marble magnet TUTORIAL!!

by **Queenofpain** on Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:19 pm

ive been making these for years and have always used a just a plain gluestick.. but your method seems a bit easier.. cause i always cut the image before and lost other rad things.. thanks so much darlin this helps!!

by **bettie13** on Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:45 pm

crowitch77 wrote:you are the smartest person alive!!!! i want to make these NOW!!!

thank you for the tutorial!!!

aww thanks! but i can't take credit for the original idea, they were huge in the "craft world" a couple of years ago

and i realized i didn't explain how to make them into a bracelet, if you buy a blank bracelet base like this

and use a strong glue or epoxy to glue on the flat marbles it will look like this

**i didn't make that bracelet, i just borrowed the picture so you guys could see what it looks like :-D

by **bettie13** on Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:55 pm

crowitch77 wrote:gack!!!! yeah i need to run to the store tomorrow and buy the stuff!!! i should pick up a betty and veronica book too (bracelet gave me an idea!)

i've noticed in food stores and random stores like kmart that they sell the mini comics around the checkout area with all those random little cook books and doodads....i got a betty and veronica comic book for like 1.25 i think and the small ones are better because the images are already smaller :-D

by **bettie13** on Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:06 pm

crowitch77 wrote:
bettie13 wrote:
crowitch77 wrote:gack!!!! yeah i need to run to the store tomorrow and buy the stuff!!! i should pick up a betty and veronica book too (bracelet gave me an idea!)

i've noticed in food stores and random stores like kmart that they sell the mini comics around the checkout area with all those random little cook books and doodads....i got a betty and veronica comic book for like 1.25 i think and the small ones are better because the images are already smaller

yup that's where i would get mine every week when i was little. betty and veronica double digest!!!

but won't the pages be to thin? will it effect the quality of the print (the glueing) and can i use photographs? i was thinking i could make bracelets n stuff for gifts for my friends

i've never used photos that were printed on photo paper, just ones printed out on plain white paper, but make sure the ink is super dry and if you use photo paper maybe spray it with some type of clear varnish first?

and sometimes certain papers are too thin and print from the other side shows through so you can try glueing it to card stock (thick paper) first or just photo copying it and use the copy

by ***fasterpussycatkillkill*** on Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:05 am

wow. i love those. but fuck, i have been trying to fing lil magnets, with NO LUCK.

by **hystErika** on Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:50 am

Those are so cool...I hafta make some!! And that bracelet is rad. Thanks for posting this!

by **bettie13** on Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:14 am

*fasterpussycatkillkill* wrote::-D wow. i love those. but fuck, i have been trying to fing lil magnets, with NO LUCK.

i realize you live in another country so i don't know what stores you have over there but if you can't find them in a craft/art store i've seen them at hardware stores and even in the "home improvement" sections of knart/walmart type stores

by ***fasterpussycatkillkill*** on Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:38 pm

bettie13 wrote:
*fasterpussycatkillkill* wrote::-D wow. i love those. but fuck, i have been trying to fing lil magnets, with NO LUCK.

i realize you live in another country so i don't know what stores you have over there but if you can't find them in a craft/art store i've seen them at hardware stores and even in the "home improvement" sections of knart/walmart type stores

yay, thanks for that. im off to Mitre 10. they might have them!! the hardware store idea was awesome!!

thanks for this post!!

by **shake the disease** on Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:58 pm

Do they have little magnets at Wal-mart? I have no idea where I'd look for them. I made a few pictures smaller so I can print them out for the marbles

I'm looking so forward to making them! haha

by **tague** on Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:04 pm

would these be too heavy to stay on a pin back? i'm looking to expand outside of felt

by **bettie13** on Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:17 pm

tague wrote:would these be too heavy to stay on a pin back? i'm looking to expand outside of felt

not if you use the smaller magnets, just use a heavy duty glue though

by **bettie13** on Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:20 pm

shake the disease wrote:Do they have little magnets at Wal-mart? I have no idea where I'd look for them. I made a few pictures smaller so I can print them out for the marbles I'm looking so forward to making them! haha

yeah my walmart has them....try the "craft" section by like fabric and floral stuff or look in the hardware section

and just so everyone knows, i use the heavy duty strong magnets so that they actually hold stuff on the fridge without sliding down....but you don't have to, regular strength magnets will work they just don't always hold stuff up on the fridge well...

by **shake the disease** on Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:18 pm

I am officially depressed. I went to wal-mart today, EXCITED to get some marbles and did they have any? NOPE. I hate wal-mart now.

... I even checked in the damn fish section!!

by **bettie13** on Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:32 pm

shake the disease wrote:I am officially depressed. I went to wal-mart today, EXCITED to get some marbles and did they have any? NOPE. I hate wal-mart now. ... I even checked in the damn fish section!!

ugh that sucks, try the floral dept. at a craft store...if you can't find any let me because i have a million and i will send you some :-D

by **HaileyEdge** on Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:35 pm

i LOVE this idea. thankyou much deary.

marble magnet TUTORIAL!!

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