She’s Crafty
I was hanging out in Twitter a day or so ago and one of my friends linked to these. Normally I’m not very crafty. Unless I am inspired. Again, I start with the hobbies… This time I already had some of the stuff around the house, so it wasn’t a huge investment.
The Boy uses the flat bottomed marbles for his games so I swiped some, shhh. Honestly, he probably won’t notice. I stopped at Michaels and picked up the magnets and glue. And a couple years ago another friend and I got a subscription to Real Simple. Great magazine, but I never had time to read it so I stopped getting it. But I saved them in some fancy magazine holders from Ikea. That was $12 well spent…
The other key item I picked up at Michaels was a hole punch that matched the size of the magnets I got (3/4″). I’m pretty sure this little device is the reason I cut out so many. I only had 50 magnets and I got another small bag of marbles incase I ran out. All in all I think I spent around $20. I looked on Etsy and people are selling them in sets of 6 for $7-8, plus shipping.
Here is a sampling of what I did in one evening. They’re pretty random; some Christmas, flowers, birds, clocks, and a lot of random patterns. If you like them, leave me a comment and I’ll either give you a set of six (you can pick) or if you tell me a theme I’ll make you a set of six. I can’t do it for everyone, so the first 5 people that tell me they’d like ‘em. I’ll send ‘em out.
Wednesday 25, 2009
These are pretty cool. I like to call myself crafty but have not attempted these before. Everytime I see someone do something similar, I get inspired. Having these as magnets would add coolness to any kitchen. Thanks for sharing!
@ultimasandradee
Wednesday 25, 2009
What theme would you like?
Wednesday 25, 2009
a craft punch would have made mine a helluva lot easier.
Wednesday 25, 2009
Seriously, next to the cookie dough scoop I bought. Best $7.
Wednesday 25, 2009
I know you made some, but if you’d like a set let me know what theme.
Wednesday 25, 2009
Awesome!!
Wednesday 25, 2009
Let me know what theme you’d like and I will make a set for you.
Wednesday 25, 2009
oh meeeee!i LOVE notmartha i have always wanted to make those but omg genius about the hold punch thing.
Wednesday 25, 2009
Awesome. What theme would you like?
Wednesday 25, 2009
Darn, I guess I missed the first five. But I love original art by people I know … and in this case, love. Hope you Thanksgiving is great!
Wednesday 25, 2009
You made it. Let me know what theme you’d like!
Wednesday 25, 2009
These are so cool! I am always looking for some inexpensive crafts to surprise everyone with at Christmas. This is the best one I have seen for a loooong time!
Wednesday 25, 2009
These are super easy and as a bonus you have an excuse to sniff some glue. It’s win-win all around!
Wednesday 25, 2009
I think I am going to make a set of these for Flora’s pre-school teachers! I think she can even help. I was looking into snow globes, but the phrases “hot glue” and “florist’s clay” were very intimidating to me.
Ciao,
rpm
Wednesday 25, 2009
Super easy. I bought a 3/4″ hole punch doo-dad and just punched things out upside-down so I could see. The glue is a little strong smelling, but wheee! She could definitely squish the marble down! Make sure the picture glue is dry though otherwise it’ll slide around.