Modern Magnetic Memo Board
Sunburst mirrors seem to be extremely popular in the blogging world. I really like the look of them, it seems super modern which I love (in case you haven't caught on, I love the look of modified vintage/antique looking things and modern fixtures, such a cool contrast, I think). But I had an inspired moment when I saw a plain white memo board at the dollar store and decided instead of a sunburst mirror, I would make a sunburst magnetic memo board.
Here is the inspiration from http://adventures-in-diy.blogspot.com/2011/10/sunburst-mirror.html
Here is the inspiration from http://adventures-in-diy.blogspot.com/2011/10/sunburst-mirror.html
Another (super) cheap project for a little funky look in your room or office even.
Materials:
Materials:
- Magnetic memo board ($1.25)
- 1 pack of BBQ skewers ($1)
- Hot glue gun
- Spray paint ($5, but mine was leftover, again :)
- Silver accent pieces (already had these. I had a bracelet with these pieces that broke recently so I decided to repurpose them as accents to give it a more glam look)
I started by flipping the memo board over, face down and got to glue gunning. This took a surprisingly long amount of time (maybe an hour). I had purchased three packs of skewers thinking I would use them all, but the back of the memo board got kind of crowded and I didn't want the front to look the same. I tried to make every other skewer look short and every other look long, but it was tricky not to overlap over other skewers on the other side. So this is the outcome once I let the glue set overnight (the silver pieces on it are magnets).
Then all that was left to do was spray paint. I decided on a bright turquoise for this one since it's a funky piece, it deserves a funky colour. I let it dry overnight and here's the final product:
The picture doesn't so it justice, but I just love it! I think it's so neat! A couple of the skewers were coming loose the this point so I had to take it off and resecure them so it looks even better now :) I think it's a unique accent piece (and a conversation piece too!)