Easy Magnets
Basically everyone in the crafting world has heard of/already made these darling little magnets but I am going to show you how to make them for all you crafting-virgins out there. You start off with your clear crystal…thingys. You can get them at a crafting store for like 3 dollars for a bag of about thirty or you can get real crystals with healing powers at your local metaphysical crystal store for 50 dollars. (But you will have dual functioning magnets, well worth the extra cost.)
Next find some pictures that you want in the back of your magnets. I wanted to make “bird” themed ones because it seemed like the cool thing to do at the time. Now I have all these dang birds on my fridge and I don’t know what to do with them. But anyway, the easiest way to do this is to not stress over it, Google some images you want, and copy and paste them into a word document. Don’t worry about not getting them the exact right size just eyeball it. One cool thing you can do with these is to put numbers on the backs and use them on your white-board/chalk-board calendars. Like at this site. Or put sayings in them as a thank you or put your own personal photos in.
Hint: I wouldn’t suggest cutting them all out in perfect circles because the stones are not perfect. I actually traced each stone over my picture before cutting it out so that it fit the stone perfectly. Also, they are not all the same width or size.
Next take some Mod podge (glue of the Gods) and paste it to the back of the stone. (Doing a layer over and under the picture). Make sure that you are putting your picture face down (so you can see it through the glass) and also on the flat part of the stone. This magnifies your image and also, its darn hard to glue a flat magnet to a non-flat surface. Possible, but hard.
Lastly, take your handy dandy hot glue gun and glue your magnets to your stones (after they have dried completely. Also, make sure that your magnets can actually hold up the weight of your crystals because well…been there done that and it makes you feel like you just wasted craft material…which you did. So, watch out! Here is what mine turned out like after several trial periods.
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Love these! I have some of these in a bag ready to do something with them!
super cute al! you're crafty!
oh i love making these! my sister makes them and gifts them and they are so cute and easy! (and cheap…)
Ali, that is so cool! Awesome magnets!
Love it! And thanks for the explanation…because I definitely fall into the crafting virgin category