Guest Blogger - Home Sweet Home - Magnetic Frame

I am so excited to be able to guest post on Someday Crafts today!

To be featured among the ideas and posts from Michelle and other bloggers who I follow is an honor.

My name is Brandy and I love being a stay at home mother to three precious children. We are a Coast Guard family and are enjoying the ride! We've lived in California, Alaska and Ohio.

My blog, Home Sweet Home, is a compilation of the things I love to do in my free time. I create lots of crafts with my children. I also have recipes, party ideas and decorating idea. Our creative fun really took off when we lived in Kodiak, Alaska. We loved living up there. If you haven't been to Alaska, you must plan a trip. There is no beauty that can compare. We lived just minutes from the ocean and enjoyed many beach days, sunny days, and fun outdoors. But there is always a catch---otherwise everyone would be living up there! Wind, rain, fog, and already long and dark winters created lots of time for indoor crafts. Oftentimes with friends! My kids were the perfect ages to start doing fun projects and quickly caught the creative bug! We've been having a blast ever since.

We are now living in the Columbus, Ohio area. Kaylee, the newest addition to our family 16 months ago has caught the bug as well. We can't keep that child away from markers, crayons, walls to color on, etc. :)

These are some of the fun crafts on my blog:

Buzz Lightyear Party

Snowball Soap

Travel Neck Pillows

Little Sofa Makeover

Chocolate Covered Pretzels

I'd like to share a craft that I recently made for my parents. They live out in Utah and we don't get to travel out there very often. Blogs, e-mails and photos in the mail help them stay apart of the kid's lives through pictures. I'd seen pictures on the web of little frames like this, but never a tutorial. With a little help from my husband (an expert in power tools, lol) I created one of my own to send to them.

To begin, I came up with the dimensions that I wanted for the board size. This one is 9x10. I wasn't sure where to find a piece of metal to fit so my husband cut me a piece of 6x8" galvanized steel, with snips. He did a great job! 6x8 was perfect for a 5x7 photo or a couple of smaller photos. He buffed out the finish to make the circular design.

I painted the board with acrylic craft paint. Front, back, sides.
While that dried, I cut out letters with my cricut using the Jasmine cartridge. You could use vinyl letters as well, but since I was going to mount this on scrapbook paper anyways, it just made sense to use paper.
After the paint dried, I cut a piece of scrapbook paper and adhered it to the board with a thin coat of mod podge. Love this stuff!
Once that dried, I added another layer of mod podge on top of the paper and adhered my letters to that.
You can see that the paper is bubbling here. That is just because it hasn't dried completely. It was completely smooth when it dried.
Since I was using galvanized steel, it would be impossible to just hammer in my tacks. I pre-drilled the holes, then used tacks (found at Lowe's. A box for .99) to attach the steel. I love the copper ones against the steel.
Finally, I attached some wire to the back so that it could hang on a wall...
or just place in a small easel for a table or desk.
For a quick tutorial on making the coordinating marble magnets, check this out!
Now Grandma and Grandpa can put 1, 2, or 3 photos to show off their cute little grandchildren who live so far away :).

Thank you, Michelle, for this wonderful opportunity to post on your AMAZING blog! Now come see my blog, Home Sweet Home, and the other fun projects I have waiting for you there.

THANKS, Brandy!!! What a fun frame! Easy to change out pictures in seconds and just so cute! Go visit Home Sweet Home to see more of Brandy's family friendly projects.

Linking to SLS-Toot Your Horn, ASPTL - DIY Day, Reinvented-Trash to Treasure, TCB-Get Your Craft On, Three or More, 2nd Time Around, Talented Tuesday