Well, I did it. I finally jumped on the letter board train, and I am loving it! The letter boards that are most common at the moment are wooden frames with a felted background inside that allows you to put letters on. The function is really just to create a cute sign in your house. I gave in and bought this letter board from Amazon the other day after reading many reviews about how good the quality was. I’ve been waiting to get a big letter board, but for $20, this was too good to pass up, and more can be done with a small size than I originally thought. I opted for the classic black, even though there are a bunch of other color options.
As a graphic designer by day, you can imagine that I’m pretty picky about letters, fonts, and typefaces. One major flaw to the letter boards is that in the kit I got (and I imagine most of them) the letters were all attached together, much like a model if you ever built those. So, to get your pool of letters, you have to twist them off the main plastic piece, leaving you with a little nub of where it once held on… I couldn’t handle that, so I decided to take a little bit of time, a handful of patience, and some new nail cutters and trimmed those nubs off! For some of the letters that had a flat connection, like an l, t, p, or f, I used a new cuticle cutter. Worked like a charm! It seems like such a small thing to care about, but it makes me so happy. I even sorted out the pieces into separate baggies for consonants, vowels, punctuation, and letters.
I’m hoping that the board will get switched up at least once a week for a giggle or thoughtful reminder. Now, I just need a place to hang it! Love, Shauna
letter board / bowls / table
We have on in the front office at my school that says “Welcome back to school! Don’t forget to be awesome.” Ya know, we need reminders sometimes.
I share your excitement, but….nice butt????
Great to hear from you again!