Sunday, March 2, 2014

Easy Refrigerator Magnets



Here are a few easy steps to recreate these really cute and easy refrigerator magnets.

What you will need:
Clothes pins
Scrapbook paper (Michael's)
Magnet strip (Lowes)
E6000
Scissors
Pen or Pencil

Step 1: I got this little book of paper at Michael's and it works perfectly for these clothes pins. You can use any scrapbook paper you like! Cut out the strips of paper. Make sure you are cutting out the part of the pattern you want on your clothes pin. 


Step 2: Put a light amount of E6000 on your clothes pin. You don't want to put too much because it will run over the edges and make a mess! I have never used E6000 before. I love the strength of the bond but I hate the packaging. You barely squeeze it and it just overflows for a while. I feel like you waste a lot the product which I don't like to do! Just my little rant!


Step 4: Place your strip of paper on the clothes pin. The E6000 takes a while to dry. So you have a few minutes to make adjustments but then leave it to dry for a good 15 to 20 minutes to make sure it doesn't move when you are attaching the magnet. 


Step 5: Once It is dry, turn the clothes pin over and put a little E6000 on it to attach the magnet strip. Mine had a sticky back but I didn't trust it! My magnet strip is also a little wider than my clothes pin but that doesn't bother me. You can't really see it unless you are looking for it. My magnets were bent because of the way it was packaged and I wanted to make sure the whole strip would be flat on the clothes pin, so I added a few rocks from a previous projects on top of it while it dried. Let It dry for another 15 to 20 minutes and it's ready to go!!