12 January 2025

How to Make a Vision Board

Hi there!

I'm pretty sure you've heard of the term "vision board" before. It's literally a board where you display photos of goals and dreams for your life. By looking at your vision board every day, you are able to focus on what's important to you and bring them to life. 

I do save pins on my Pinterest but I never made a vision board until last year. 

how to make a vision board, paper crafts, motivation, motivational quotes, New Year's Resolution, manifesting, magazines, magazine cutouts, collage, cut and paste, glue stick, scissors, blah to TADA, photo by Claire Mercado-Obias

To make a vision board, we'll need old magazines that we are willing to tear and cut-up. 

how to make a vision board, paper crafts, motivation, motivational quotes, New Year's Resolution, manifesting, magazines, magazine cutouts, collage, cut and paste, glue stick, scissors, blah to TADA, photo by Claire Mercado-Obias

Flip through the pages and cut out words, phrases, and images that you connect with. Some of mine include: Home, Let's Make Your Dream a Reality, and Etch Your Legacy on the Hearts of Others.   

how to make a vision board, paper crafts, motivation, motivational quotes, New Year's Resolution, manifesting, magazines, magazine cutouts, collage, cut and paste, glue stick, scissors, blah to TADA, photo by Claire Mercado-Obias

I also chose an image to anchor my vision board. I was looking for a confident woman and I found her. 

how to make a vision board, paper crafts, motivation, motivational quotes, New Year's Resolution, manifesting, magazines, magazine cutouts, collage, cut and paste, glue stick, scissors, blah to TADA, photo by Claire Mercado-Obias

Yes, she has no clothes on. Through her nakedness, flaws, and failures, she exudes confidence. She's standing on her tippy toes, pointing to the direction where she wants to go, and pulling something from behind. I don't think it's baggage, but maybe everyone and everything that depend on her? She won't let anyone or anything stop her from reaching her dreams...TADA!

how to make a vision board, paper crafts, motivation, motivational quotes, New Year's Resolution, manifesting, magazines, magazine cutouts, collage, cut and paste, glue stick, scissors, blah to TADA, photo by Claire Mercado-Obias

I experimented with the layout and when I was ready to commit, I used a glue stick to glue my images and phrases to a piece of sturdy cardboard. 

how to make a vision board, paper crafts, motivation, motivational quotes, New Year's Resolution, manifesting, magazines, magazine cutouts, collage, cut and paste, glue stick, scissors, blah to TADA, photo by Claire Mercado-Obias

I also added the year at the top to remind me of when I made it for. 

While some of the items here are still a work in progress, what's important is not just to look at the vision board daily, but also to make very concrete steps to bring them to life.  

I think it's time to make another vision board for 2025.

And that is how I turned some magazine pages and cardboard from blah to TADA!

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