{Create} Magnetic frame and clothespegs

There are two things going on here - wait, actually three.

A bit of a backstory...

1. I love the magnetic boards that people have been doing all over blogland but try as I might, I couldn't find sheet metal anywhere.

I still can't. Just yesterday when I went to get something done for a current project, I popped in again to another hardware store and still nothing. I even told the man, "it's supposed to be near your plumbing supplies and it's called galvanised sheet metal". No, they don't have it.

Okay.

2. So I then bought a biscuit tray (cookie tray) and hung it backwards on a 3m command hook. Worked perfectly.

It looked a bit boring just like that so I took a felt placemat - they sell them in all the homeware sections of Mr P Home (R16), Sheet Street (R15), Ackermans (R25) - cut out the inner bit and used the outside to attach as a border.

It's not perfect but I'm happy with it... from a distance :) A makeshift little magnetic board which will do for now.

3. See the magnets holding those prints?

They were made when I did my clothespeg pins.

I bought a roll of magnetic tape for about R15 at Westpack. Technically this is easy to use. Peel off the amount you need, cut, remove the adhesive strip and attach.

It wasn't that easy with my pegs. I don't know if it was just because they were wooden or what.

Nevertheless, I had to use wood glue to attach the magnets and I only had the patience to make 6 in total.

This is why when I see cute things where people take days to make something I click away. I'm an instant gratification crafting person.

I attached the 6 magnets, placed a couple of heavy books on top to weigh it all down to prevent curling and then left it overnight. They were fine the next day.

This print is from Monika Wright's etsy shop.

and the top one is Brene Brown's authenticy print - I downloaded it for free, printed and laminated.

side view

pink dotty fabric tape

I'm linking this post up to all these parties.

Are you playing along? 
What did you create this weekend?
What else can I do with those felt placemats? 

PS did you see  I organised all my craft projects in one place? Look at the navigation bar.