I saw these marble magnets on not martha a couple years ago and always wanted to make them. The past few years I’ve made handmade Christmas cards with holiday-themed photographs that I’ve taken, but this year I just didn’t have the time. Some how I did steal away time to make these magnets. Even if I was up past midnight on Christmas Eve Eve finishing them up! I think they were appreciated as Christmas gifts so it makes it worth it.
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1 stacy // Jan 3, 2007 at 7:37 am
How small do you have to shrink the pics to make them work? I don’t think i have any pics that small….
2 tien // Jan 3, 2007 at 8:24 am
those are kind of creepy!!
3 Aunt Susie // Jan 3, 2007 at 8:27 am
I love mine Shell. They were one of my favorite gifts. I squealed with glee when I opened the gift. I will treasure them always. The things you make are always incredible. These magnets are SO cool!!
4 Nan // Jan 3, 2007 at 8:57 am
i love riley’s as well. i don’t let her play with it like i did at your place. it’s nicely placed high up on my fridge.
stacy, just go to notmartha.com and you can find the instructions there. i did that, but haven’t had the time to buy the stuff and make them. honestly, i just couldn’t find “silicone sealer” at michael’s. i’m going to have to go to hardware store or something.
5 rachelle // Jan 3, 2007 at 9:19 am
i have 1-inch plastics so i had to shrink the photos down to 1 inch. I couldn’t find silicone sealer either.. I bought a few different kinds of glue online then experimented with them.. hint: some of them don’t dry well and since people were the theme of my magnets, it looked like they were diseased. you have to get something that’s not going to dry with bubbles or anything.
glad you guys liked them!
6 rachelle // Jan 3, 2007 at 9:23 am
also frustrating was that sometimes i’d glue the photo on and it looked fine, but if i used a certain kind of glue or too much of it to put the magnet on then it would like blur out the photo. this happened on the ones i gave kelly and jeff… i ended up hotgluing the magnets on the back of the rest.. seemed to work. but the glue on the front of the photo through the plastic is the trickiest. i also experimented with different kinds of paper. copy paper vs photo paper, etc.
7 Chris Rose // Jan 3, 2007 at 1:12 pm
Cool idea….Rachelle is very cute too.
8 Nan // Jan 3, 2007 at 1:33 pm
so, what did you end up using for glue?
9 Richard // Jan 4, 2007 at 6:29 am
Evacuation Route?
You can get silicone sealant at any hardware or home improvement store.
10 rachelle // Jan 4, 2007 at 6:58 am
That was the Tsunami Evacuation Route in Washington. see here.
11 sunseeds // Jan 14, 2007 at 10:43 pm
Try using 5 minute epoxy, cures (drys) fast and has a sweet smell to it.
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