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DIY magnets?
I have this odd cabinet in my kitchen that had a hole in it (the previous owners had the ugliest piece of glass in the world in it, and I took it out and broke it maliciously), and DH came up with the idea to put metal in there for a place to hang up recipes while I'm cooking. I covered the metal in burlap (for now, until I decide if I'm going to paint it or what, and I haven't even come up with permanent window treatments for in there yet either) and I now need some cuter magnets than the beer bottle cap ones I made in college. :P Here's a quick cell phone pic.
So...what can I glue to a magnet that would be cute? I have sort of a vintage feel going on in there with the blue Ball jars and such, if that helps any. Light yellow walls, red Kitchenaid/other small appliances, black/SS large appliances.
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Re: DIY magnets?
shrinky dinks.
they'd not only be completely personalized, but you'd get to do a quick project on a dreary day w/ your DD.
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fabric covered buttons. Take the shanks out before you make them and glue in strong magnets. Can personalize to your heart's desire!
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Great ideas posted already! Not sure if these match your style, but they were super cheap to make.DH even helped. http://bornambitous-bornimaginative.blogspot.com/2011/03/refrigerator-magnets.html
I was going to say buttons too. But I like the shrinky dinks idea also. I bet you could find some cute vintagey (is that even a word!) images to use.
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You could actually glue anything into magnets. I made a bunch of hair flowers for christmas and for my relatives that I knew would never wear them, I turned them into magnets. Easy and cheap to make. Found the tutorial here...
http://mrspriss.com/2010/05/18/classic-felt-flowers-tutorial/
You could choose the colors and use whatever you like for the middle. I love the buttons she used but I just used whatever buttons I had handy or the beads from a bracelet I wore for halloween... These are the first few I made with random buttons... they got cuter, i promise... It's just a PITA to take and load pix with my camera