I don't know if I understand what a command board is, maybe you should make me one too! ;) -- Seriously though, this is a beautiful piece of functional art!
I never knew that! My son got involved with 4H last year and is learning about goats, sheep, and rabbits. The kids need to be 14 to get involved with the horses, so 2 more years for him.
Wow! I didnt realize what proper care of horses involved! I LOVE that you LOVE your animals so much and I enjoy what you write about them. I always wanted a horse. I always enjoyed being around them on the grandparents farms, etc and my folks had a couple for quite a few yrs. :o)Ro
This is a project for my younger daughter, who asked if I could create her a project. She had this glimmer of a thing to help her get herself organized - like a calendar that isn't a calendar, but more of a weekly organizer that's a piece of art and she can put her post-it-notes reminders and help her keep track of her to-do list and recycle the bases as she completes them and, "I-dunno, like tags or something…?"
I said, "you mean like a command board?"
"What's a command board?"
Ok, so yes, I can do that for her. I explained what one was and how it worked and she said, "That's EXACTLY what I'm thinking of...." I helped her flesh out the idea, and once we had a solid concept, we went shopping and she picked out a paper line (Prima - because she IS her momma's daughter after all.)
This is the front side of the tags. I think they're pretty, but they're all relatively simple and I tried hard to keep them flat and clear in a big area so that she has room for her post-it-notes. I used up a lot of hoarded stash bits and leftover pieces to get them completed. And since they're double sided, there are actually 42 faces, so she has lots of artistic choices.
I did the math, actually, because I'm always interested in things like that. She has a possible
107,145,471,557,285,000,0 00,000,000
combination of choices for displaying these tags. I don't think she'll manage to get that done in her entire lifetime.
It's been a long project, but she picked it up today. Not until after I photographed it, of course. 21 tags, enough for three weeks of tracking her to-do lists.
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