I can’t tell you how long I’ve been working on this project. Probably for over a year? I recently just finished it and what better time to post about it but now in this new year?
So, basically, my brother had a batch of corks and I tried to come up with a simple project to use them. I decided to make a bulletin board.
I just felt it would be best if I cut the corks into thirds. It would make an interesting pattern, and I wanted a large bulletin board with an interesting pattern.
There wasn’t exactly a plan; I just started gluing them together. I originally was going to use my glue gun but I imagined it getting messy and would ruin the appearance with the excess strings of glue and whatnot. So even though I knew it would take longer to dry, I used my PVA glue. It’s strong and reliable.
The reason why this took so long to make though was because once I finished gluing all my cut corks together, I realized that my bulletin board was much smaller than what I imagined. I didn’t wanna call it quits, so I tried to collect corks here and there where I could which wasn’t all that easy. I had a friend of mine collect corks at the bar she worked at which helped tremendously, but it still took some time. I finally got to the point where I accepted the size and finished up.
After I finished gluing and the board was ready to be hung up, I used industrial strength Velcro to hang it up. Since I’m renting and poking holes in the walls aren’t so optional, I’ve become obsessed with these velcro strips as well as command strips. In this case I felt the velcro was more appropriate.
Once I let the board sit on my wall for a bit, I started pinning things to my board to start my quest to organize. Just as I imagined, the finished product would look pretty damn cool on the wall! The wait was worth it. I’m just happy this project isn’t lingering anymore, that’s for sure.
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