Ever since I saw a similar type project from Martha Stewart a couple years ago I have been dying to make one for my refrigerator but was looking for just the right vintage tin, it’s all about the tin ya know! Well, this summer the kids and I went garage sale-ing and I happen to find the cutest, most perfect spice tins and the lady running the sale gave them to me for a quarter, total score!!!
Aren’t they great!
Ever since school started I have been working diligently on organizing all our family activities on one big giant calendar that everyone can see. So no more questions about what day we finally landed on for swim lessons now that they have to be after school or what time the weekend soccer games are at….yes, I’m talking to you Mr. Smashed Peas! And in classic Maggie fashion, every activity is color coordinated to juuuuust the right Sharpie. And since we seem to be adding activities on a daily basis (still) I figure I need all my pens right next to the calendar and not in a cupboard all the way at the other end of the kitchen…it just makes life that much easier!
These are soooo dang easy to make. Slightly different than Martha’s version as I have a stainless steel fridge and didn’t want any of the rough edges of the spice tin to scratch it! Here’s what you’ll need:
Magnetic Vintage Tins
Old tins or containers (think spices, coffee, tea, candy!)
Strong magnets
E-6000 super glue
Glue magnets to backside of tin and let dry for a couple of hours. Place magnetized tins on your fridge or other magnetic surface and insert pens and such. Enjoy!
Oh, for the love of Pete. It’s just perfect!
Now, go out and find your perfect tin and make some today! Psst….there are some great tea tins, not vintage but they look it, for sale in most grocery stores that would be lovely for this project too!
Thanks for stopping by today!!
XOXO,
If only our fridge was good with magnets!
P.S. You won the tickets on my blog and I put a link on it for people to check out your site.
http://www.maggieandsheepie.com/
Ah! I know! We have stainless steel so our fridge is only magnetic on the sides!
And hooray that I won the tickets!!! That is so awesome!
What a great idea!!!
As a teacher I always misplace my white board markers – this way they won’t get lost!!! Will make some for my classrooms=)
Thanks for this beautiful idea!!!
XOXO LENI
Yes, these would be perfect for a white board! I am totally going to make my kids’ teachers a few, what a great idea!!
What a great idea. I love this. I’m all about vintage (wrote a fictional vintage novel girlinthejitterbugdress.com) AND tea and have cute tea tins I’ve collected and they’re starting to clutter up! LOVE it! Going to get magnets today!
Wow! That is awesome, what an accomplishment to write a novel! And you even have a collection of tea tins to boot…lucky!
I agree, pens are never where they should be! Great idea!
Isn’t that the truth! This was definitely needed project in my house!