My Crafty Side...

One of my amazing visiting teachers recently introduced me to the new world of crafts and homemade items. Although I don't plan on crocheting or doing needle point any time soon, this week I created a few fun crafty items: magnets and a magnet picture board. Now I know it doesn't sound that cool but you have to understand that I'm rarely able to make anything look cute on my own so this is a big feat. I would almost always rather buy something then worry about putting it together on my own but this was not only simple but way fun too!
I bought the picture board just as plain wood and then picked out a nice chocolate brown (Van Dyke brown to be specific) and painted it. I even went so far as to sand the corners down to give it a rustic look(see right).
Then I cut the metal backing (isn't it so cute with the diagonal checkers) and put it in. The next thing I bought was a bag of clear gem stones and a few sheets of cool patterned paper. After cutting out the holes (with a big hole bunch-courtesy of the before mentioned VT) I lamenated them with sticky paper and then stuck them to the gems, superglued magnets to the back and voila, personalized magnets.
We haven't yet found a place to hang my newly designed home decor but I'm so proud of it that I don't mind the fact that it just sits on the floor in the front room for all to see (and by all I basically just mean Mitch and myself). It was super easy, and now I can proudly hang things on my fridge without worry :o)
If this inspires you to dabble in a few crafts yourself then you will want to know that Roberts gives you 40% off one item of your choice every time you go in. Which means I bought all of this for just over $10. Not bad, huh?