Pinterest Challenge #2 - Fabric Covered Magnetic Board
I followed her directions to a T.
Almost.
I did get a little lost and overwhelmed at Lowe's. Meh. It happens.
No one EVER comes to ask me for help.
Ever.
Big girls get no love in supply stores.
None.
I wandered those aisles looking for the sign pictured in her post.
(Her TUTORIAL is thorough. THOR. OUGH.)
I almost gave up and paid $25 for a piece I did find.
But, on my way back to the expensive sheet, a little glimmer of metal, from RIGHT where she said it'd be caught my eye and 8 dollars later it was mine.
I will say later I went to Home Depot, where I also never get help and this young gentlemen stopped and asked if I needed help.
Probably because I was standing at the end of the aisle with tears in my eyes frustrated that I never seem to get help and all I needed were magnets and I was standing right beside the aisle with magnets.
I'm such a nerd.
I tell the boy every time I go to one of those stores he needs to come with me. He always looks like we've got a project that needs help.
I'm not sure which is sadder, that I can 't get helped or that he can never not.
Boys.
Anyhoozle.
I said I followed it almost. You follow it exactly, mkay?
I didn't buy gorilla glue because I'm penny pinching and the glue that was right next to it was a thicker white glue that looks more like paste when it dries. It worked, but it was MESSY. Mess. Y. Save yourself the heartache and splurge the extra 2 dollars.
I used gems and fabric from Joanne's.
As I was making over my room, I chose an ice blue for the walls, and have some things that are a little Martha's Vineyard Cottage-y.
So I wanted a color that would pop and that's where that loud fabric comes in.
Also, I didn't find my frame at the Goodwill, I found it at my sweet spot. :)
Michaels.
They have a big bin of frames someone ordered and never came to pick up. Dimensions already on it, mine was 23X23.
And...
$4.
SCORE.
I really LOVE this project because I don't just have pictures I want to hang. I have a substantial collection of letters and cards that I love that I can now easily change in and out.
I also used colored squares from a scrap of scrapbooking bag ($3 at Michaels) to back some of my photos. Since the back fabric is so loud, it helps the picture stay grounded.
| That card at the bottom is from MC when I left teaching. It says "Thank You" on the outside. "You're Amazing" on the inside and then his hand written name. 2nd grade love. |
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