I got a cool poster for my birthday recently: a scratch map of the world. I started scratching away all the places I have visited over the years. Although I was a little disappointed about how little of the planet it was, I was also excited about how much more there is to explore. My plan is to keep on scratching.
So to frame it in glass would be a little inconvenient. I figured I wanted a banner hanger and I wanted to make it myself. The cheap way. So I gave it a little thought and decided on self-adhesive baseboards. You can get them at any hardware store for about 3 euro a piece.
I bought two and used a saw to cut them into 4 pieces of 82 cm (the length of my poster).
To get the string evenly and firmly attached, I decided I would use small nails I could tie the string around. If you're in a hurry or really clumsy with nails and hammers, you can use the self-adhesive strips to stick the baseboards together. That's the easy way.
So I decided to use nails on the top. I taped the poster to the baseboard first. Making sure it's in the right place so I wasn't going to punch any holes in it. Make sure to position the string before you slam the two baseboards together.
For the bottom I decided to skip the nails and use the self-adhesive strip. I did (paper)tape the poster to the baseboard first, because I want to be able to get the poster out without it being ruined. So make sure the (very strong) adhesive strip of the baseboard is not on your poster.
And voila! My own handmade banner hanger for about 6 euro in less than an hour.. Now I need to go plan a new trip, so I can scratch some more!
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