Make Your Own Magnet Board

So in my kitchen there is no where to put any papers, that would normally go on the front of the fridge to display. Our fridge is stainless steel and apparently its not magnetic. So very disappointed I decided to remedy the situation with a magnet board. 

Supplies Needed

Liquid Nails

Moulding

Sheet Metal

Spray Paint

Wood Filler

Wooden Board
Nail Gun (optional)

Ready, here we go! The board I made was 24" by 35". I bought the board at Home Depot and it was $5. I had them cut it to the right size(they do that for free).

Its 1/4" thick...

I then bought the molding and they cut that too. It was $.58 a foot and so it cost me just under $6. I then had the hubby cut the molding on 45 degree angles. Then we nailed the frame together(you dont have to nail it together, you could glue the sheet metal to the board, then glue your  molding pieces to the board, then fill the cracks and paint).

The next step is to fill the cracks where the molding didnt quite come together when you nailed it and the nail holes. After I filled the cracks and holes I wiped it off with a damp paper towel.

Then you need to attach the sheet metal to the board. I also got my sheet metal at Home Depot. It was $9. It needed to be trimmed because it was too long on one side, but we realized we needed it shorter on all the sides. So after many attempts at scoring it with an x-acto knife and trying to bend it (which is what the guy at Home Depot said would work so well, he lied, it was really a huge pain and we ended up giving up), I used my kitchen scissors and it cut it like it was paper. By the way, my kitchen scissors suck, so anybodies will probably work. 

Then you put your liquid nails on the back and press it down, start from the center and work your way out.

While you are waiting for that to set, paint your molding. It took 2 coats of the spray paint that I bought. I got the paint at Lowes and it was like $4. I bought a black satin no drip kind and it turned out fantastic! Once your paint is dry you put the liquid nails on the back of the molding and press it onto the board. 

After I pressed it onto the board we turned it upside down and put books on top of it and let it set for a couple of hours. Then up it went, well we did put hooks on the back, just regular old picture frame hooks. One on each side.

It fits perfectly in the space I had for it.

I love it! If you have any questions or need help with this project, leave me a comment and I will help if I can!

Baby Food Jar Christmas Tree

My mum has one of these in her house and my girls love to just stand and stare at it. So I decided that it would be something worth while to make. This is a really easy craft and it doesn't take any time at all.

You start by holding the ornament with needle nose pliers and putting a tiny drop of hot glue on it. Press it firmly against the front of the jar and let go with the pliers. When you have all of your ornaments in your jars you can stack them. Hot glue goes in between all of the jars. I placed mine against a wall so that they would all sit flush.

 

You could really put anything you want on the top. My mum has some mistletoe and berries on top of hers. I opted for a simple bow. The trick with the bow, to make it easier to sit nicely, is to just make 2 loops and then with a separate piece of material wrap it around the center.

I made a smaller one for the girls room.

The back isn't too hard either. You just use a nail and a hammer and make it so the lights will fit snugly. Something else to think about is that you don't want all of the same color clumped together so pay attention to where you are putting the lights on the front side.

Its really simple and its a really cute decoration.

     

A Christmas Tree

I love decorating the christmas tree so I thought it would be appropriate for me to show it to you. The bottom foot of it isn't decorated because I was tired of my 10 month old eating all of the sparkly balls.

I got all of the sparkly balls on clearance at K-Mart last year.  There are plain silver balls on it to help balance out the amount of sparkle.

The snowflakes, purchased at Target, add a bit of change from all of the circles everywhere.

I also added the ribbon(WalMart) and string of beads(K-Mart) because I thought it was too plain. Keeping with the theme though, the ribbon is sparkly.

Very simple but cute. I'm sure the older my kids get the ornaments they make will also end up on the tree, and that is something I am looking forward too.

Advent Calendar

This is the project I have been working on for the past 3 weeks. It was a lot of work. It honestly would've taken me until next Christmas if my hubby wouldn't have been so helpful.

My hubby, the great guy that he is, did most of the work for the ornaments. I got a pattern and it had to be traced onto freezer paper and then you cut out the freezer paper and iron it onto the material. Finally cutting out the material and then the sewing of the ornaments began.

I love the tabs. I accidentally bought two different sizes of buttons and so the inside 2 are smaller than the outside 2 and you can hardly notice.

Cutting out the numbers was pretty tricky, so I used my little needlepoint scissors to cut more accurately. I also cut my binding material on the bias so it would give the edge a little candy cane look. I love it!

I am so excited about how it turned out and the girls just love to stare at it.

I purchased the pattern and material all at American Quilting. The color scheme and the material they had with the pattern was very drabby so I came up with my own idea and changed the material. I also changed the numbers because I didn't like the font they had in the pattern, I used felt instead of wool, and when my hubby was cutting the ornaments he didn't like some of them so he made up some of his own.  But the basic pattern is the same and really easy to follow.