I recently received this email from April about mini clipboards:

Hi Aby,

I have followed you all over the place it seems and really enjoy your tips for organizing.  I recently purchased 1-12×12 and 2-4×4 clipboards through Oriental Trading Company (because they were too darn cute to pass up).

I’m thinking about using the 12×12 either to hang on my wall within a collage of frames to display my latest scrapbook page, or to stick magnets on the back and use it on my fridge with calendar sheets.  Any ideas?

I am totally stumped on a use for the 4×4.  Stacy Julian posted a great use for hers on her blog (chore lists) but I don’t have any children.  Can you help?

Thanks so much and keep up the great work everywhere you go!

April

Thanks, April. I love mini clipboards and use one for my grocery lists. Mine is a bit bigger at almost 9″ x 6″. But let’s see what ideas we can come up with for your 12 X 12 and 4 X 4 super cute clip boards.

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For the 12 x 12 I really like the idea of using it to display your latest scrapbook creation. You could hang it on the wall like you said or you could look for an easel and use the clipboard as a desktop display. I haven’t tried this, but you might also try painting it with magnetic paint … then it could be a clipboard and a magnet board all in one. You could use it as a design board (like decorators use when they decorate a room) for your scrapbook projects. It would be like an inspiration board that you use on a project by project basis. Again, if you did that and used it with an easel, you might be able to prop it up and keep your supplies in sight while you scrapbook. Again … this is an untested idea but seems fun, I think.

For the smaller boards, you could use them for errands lists or as a place to capture scrapbooking ideas or quotable quotes. You could put one in your laundry room, kitchen or anywhere that you happen to be when ideas strike. Another thought would be to use the smaller ones with a table top easel and use it as a picture frame for new photos—another fun and changeable display, like the 12 x 12 scrapbook page layout idea. This could be particularly fun for photos you love but aren’t sure how you want to scrapbook yet. Seeing your photos randomly at different times of the day might help you come up with scrapbooking ideas as you go about your other business.

Here are a few more ideas:

  • In your scrapbook space: create a list of all the goodies you need to pick up next time you hit your favorite scrapbook store or create a master project list for all your scrapbook projects you plan to start!
  • By the telephone: just add a note pad and you’ll always have a place to jot-down important phone messages.
  • In the kitchen: hang your clipboard in your cupboard or pantry. Add items to your grocery list as you run out of them.
  • In your car: to keep dry cleaning coupons handy.

How do you use your 4 X 4 clipboards? Any other ideas to share?