[Handmade] Message board ideas that convey your honest feelings
A message board to express gratitude and encouragement to friends and upperclassmen graduating from school, or to colleagues transferring or leaving a company.
At farewell parties or on graduation day, it’s common to give a colored card or album filled with honest messages from each member.
You may be looking for ideas for a heartfelt message board.
In this article, we’ve gathered and highlighted handmade message board ideas.
From stylish designs to warm, hand-drawn illustrations, check out these handmade message boards you can use to suit any occasion.
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[Handmade] Message Board Ideas That Convey Your Honest Feelings (1–10)
Bouquet illustration
This is a group message board with a bouquet motif.
First, place your hand wide open along the bottom edge of the card and draw small flowers at each fingertip.
Next, draw lines along the outside of the thumb and pinky to form the base of the bouquet.
After adding some flowers in the center of the card, draw as many comment frames as needed around them for everyone to write their messages.
Finally, finish it off with colorful markers or colored pencils, and it’s complete.
It can also serve as a substitute for a bouquet to give to a graduating senior or a boss who’s retiring—two birds with one stone.
Give it a try!
pastel color
When you think of a message board, you probably picture writing messages on a white shikishi board.
This idea shows how to decorate that white board with pastels and transform it into a warm, vibrant look.
You’ll need pastels and a tea strainer: shave the pastels so the powder falls onto the board, then use a tissue to spread it and add color overall.
Using various pastel colors can create gradients on the board, but be sure to control the amount of powder and how you spread it so the colors don’t blend unintentionally.
Spreading the pastels with a circular motion is the key to conveying warmth and softness.
Club activity illustration frame
These are frames that surround each message, using club activity uniforms and equipment as motifs.
The content, which clearly evokes the club through illustrations, seems perfect for a farewell message collection for graduating members.
First, draw the outline of the uniform in a pale color and then firmly trace it in black so the messages stand out clearly.
If you decorate around the uniform with illustrations of the equipment you used, it will more effectively convey the essence of the club activities.
Mimosa frame
This is a frame inspired by mimosa flowers, known for their soft look with clusters of small round yellow blooms.
It’s great not only for surrounding individual messages, but also for framing titles or decorating the entire layout.
Start by drawing a guiding line where you want the frame, then add yellow circles of random sizes along it.
If you pack the circles too tightly, the mimosa’s softness won’t come through, so be mindful to leave some space.
Finally, draw the leaf elements in green to finish.
Using green for the message text could also look nice.
Diploma
These are frames, inspired by graduation diplomas, that surround each message in a group message board.
They not only suit graduation-themed message boards, but also convey heartfelt cheers for embarking on a new step.
Draw a gold line inside a black-outlined border to create a dimensional and glamorous frame.
It’s also recommended to include illustrations such as a diploma case tube and motifs like cherry blossoms that evoke a graduation ceremony.
Quoting standard wording from a diploma for the message content could be a fun idea, too.