Friday, June 1, 2012

Glass Magnets

I love magnets, but the cute ones are always so expensive. I decided it was time to make my own. I headed out to my local Michael's and starting looking for what I could use. I found some glass pebbles for $2.99. I knew these were exactly what I was looking for.

I then found some fun scrap booking paper that had small patterns. I didn't want to use patterns that were too big because I was cutting out such small circles.

I sat down to some home decorating shows and started tracing the pebbles on my paper and cutting out the circles.

Then I took out my Mod Podge and glued the circles to the back of the pebbles. After they dried I trimmed off the extra paper that hung over some of the edges and put on a extra coat of Mod Podge to the back.

The last thing to do was to attach magnet strips. I chose to go for a cheaper option and not get the super magnets. They stick to the fridge fine, but they may not be able to hold big papers all by themselves.

Aren't they pretty?

These turned out amazing!


Happy Crafting,

7 comments:

  1. So cute! Thanks for sharing at the Pomp Party! Pinning to our Pomp Party board!

    Jill @ Create.Craft.Love.

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  2. These are so much fun!

    I have a magnet giveaway going on right now that I thought you might enjoy...
    http://ontherefrigeratordoor.blogspot.com/2012/05/3-years-giveaway.html

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  3. So pretty!!! This is one of my favorite projects. :)

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  4. LOVE! So cute!! I need magnets for my fathers day project...perfect timing! Thanks!

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  5. They are adorable :) I might just have to make some. New GFC and Linky follower dropping by from the blog swap participants list.

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  6. cute cute cute! Thanks for sharing on "Strut Your Stuff Saturday!" We hope to see you this friday! -The Sisters

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  7. These are cute! I bought some of the glass pebbles and printed out some mini pictures to make me some I just haven't got around to making them yet. Need to get it done. Thanks for sharing.

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