I’m running out the door in a few minutes for another “Women At Play” evening (see sidebar ad for more information), but I wanted to share a project that I whipped up this morning in less than 20 minutes…
I am convinced that my family keeps single socks out of the laundry just to make me crazy. I used to think it was the sheets that ate them up, so I quit washing socks with the sheets, but I still end up with singles every single week.
I’m going mental!
I hate having single socks laying around in wait.
Today, I decided to jump on the missing-socks-plaque-bandwagon.
Piece of wood 3/4″ thick, cut to 11 by 10 inches.
I added one coat of paint, just to make it presentable,
then used my Silhouette to cut the lettering.
You could probably hot glue the clothes pegs onto the board, but I didn’t trust them not to come off with a bit of pressure, so I pre-drilled a small hole in each of the pegs and then screwed them into the board.
My favourite technique for hanging pictures – nail some narrow-headed nails into the back of the board, line it up against your wall (with a level on top) and then PUSH!
It only makes two small holes in your wall (versus one), but the picture/plaque will never tilt – it will always stay in place.
As anti-interior-design this might be slot machines for money, I put the plaque in our bedroom – because that’s where I sort the laundry and always seem to end up with my singles.
This week it’s just three loners – but it’s also laundry day tomorrow, so I’m sure the pegs will fill up.
With one coat of paint, it dries pretty quickly – so I was done this entire project in an hour – and that includes 40 minutes of dry-time.
EASY!
I’m off – glass fusion tonight!
Have a great one!
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Cute! And I seem to lose them just to have them magically appear 2-3 loads later. Not sure how it happens.
P.S. The pic at the end of the post is super funny today!
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Cute. I haven’t made one yet- but I was also worried about how to adhere clothespins. Can you tell me where you purchased yours and if you took them apart to get the screw in place? Thanks for sharing !
Mine were plastic clothespins from the dollar store and I didn’t have to take them apart at all – just angle your drill (a bit awkwardly perhaps) and screw them into place. If you were to use wood clothespins, I’d probably stick with a super glue or epoxy glue – I think putting a screw through that small a piece of wood might cause it to break. Good luck!
How did you adhere the letters
These were cut with the Silhouette on adhesive vinyl, so they stuck on like stickers. Just as easy would be to buy actual stickers from Michael’s or the Dollar store and attach them.
Hi!! Love this ! Was curious what font you used?
It’s called LW Simple from the Silhouette online store – very whimsical.
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Hi! What is the paint brand and name you used on this please?
It’s been awhile, but I believe it was Metropolis by Benjamin Moore. You can get a tester pot for about $8.
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