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My great friend from work is pregnant with a baby boy! She’s tried to get pregnant for years, and I could not be more excited for her to have her baby in August! She knows that I love to decorate, and she’s been showing me pictures of baby bedding and nurseries for months now! She fell in love with this blue toile bedding, but it was just too expensive. I knew she loved it so much, and was bummed that she didn’t have it in the nursery, so I thought she would appreciate something in the room with the same feel of the bedding she fell in love with! I made this magnetic board for that very reason:
Easy DIY magnetic memo board:
It all started with this frame for 50 cents from a thrift store OUTLET – woah!
I sanded the frame:
And stained it with my never-ending stain – leftover from my first kitchen table project, and my medallion table too. This time, my parents pug – Otis – decided he wanted to have some attention, and he just jumped right in the frame while I was staining it.
He’s just the sweetest dog in the world!
I bought some sheet metal from Lowe’s…which ended up being more expensive than I thought it would be. The smallest piece I could buy was 24″ x 36″ (the piece I needed was 20″ x 16″). I thought they may be able to cut down my piece in the store, but unfortunately they couldn’t.
I measured the piece and marked it:
I was able to borrow some “metal cutters” from my dad. I had such a hard time trying to cut the metal, I had to recruit my husband to help me:
I also made some magnets, but I used leftover fabric instead of scrapbook paper (you can find a tutorial to make magnets like these here)
cute!!!! i really like that the magnets match too. awesome gift 🙂
How thoughtful of you to want to give her something that she obviously wanted. It looks beautiful. You did a great job.
That is a beautiful idea! Please tell us her reaction to this!
i love the dark frame with the lighter colors of the fabric!! 🙂
That is just adorable! I'd take that gift any day over any store bought gift!
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This is such a cute idea!! I love the fabric!! I've been wanting to do something with magnets lately….thanks for the inspiration!!
That's a fabulous gift idea! Hope she loves it! And Otis is adorable! Thanks for linking up to this week's Catch a Glimpse party!
Very cute board. I am sure the mom to be will love it. Anything hand made from a friend is extra special.
Great project!
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This is awesome, Christina! I love the cute ruffles on the side, and the matching magnets are so cute. Thanks for joining my Weekend Bloggy Reading party (and for linking back-I appreciate it!). 🙂
It is super stylish! What a great idea – will have to keep my eyes out for nice frames the next time I'm in Restore. xoxo michele
it looks stunning, I thought Lowes could cut metals, so I'll have to check Home Depot instead.
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Maggie
This is beautiful! Love the ruffles. It's a perfect, thoughtful gift!
I love Otis I could just kiss that sweet pug face.xoxoxooxoxo
I had a pug named Sissy for 12 years and she went to doggy heaven in April this year and I miss her so much it hurts.
your toile board and magnets are wonderful and would look so good in my bedroom because I have that material in there
Janice
So cute and such a sweet, thoughtful gift. Love it! ne question, though- how did you get the metal to stick to the frame? Just glue it?
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Love this! I linked it to my FB page! 🙂 Saw you at TDC…
Wow you have made me so excited I love French décor I am an interior designer and so grateful to come across you and your taste I have done this for 35 years and guess what just changed my bedroom décor a year ago could not throw away my toile and it’s blue and so guess who is making the same board as you my dear thank-you for the inspiration Billie keep ideas coming I also am very very good at reorganizing rooms with the décor on hand and new and very great in designing florals and redoing furniture so lets keep in touch…………………………….xx