I Know I should really be Redser the one twentieth
instead of Redser the half from the serious lack of blogs I contribute but
since the lovely ladies of Emerald Eyeliner have not voted me off the island
(yet) I decided to do another arts & crafty one.
This time I had an idea for a display/ storage pressie
(again for our Mags, she is my muse after all).
So I created a nail polish holder for her. I know you are probably thinking …eh…big
whoop, but bear with me.
Instead of just hanging a lovely piece of artwork on your
bedroom wall why not use it as storage as well. I do love multipurpose, and
although this is no Swiss army knife, its much prettier.
Firstly I started with a trip to the wonder that is Ikea
to get a magnetic board . I had this idea a while ago but found the costs of
magnetic boards quite expensive, so I was delighted when I stumbled across the
Spontan Magnetic Board (available in white or silver) for only €12. Although it
was reduced the day i was there.
Then all I needed was some small flat magnets (available from
most arts & hobby shops) and a bit of PVA glue and I was sorted.
I started with gluing the magnets to the back of some nail
polish bottles- as shown below.
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| A good glob of PVA glue |
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| A good glob of dry PVA glue, nice & clear |
I used PVA glue because it dries to a clear rubber like
substances, so you can be generous with your glob. I tried a few other
glues/double sided tape and PVA glue seemed to work best. My spare room was an experiential space for a few days. Leave it to dry overnight so it is complete
clear and hard.
Then comes the fun bit, the decoration of the board. The
options are endless. It can be as simple or ornate as you like. You could use a poster of your favourite
icon/painting. Even wallpaper.
You could use fabric, like the scarf I used below. Pretty
much anything once it is not too thick to hinder the magnets. All pretty much
changeable if you get bored with the one look.
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| Magnetic board with my scarf wrapped around |
For Mags though I used a Christmas Window Sticker set. I had to use sparkles for Mags. I just
trimmed out the festive baubles and used the swirls.Fear not the baubles did
not get wasted, they looked lovely & festive on my living room mirror. Sorry I forgot to take a before picture but here is a photo
of the packaging so you get the idea.
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| Ta-dah the finished board. |
Or if you are not feeling especially creative you could just leave the board blank and let the nail polish
bottles be the design.
Then its up to you how to arrange your polish bottles…by
brand, colour, or just in a way pleasing to your eye. The OCD part of my brain had a field day with this and I may have played with this quite a bit before wrapping it for Mags. Purely quality testing of course.
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| Swirly whirly |
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| Stand to Attention. |
Let me know what you think and if you have any inspiring ideas yourselves.
I do love a bit of Arts & Crafts.
