Magnetic Make-Up Board

Magnetic Make-Up Board

I first saw this idea on Pinterest & loved the idea so I decided to make my own.

It was Extremely Easy & not too time consuming at all!

I purchased this mirror at a local goodwill for $4.99

I planned on re-painting the mirror but liked it way too much so I left it the way it was. It looks like someone decided to paint it a bronze/silverish color but they only did 3 sides over the gold & it grew on me. Made it seem a little more "Vintage" to me.

I purchased a piece of 1ft X 2ft piece of metal at Home Depot. It was already pre-cut at the perfect size I needed.

I also purchased a piece of fabric from Joann's to cover the front of the metal . I glued the fabric to the back of the metal with super glue.

I then folded the edges tightly to try not to leave any access wrinkly fabric in the front then I left it to dry.

Then I took all of the makeup I use most & hot glued the back of them.
(If you have loose stickers on the back of the makeup you will want to remove them unless they are completely secure.)

Then I placed the magnets on them.
(Make sure you wash the magnets before you hot glue them)

Give the glue time to dry.
When they are done drying (Only takes a few minutes) plop them on the refrigerator & see if they stick. For heavier objects you may need to add an extra magnet. I put 2 magnets on a few of the items.

Place the piece of metal in the frame like you would normally.

Make sure you seal the back.

(I used my hot glue gun)

Tada! This is what it looks like with fabric, looks way better than it would have with an icky piece of metal.

Now you can hang it in your bathroom & add your accessories!
As you can see I made a cute matching magnetic closed case to hide some small things like tweezers, you can find the steps I made to make the Hidden Case Here.

Frame: $4.99
Fabric: $1.68
2ft X 1ft Metal: $8.29
Magnets, Case of 8 (2), $2.89
I had the hot gun/super glue & make-up already.

Suggestions

*Make sure to iron your fabric before glueing it to the piece of metal. As you can see I did not & there are a few wrinkles. Not Extremely noticeable but still. Not Cool.

*Make sure to wash your magnets. They are black & there is a chance they will have some grease on them. Like Mine!... Left a few black marks on my light colored fabric. Again, Not Cool.

*When you glue your magnets onto your makeup use a glue gun. Glue from a glue gun is pretty secure but it can be pealed off. This way when your makeup runs our you won't lose your magnet. (Pictures Below)

Hot Gun Glued Magnet

Came off perfectly.

Homemade Hair Accessory Holder

Well its about time Kayla! You make a New Years Resolution 4 days late, you create a CRAFT Blog to motivate yourself & then you don't actually craft anything until a week later!... Sheesh! What a slacker!

Your not a slacker, are you? I bet your not or else you wouldn't be here reading my Craft blog. Or... maybe your like me and you really are a slacker that pretends not to be...? hmm.. either way, I think you will LOVE this, especially if you have a sweet little girl with WAY TOO MANY Hair clippies! Like my Baby Girl Alexis. She is a sassy little Cutie with more shoes, hair accessories & clothes than I do! Its just not right.

Step One: Eat Lots & Lots of Oatmeal! Haha...  Kidding! :)

Here is what you will need!

Quaker Oats container w/ lid
2 pieces of Scrapbook Paper (Anything you like!)
Heavy Duty Glue (I used E-6000)
Scissors
Ribbon (Optional)
Craft Tape/Double Sided Tape (Optional)
"Base" (Optional)

Glue the Top & Bottom of your oatmeal container & in the middle a little too. Then line the piece of paper up around the rim of the opening. You will most likely need 2 pieces of paper for this. You will need to cut 1 of them to make sure your paper fits all the way around the container. 

Tada! Its glued on! That was simple enough!

I purchased this candle holder Today at Goodwill for $.79+ Tax. You don't have to buy anything like this if you don't want to but it will make a great Base to your container. It will make it a bit fancier! & girls like Fancy!

For this project I turned it upside down so the bottom is larger & sturdier. Well, also because the larger part was a little bigger than the oatmeal container. I could have made it work but I didn't want to.

Glue the base of the candle holder.

Now place the container on top. Make sure to try your hardest to center it because if you don't you will regret it later!

I HATE things not being symmetrical or Exact like they should be. GRRR

 Okay, now with the leftover paper cut a circle around the lid. You can use a box knife or you can trace it with a pen & cut it out with scissors.

 Glue around the edge of the lid & place the paper on top & press firmly so it sticks.
You can decorate the sides with ribbon if you would like. I just left mine blank for now.

 YAY! Its Lookin Pretty Fancy Schmancy right now!! ;)

Let it sit until it is completely dry. I would say 1-2 hours but it really depends on the kind of glue you use.

 Now take ALLLLLLLLL of those hair clippies & Start stuffing them in the container.

 Take the headbands & put them on the outside of the container.

 Cute Huh!?!?

 I Love It! & what I love even more is that it didn't take much time, effort or cash to get it done!

*** Tips, Hints & Comments. ***

*You can glue ribbon on the container where your scissors paper cuts are to cover them. I did, but forgot to show it. I am leaving those parts on the back so they are not even noticeable.

*You can buy a "base" (Such as the candle holder I used) or use something similar you have at home. You can Always paint if you want too. I liked the gold & cream candle holder I bought so I used the gold & brown skull paper because it matched & I thought it was really cute together.

*Remember you are going to be putting hair clippies on the container so it really doesn't matter if you use Fancy paper or not. You could use a solid color or even white & it would probably look just as cute.

*Thin paper (Not Stock Paper) will be easier to glue to the oatmeal container.