The idea for these keyrings and fridge magnets has been in my head since the summer, it just didn’t come together properly until the very last moment before Christmas when I wanted to make some small presents for Iris and Bertie to give the special people in their lives.
They feature pictures drawn by the dynamic duo earlier on in the year of themselves and Granny and Granddad that were just too cute not to find a way of using them to keep us all smiling throughout the year(s) to come.
The 7cm x 5cm blank plastic magnets originally came in a tin of 20+ for just £1.99 from an Evesham charity shop.
Judging from the other tins and their contents they had, someone had been having a bit of a craft room sort out.
The keyrings came from The Works, a pack of 12 for £3.
I started off by resizing the scanned drawings to fit the magnets and keyrings using my ancient copy of Publisher 2003. It was a bit of a fiddle fart but despite my trepidation I got the measurements pretty bang on, so I didn’t have to go back to make any adjustments after the first sheets were printed off, woooo hoooo!
All that was left to do then was cut out the pictures and fit them into the frames, putting two pictures back to back in the keyrings so that there was a picture visible from both sides.
No great shakes craft wise I know, but a way of ensuring that a little bit of Iris and Bertie is always with us. Happy days ………
2 comments:
Brilliant idea. I bet Iris and Bertie were so proud. I still have a placement drawn by my son when he was about 6. His teacher laminated it. He is nearly 48 years old now, and I still love that placemat!
AW! What a lovely idea, and a great price too.
Faith x
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