Showing posts with label magnets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label magnets. Show all posts

Monday, December 28, 2009

my christmas gifts from '08

here's what friends and family got from me for christmas last year - magnets! i took different types of paper's designs, ranging from origami paper to sheet music to lyrics from a musical printed out to notecards. i was pretty pleased with the results!

i put a drop of extra strength clear glue onto the paper, then laid down a clear flat marble (the kind that you find in the florist' section to arrange flowers) on top of the glue; the marble sort of magnifies the design under it. i then attached a magnet that i found at a craft store using the same glue. the toughest part of the craft was the drying process; the magnets wanted to stick together, which made for off-kilter magnets in the center of the marbles! luckily i've got a very very very old baking sheet that the magnets stuck to; they kept them from sliding next to each other.