{vintage magnets}

I stopped by Trolley Square tonight on my way home from work, and went into one of my favorite stores, Tabula Rasa. It's a stationary/gift store where you can find beautiful, expensive, inks, paper, leather bound journals, wrapping paper, seasonal knickknacks, and custom announcements & invitations. As I was browsing around, I noticed some vintage looking magnets. They had a few random letters, as well as illustrations of fleur de lis, etc. I've been looking for some cool, funky magnets and was about to purchase them when I looked at the price. They were VERY expensive! Yes, they were packaged in a quaint, lovely tin, but I couldn't justify it. So I did what any designer gal would do...I decided to make my own! And since I'm in a crafty mood, I'm going to show you how to do it too!

~First, I purchased a 6 pack of 1" magnets from my local craft store. I traced the circle on the striped side of an index card (but you can use any color you'd like).
~Next, I cut out the circle and glued it onto the maget (blank, white side facing up). After it was glued to the magnet, I trimmed the edges so it fit just right.
~I bought some cool, funky vintage rub-on letters from the craft store as well. I lost the popcicle stick it came with to rub the letters on, so I used a penny.

~I also bought these 1" bubble stickers (some call them puffy clear stickers) at the craft store and placed them carefully on top of the magnet. ~And this is the final result! I was going to spell "LOVE" but realized I didn't have any o's left, so I spelled "LUV"! Have fun making your own!