Personalized White Board

Getting married offered a number of challenges. One of those challenges was communication. We were having problems particularly with communicating grocery needs, sometimes it would take weeks to buy black pepper because we had no where to write it down. We also needed a spot to put our monthly calendar so we didn't double book. From our marriage books we learned "communication is the lifeblood of every marriage," so we needed a way to communicate via whiteboard. For awhile we had a standard office-max white board with a calendar but it just wasn't cute enough for my taste. I couldn't find anything to suit our needs with a calendar and space for notes. Gosh I guess I will have to do it myself :) First I hunted for a window. I went to my favorite re-store (which sadly closed in November) and bought this $5 beauty!

I used a ruler and a sharpie to make a calendar template. 

I screwed hooks into the top of the window. I had David double check that they were in there real good. 

I used thick twine and doubled it up to make it stronger. And looped the twine around the hooks. 

Earlier I had purchased pretty wrapping paper from White Balcony in Fort Collins. I cut brown wrapping paper and put White Balcony paper behind to make a border. I plan to change out the background paper to go with the seasons. 

I wrapped the excess twine at the top to reduce friction. 

David screwed in a dry wall nail to make it secure and we hung it up!

The new message board fits our needs perfectly. We can write notes on one side. We used place cards our friend Kelli had made for a dinner party to divide David and Coco notes.  

The calendar is blank so we update it every month. 

We now keep track of the weekly meals and write down our to-dos and grocery needs. 

We use a cut up felt square to erase any mistakes. 

So pinteresting!