Glass Magnets

As soon as I saw this idea on Christina's Adventures I couldn't wait to go get the supplies and try it out.   I was telling my sister, Amy, about it and she wanted to give it a shot, too.  So Sunday afternoon we set off for supplies and got to work.  As usual I forgot to take pictures as we went... and I feel even more silly because I had an extra set of hands, so taking pictures would have been a sinch!  Oh well! We varied from Christina's suggestions a little here and there.

Here is what we did:

We decided on a portion of the scrap book paper we wanted to use and cut out a piece a little bigger than the stones.  Then we mod podged the stone, slid the paper on to where we wanted it to show thru and let them dry.  Once they were dry we carefully cut the excess paper off (easier than you think) and hot glued a magnet to the back.  We saved that part for the end and did all the magnets at once, placing a heavy book on top while they set.  Christina used gorilla glue.. which I've never used before.  I'm guessing it's more heavy duty, so if you are worried about them separating, you may want to use that instead.  We decided to take a walk on the wild side and risk it. 

Aren't they cute?  Like typical girls, I was jealous of the cute cartoon character ones Amy did, and she liked the way mine looked. 

Brittany, I put this picture in just for you, see the owls????

This was way fun, and way easy!  I think these will be great office xmas presents considering I just joined a new group and don't know anyone.  Who doesn't use magnets?   Plus it was so fun to have someone to craft with.  Not that I don't appreciate Josh pretending like he is as excited about something as I am when it comes to crafts... but having someone to chat with and get new ideas from was nice!