Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Make-Up Board Feature

Hi, I'm Laura and I blog over at LauraThoughts, We all know with craft blogs that original ideas are often hard to come by, we find ideas we love and make them our own but we didn't come up with the idea ourselves. I feel like I've finally done something original here and I'm excited to share it with all of you.

I'll show you the finished product and then explain.  

Behold my Make-up Magnet Board.

I have a friend who is beautiful and stylish and has always loved make-up but recently took a course that intensified her love.  Her renewed interest has worn off on me and it made me remember eye shadows I'd hidden away that were gathering dust.  I pulled them all out and was shocked at just how many I had.  My old make-up organization/storage consists of a basket that sits on my bathroom counter, I put all my hair stuff and make-up stuff in the basket and used maybe 3 shadows in my daily rotation.  With the addition of my pile of eye shadows it now looked like this.
The basket was a mess and I was overwhelmed with all my choices never knowing what to use, digging through to see what I had and find what I wanted was a pain.  I needed a way to display them all and my brilliant mother and I came up with this idea.


I started by making a magnet board, (nothing original here), I used this super ugly frame I found at Salvation Army.


I painted it (The hard way, with a brush instead of spray paint.  I look forward to spring when the weather lets me spray paint again.) and then glazed it.

I went to the hardware store and picked up some metal and had them cut it to fit inside my frame.  Then I used spray adhesive to stick some fabric to the metal.  I put it all back together and it looked like this.
Here comes the brilliant part though.

Here's the stash of eye shadows we're talking about (I've even added a couple since this picture).

I went to the dollar store and picked up a bunch of magnets and hot glued one to the back of each shadow (I actually needed 3 magnets for my bronzer).  I considered using a stronger glue but when the makeup is empty I want to be able to peel the magnet off, hot glue lets me do that and it's held up really well.



Next I wanted a place to store my brushes and liners though.  An orange pill container with some oil rubbed bronze spray paint made it beautiful and 3 extra strong magnets glued on the back holds nice and secure.

Now it hangs in my bathroom wall and every morning I'm excited to play with my different make-up.  It feels sort of like art and an expression of me.  

If you like this idea then feel free to stop over and check out some of my other favorite projects, they include Faux Chenille Blankets, Stroller Re-cover's, High Chair Re-Cover's and more.


13 comments:

Rhonda said...

This was smart and crafty and SO fabulous and not gaudy like so many home-made craft items are!! Inspiring.

Donna W. said...

Great idea ....I'm thinking a section saved in the frame for finger nail polish, or a complementary side frame maybe ...

Also thinking thin wood instead of mettal and Velcro instead of magnets

Unknown said...

I love this craft idea, I need to organize my makeup and I have so many medicine bottles, and now ideas of what to do with them.

Unknown said...

I love this craft idea, I need to organize my makeup and I have so many medicine bottles, and now ideas of what to do with them.

Unknown said...

Think i might even fix something like that up for a gift

knowmistaken said...

This is so cool and very useful!! Thank you for this idea. We have 5 daughters and this would come in so handy!!

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JDizzle said...

Great idea! I have the same habit of storing in a basket and usually just use the one on top. Problem solved! Thanks.

Janey Saenz said...

Great idea. I will make one. Thank you fir sharing

Unknown said...

Love how it turned out. For a small bathroom u could include a beveled edge mirror(easy to move w/o cutting fingers) w/ magnets too.Can move around 4 that light "sweet spot" 4 mirror & still space around for fun stuff!! Great in lockers, Velcro into a travel bag or vehicle...have fun!!

Ms M said...

Great idea. You can cut down on labor by using a small cookie sheet.

Tante said...

I may try this on my wooden " medicine" cabinet door!
It will clear out a draw for me.

Unknown said...

Awesome idea cause I've been trying to figure out where to get a sheet of metal. Now to figure out how to organize all my hair products. I have the problem of about 50 different hair stuff in a big basket. Also wondering if I could do this for spices.