Weekly Menu Board
So this is not my original idea but I can't for the life of me find the link or remember where I saw it. I could have sworn I bookmarked it but it's not there. If I do find it I will make sure to link up to it!
Anyway in browsing the internet one day looking for Christmas projects I saw one for a menu board. This was a while ago now but I never got around to making one. With my newfound determination to actually get consistent about meal planning I decided now was a perfect time for one! I am hoping it will motivate me to keep up with the meal planning since this will be pretty pitiful with nothing on it.
It was very easy although a bit time consuming since I didn't think to do the letters in reverse. Instead I glued on EACH LETTER SEPARATELY!! Next time I know what to do.
All you need are:
a picture frame - I used a scrapbook page frame but you could make a smaller one and use an 8x10
scrapbook paper
either sticker letters or cutout letters (or a marker)
I finally cracked open my Cricut I got for Christmas 2 years ago. I am embarrassed to say this is the first time I have actually used it! I just never seem to have the time for scrapbooking but I do have another project in mind for this so hopefully it will be getting some use now.
I had the Cricut cut all the letters and then I just glued them onto a 12x12 piece of scrapbook paper. You can use a pattern but just make sure it's either light colors or a suddle pattern or else it will be hard to see the words.
I have a little tip to get the words on there straight without penciling a line. Sometimes my brain still has some juice left in her. I took another piece of scrapbook paper the same width, lined up the edges and moved it to where I needed the words. It made a line for me to follow without having a pencil line left over! I must say it worked brilliantly and the words are straighter then I imagined they would turn out!! Just move the paper your gluing onto as needed and the other piece can be kept taped down. It will look like this:
That's it! Finish the paper, stick in the frame and write on it with a dry erase marker. So SIMPLE and CUTE!! Also I probably don't need to tell you you could alter slightly and use the same concept for tons of things. How about a planner, weekly calendar, shopping list, notes, contacts... really the list is endless.
