I recently received the new Ballard Designs catalog. Wow...if I was rich I would own one of just about everything in there! But I'm not...rich, that is. I saw this cool magnet board...for $69! Huh? Are you kidding me?!
I decided I could make one myself...mine cost more like $5. That's right, you didn't read that wrong...5 bucks. You can see a framed magnet board I did for my daughter's room HERE. I had a piece of sheet metal left over from that project...I had paid $6 for the whole sheet. The ribbon was $1.97 for a whole roll at good ole' Walmart and I got the burlap there as well for $2.97 for a yard. I still have a bunch of ribbon and burlap left over for a future project...yay!
I gave the sheet metal a quick coat of beige spray paint just so the shiny metal would not show through the burlap. I had my husband drill the holes in the sheet metal...I don't do power tools. I sprayed the front of the sheet metal (the side I had painted) with spray adhesive to help hold the burlap in place.
I decided to do a fleur de lis design. I thought about using paint to stencil my design but I decided to try a permanent marker instead, which worked great! No clean up and no mess...my kind of project!
Here is the final result. Remember that I saved $64 by making this myself. That's almost a week's worth of gas in my minivan...thanks to $3-plus a gallon gas.
I hung it right inside the garage door and it looks so cute there! That sweet baby in the picture is my little niece...isn't she a doll?
I'm thinking this would make great Christmas gifts! What do you think? Do you like to give and receive hand crafted gifts?
Take Care,
Amy
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9 comments:
I would LOVE to receive that as a Christmas gift!!!
Is that a hint Tina? ;)
Wow, that looks easy enough that even I could do it! Great idea, pinning as a gift idea for Christmas. :)
Hi Jamie! LOL You sound like me. I'm all about the easy projects...I'm definitely not an artist! Glad you stopped by!
Love that! Great idea using a sharpie too!
Thanks Marisa! I'm all about "easy"! So happy you stopped by!
what kind of magnet did you use/where did you get them? My daughter made something similar but the magnets she bought weren't strong enough to hold anything on there.
Hi there! The magnets I used in the picture are really strong but I've had them a long, long time and wouldn't know where to tell you to get them. I have some "wimpy" magnets that won't stay on the board either. I have a package of magnets I bought for a craft project at Michael's. They are ProMAG brand, 50 for $5ish dollars, and they seem strong enough to hold a piece of paper or picture on the board. I'm sorry I don't have a great answer for you except to trade out the magnets on the back if you have some faves or look for "strong" magnets. ;( Hope that helps a bit. Have a great weekend!
Super cute and thrifty too!
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