believe these victorian-style frames were only $5 each?!

Dust off your souvenirs, and find a way to display your souvenirs!

Is this not picture perfect ! This photo frame collage definitely brightened up the wall!