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Magnetic Fabric Bookmarks

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Today, I’m linking up with Petals to Picots, Sippy Cup Chronicles, Happy Go Lucky, and Chubby Cheeks Thinks.

I had seen a few different tutorials online for magnetic bookmarks, first over at Flipflops & Applesauce and then on Split Coast Stampers but ultimately, it was the beauties from The Southern Institute that inspired me enough to actually do it. Louise from I’m Feelin’ Crafty made an excellent tutorial for The Southern Institute that I deviated from a bit to make my own. I still struggle with my sewing, and it’s no one’s fault but my own – I just need to do it more so I can get better! They came out pretty cute though, I really like them. I will try again after more practice and we’ll see how they look then!

These were super fun to make and a great way to use up pretty and cute scraps. I know pretty much everyone reads on some kind of eReader, but I also know that pretty much every reader has a weakness for the handful of actual books they still have kicking around. A lot of my friends, plus my sister and my dad, have a serious love for used book stores. We also all have a serious love for the library. So these bookmarks were a practical project for us and I hope they are used in place of random subway transfers and bits of paper.

Magnetic Fabric Bookmarks
-scrap fabric
-little magnets
-scissors
-thread
Magnetic Fabric Bookmarks
Magnetic Fabric Bookmarks
First I ironed down the edges of a 2″ x 6″ piece of fabric and hemmed all around.
Magnetic Fabric Bookmarks
Magnetic Fabric Bookmarks
Then I folded and ironed in half, and sewed that side down.
Magnetic Fabric Bookmarks
Magnetic Fabric Bookmarks
Next I placed a magnet circle (attracting ends up!!) on each edge, folded the fabric over and sewed it in place.
Magnetic Fabric Bookmarks
Magnetic Fabric Bookmarks
That’s it!! Then I tried it out in a couple recipe books and did it all over again five more times!
Magnetic Fabric Bookmarks
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Polaroid Magnets

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I absolutely love taking photos and when I dump my camera, I love to sort through them and edit them. I send a handful to the people in the photos, I upload some to Facebook (duh), and I put the rest on our private family photo site. But there are so so so soooo many photos I adore that I want to share with other people, outside of an email, you know? I’m working on putting together printed photobooks of every year we’ve been a family (12 years now), they can run about $100+ if they have a heap of pages, so some years will be far more expensive than others to make a book out of, but I’m really excited about it. In the meantime, since I’m not a scrapbooker, I do what I can to turn photos into gifts that wont just sit on a shelf and collect dust. These little photos gifts will defo not be left laying around. They’ll be used and seen everyday and the friends and family that use an image of me hugging them to hold up bills on their fridge will hopefully think of us when they reach for juice in the morning. <3 Polaroid Magnets

You’ll need…
-smallish polaroid-framed photos
-magnet sheets
-cardstock/something the same weight (I used the cover of a Care Bears coloring book)
-glue stick
-clear tape

Polaroid Magnets
Polaroid Magnets
Polaroid Magnets
Gather all your supplies, mount each photo to a piece of cardstock, and then mount that on a piece of magnetic sheet cut to the same size. Then smooth a piece of wide, clear packing tape over the front of the photo to protect it. Trim up all the edges and you’re done! Crazy simple. Honestly, the bulk of the work with these is editing the photos to have a polaroid frame around them and then cutting the magnet sheets. Either (or both) of those jobs can be done ahead of time so when it’s time to sit down and make these, you’re finished in no time. They’re fun to display on your fridge and have your friends randomly notice themselves holding up notes, and everyone we have given a set to has looooved them! So sweet!
Polaroid Magnets
Polaroid Magnets
Polaroid Magnets
Man, we have a lot of good looking friends and family, don’t you think?!
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