Ballard Design knock-off ~

Howdy friends!  

I'm really excited to show you my little project this weekend.  

I love Ballard Designs.  I love every. single. thing. in their catalogs.  The prices?  Yeah, not so much!  Their Spring catalog came in the mail recently and I got the idea for this next project from their pages.  The price difference is staggering... I mean, staggering. 

 The Ballard Cork Boards   

I saw these and knew I could make something just as gorgeous. 

I got all my supplies at Joann's, even printed a 40% off coupon. 

The cork boards were on sale for $7.49. I got 3 of them:

Then I got 3 yards of the dark brown burlap and 6 packages of decorative nails.  Don't ask the store person for 'nailhead trim'... they won't know what you are talking about.  The burlap was on sale for $2.99 a yard and the nails were $1.49 per pack.  I went a little crazy at the store and got too much burlap and nails.  Better to have too much than not enough!  I really only used about 1 1/2 yards, if that.  

I cut the burlap and used my trusty hot glue gun to secure it to the back:

These cork boards were mounted to cardboard.  So, the nails just pushed right through.  I didn't even need to hammer them into place.  That also meant that if I  didn't get one spaced just right, I could take it right out and place it again.

  

I made all 3 of these in 1 hour.  No joke.  The Ballard boards are sold for $89 each.  Mine:  $7.49 per board, $1.49 per pack of nails (1 pack per board), and a half yard of burlap per board $1.50... so mine were just under $11 each. 

I love you Ballard... but, $89?!?!?!  Really?!?!?

Another mind blower: The $89 cork boards are on backorder at Ballard.  HELLO?!?!? 

My own 'Ballard' inspiration boards!  Hope you love them as much as I do!  

XOXOXO 

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