Yes, I Made Them. Because I’m CRAFTY
I saw these great marble magnets on not martha so I decided to make them for Christmas presents this year.
Here’s how mine turned out:
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December 14th, 2005 at 11:38 am
oh my god. they dazzle!
the craft-maker in me aches to be freed!
December 14th, 2005 at 11:51 am
oooh… they look nice. And on the table like that… could be a fun and funky desktop wallpaper. Going to see how to make my own set. :-)
December 14th, 2005 at 11:52 am
oh no! Now I MUST make them.
MUST.
December 14th, 2005 at 11:54 am
I’ve been making these magnets over the past few years. They’re a lot of fun - last time I just took a round punch and the pottery barn catalog and had at it:)
December 14th, 2005 at 2:15 pm
LOVE THEM! I must make them too…..
December 14th, 2005 at 3:15 pm
I, too, love making marble magnets. I save all of my catalogs just for this purpose.
December 14th, 2005 at 4:15 pm
I just was reading about these yesterday and printed out the instructions to make some. I am going to use pictures and give them to family members.
December 14th, 2005 at 4:47 pm
Wow! That’s like, enough magnets to cover my whole kitchen!
Not Martha is great, now I have to find more time to look through that site, as well as yours. :)
I’ve made these before, and they were so much fun. Your ideas are great too. Thanks for sharing!
December 14th, 2005 at 5:20 pm
i’m finally okay about you being crafty, and then you go and arrange them all in STRAIGHT LINES. that part is scary.
December 14th, 2005 at 6:29 pm
Ooooooh you made lots o’ those. Now I am going to make those. My kids will love them!
December 14th, 2005 at 7:46 pm
Ok, Dude! Do you know that you made one-hundred-and-ninty-two of those things???
(cute!)
December 14th, 2005 at 9:21 pm
I went out today (Michaels and Walmart) and can’t find the marbles that are big enough for these - they are too small to fit on the 3/4 inch magnets. Did you use 1/2 inch or 3/4 inch magnets for this? I’m frustrated I couldn’t find bigger marbles!
Grrrrrrowl.
December 15th, 2005 at 7:12 am
Hey!
I made those too this year - for office gifts - I tried to stick with “holiday” themed pictures. The whole time I was making them they were as Christmas gifts - but now I have to change them to “holiday” gifts. Except there’s nothing in the HOLIDAY season that would inspire me to give gifts to the weird people I work with - it’s all about the Christmas for me.
Would you mind telling what glue you used? I used a random Elmer’s product called Stix-All. And it worked pretty well but smelled up my house and gave me a headache.
Love your site & your writing. :)
December 15th, 2005 at 2:09 pm
I made these with my daycare kids, only I used their photos instead. They turned out really cool. And then I put them in an Altoids tin with a bigger photo on the front.
I am here from a dooce link, in case you want to thank her or not!
December 15th, 2005 at 9:37 pm
Very pretty! My kids would love these.
I came here via Dooce. Your blog is wonderful.
December 16th, 2005 at 8:41 pm
I liked making these too - I need to get a big round paper punch next time, but the Pottery Barn and West Elm mags were perfect for it! If I can’t afford the wonderfully upholstered couches, at least I can make magnets out of them! :)
December 19th, 2005 at 3:25 pm
These are great! I make these, too, also via Not Martha.
What kind of glue did you use? I’ve been experimenting with different types. I used a Tacky clear Craft glue but got a shine on the pictures. I’m not using clear caulk, if you can believe it, and it works pretty well. But I’m curious what you use?
December 19th, 2005 at 5:50 pm
i used ‘mod podge’ by plaid: http://www.plaidonline.com/apMP.asp
i liked how it held tight to all papers with the exception of thicker glossed paper. magazine weight paper worked the best.
December 21st, 2005 at 9:29 am
Okay I have been working on these for days. I too could not find glass ones that are big enough. And surpisingly magnets were hard to come by in the right sizes as well.
Well finally, Home Depot for 1″ ceramic magnets, Tap Plastics for acrylic Cabochons, and the now for the glue.
Well, I used the silicone sealant, Not Martha recommends which works great for picture to magnet, but for me, nothing but bubble city for the picture to Cabochon part. So I went to SuperGlue. And while less room for error on the placement part, absolutely no bubble.
I too, am printing out family pictures and pets for friends. Glossy paper and I have not had any image leak through.
Now if I could just get those Bath Bombs of Not Martha’s to work, I will be a happy Christmas elf.
Thank you for the link to Not Martha!
December 22nd, 2005 at 11:37 am
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December 22nd, 2005 at 12:10 pm
ARGH!!!! BubbleS!!!! Bubbles everywhere!!!!! Crap.
all mine have bubbles to some degree.
January 3rd, 2006 at 3:25 pm
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January 4th, 2006 at 9:17 am
hello
long time reader, first time commenter — just wanted to say i loved the magnets so much i went crazy and made my own! after christmas i’m still the proud owner of 100 some magnets.
thank you so much for exposing me to such a time consuming and all addicting craft.
cheers!
esther