Messages and mementos

As you can imagine my mind and my to do list have been full of all things related to moving home. Last night I did the majority of my packing and came to realise I have a lot of stuff, which shouldn't surprise me seeing as I have been in Vancouver now for almost two and a half years. Its just that the reality of how much I have accumulated really hit home when I saw it all piled up in front of me in an assortment of bags and boxes. I am not quite done and am hoping that the pile won't grow too much bigger by the time I have finished. However, my imagination is already fast-forwarding past the transportation of said stuff as I begin to think about little purchases and ideas that can turn a new place into a home. I have always wanted a message board to put in a common area for either writing messages/grocery lists or attaching photos/mementos to. Below is some inspiration:

Woodburned Cork Board - Etsy (image courtesy of Etsy)

Magnetic Board - kikki.K (image courtesy of kikki.K)

Chalk Board - Etsy (image courtesy of Etsy)

And my very biased favourites come courtesy of my big sister's company Little Missy:

Magnetic/Chalk Board - Little Missy (image courtesy of Little Missy)

Photo Board - Little Missy (image courtesy of Little Missy)

This is one of a few ideas I have at the moment, but I have come to realise that I need to seriously consider my purchases before I make them considering the pile of possessions I am staring at as I type this.