From Pampers Box to Chalkboard ...

I'm not very organized.  I try to be, but I fail most of the time.  In a lifelong effort to change that, I make lists ... and accumulate tons of stuff.

I sometimes perform mystery shops.  Some of these shops are at office supply stores ... so I end up with stuff like this:

This is cork-board that I found in a green color that I liked.  I also thought it would work tacked up on the side of my refrigerator to keep a grocery list, coupons, and bills.  I bought this almost a year ago.  It hasn't been hung up anywhere.

Because I have two in diapers, I have a ton of this:

Also because I have two little ones; and, because I also do mystery shops in hardware stores, I end up with little things such as this:

I have been in other homes in which the parents had used this to paint a section of their basement, or playroom for their child's use.  Since I fear using this on the wall in *my* home will result in artwork where it doesn't belong, I hadn't figured out what to do with this.  Until now.

I cut the pampers box as close to the size of the cork-board as possible.  Painted it in two coats of blackboard paint.  Glued some extra ribbon I have lying around (short-lived belt and keychain phase) in between the two pieces (that I glued back to back) ... and now I have a hanging chalkboard to keep my grocery list on.  With the added functionality of a corkboard once the little ones aren't in danger from pushpins.