Exotic yet ordinary

I don't know how to knit or crochet, I can't make my own furniture, and I have this unexplainable compulsion to run with sharp pointy objects so crafty activities like needlepoint and cross stitching are kind of out. But, by gosh I can cut (using safety scissors) and paste and smoosh things together like nobody's business! And that's just how I spent one afternoon over Memorial Day weekend.

After weeks of procrastinating, I finally braved the craft-crazed masses (and the genuinely unhelpful employees) at Hobby Lobby and bought the essentials for making marble magnets: silicon glue, marbles, magnets. I clipped images from a kids magazine for most of them and swiped some of Maya’s Dora stickers (that sneaky mom! she's ALWAYS swiping Maya's stuff) for a few more. Turns out stickers are really handy to have around when struck by the sudden urge to make marble magnets. They're already sticky (although, I used a teeny bit of the silicon glue anyway because I was paranoid about the sticky wearing off the sticker), and you can handle them in your hot little hand without worrying about your sweaty fingers changing white backgrounds to a grayish color or smudging print (maybe that’s just a plus for me). And while not the most economical choice they are damn convenient.

Here are a few of my favorites from my first batch of magnets.


Oh, and um, don't be surpised if you find magnets from me under your tree this Christmas.