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In honor of the Craft and Hobby Association’s National Craft Month, I’ll be posting a weekly mini-project to help you create an organized and inspiring creative space!

This week’s challenge … creating a “goals board” for your creative space.

The board shown in the picture is the goals board in my office. As you can see (maybe?) my number one goal is the happy scrapper … first to complete writing it (goal accomplished!) and now to market and sell it. I also have a list of my professional goals hanging in eye sight … so if ever I start day dreaming, right smack dab in my line of vision is a list of my goals to guide me back on track. This board is for my top three business priorities, but behind me I have personal goals with magazine clippings to represent different personal goals I’m working towards. Once you create the board, fill it with images that inspire you to create the life you want!

OK … here’s what you’ll need to create a goals board of your own:

  • One piece of homasote board. (mine is 2′ x 3′ … I say go as big as your space can accommodate!) The link is for a dealer locater so you can find a homasote dealer near you. I highly recommend asking your dealer to cut the board to size … since cutting this stuff makes the biggest mess you’ve ever seen. (Wish I had pictures of that!)
  • One piece of burlap sized approximately six inches larger (in both directions) than your homasote board. Check out Hancock Fabrics for burlap.
  • House numbers — numerals 1 through 3 (This is optional, but great if you’ll use your board as a priorities board.)
  • Staple gun
  • Safety goggles
  • Images of your goals and priorities

All you have to do to complete the project is wrap the burlap around the pre-cut board. Staple the excess fabric to the back of the board to secure the burlap tightly in place. Then … find compelling images of your goals and tack them up. Type your goals on the computer, print them, and post them on your board, too. Then each day, take action to work towards your goals!

P.S. the happy scrapper is loaded with ideas like this for creating an organized and inspiring scrap space. I hope you’ll check it out!