I decorated a plain memo board with stenciled lettering, old recipes, and embellishments I already had. It became a scrapbook-style recipe display for the kitchen rather than staying a blank cork board.
The plain board from Marshalls
I found the board at Marshalls for under $20 at the time. I liked its size and the fact that it came with small bee-shaped pushpins.
Stencil a simple message
I wanted a short, general phrase for the board. Using letter stencils and craft paint, I added Gather Here.
Add recipes and pieces already on hand
I used old recipe books, embellishments, and tarnished silverware for the recipe-board theme. The close-ups show handwritten recipe cards, printed pages, and decorative flowers around the lettering.
The bee pushpins that came with the board hold papers and add small details of their own.
A burlap sunflower and painted rooster
The burlap sunflower came from Hobby Lobby. I placed it near the lower corner of the board, alongside the recipe papers and bee pins.
My rooster collection joined the display. I had painted the small rooster below in Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Louis Blue the previous year.
The finished kitchen display
These photographs show where I displayed the board at the time. I changed this kitchen area several times a year, and the original post noted that the arrangement had already changed again.
For another project using old recipe paper, see my cookbook-page jar. My dresser stenciling project also explains the light paint load I use for cleaner stencil edges.
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