DIY Magnet Board: Tutorial

YAY!  Finally a Monday Made It!

Okay, so I've seen all these wonderful and cute ideas about using a cookie sheet and drip pans for magnetic boards.  Usually I have my filing cabinet beside my desk so I can throw a bunch of magnets on it and put important things there like our school calendar, etc.  Well, I changed my desk around a little so my filing cabinet wasn't there.  What was I going to do?

I knew I wanted to fill the void space between my computer desk and my diploma frame.  I knew I didn't want a cooke sheet.  I wanted a flat sheet of metal that would attract magnets so I went to the Lowe's website and found them for like $6.  I conned my husband into picking it up for me (he's so sweet).  He was like, "why do you need this agani?"  My response to him usually is don't ask!  So my sweet husband brought it home and even loaded it in my car for me.  Here's the only thing... those edges are sharp.  You could fold them over using needle nose pliers.  I knew it would be in an area where the students couldn't touch it so it didn't bother me.  Here's the beginning {I forgot to take a picture before I started gluing!}  This sheet of metal is used in HVAC work and measures 3 feet by 18 inches.

Disclaimer: please excuse my 'Hot Mess' of a desk.  It's a work in progress ;-)  

Below are the supplies you will need. Glue gun, scissors, ribbon, and of course the metal.

Glue the ribbon down in small increments.  The metal is cool and will dry the glue VERY fast.  I did maybe an inch at a time.  {BTW- please excuse my leg!  ha}

Leave a tad extra on the ends so you can glue it over the edge and make a clean corner.

Glue the edges over. repeat for each edge.

Then, I just hot glued it to the wall.  Isn't it lovely?  It fits perfectly in my small space!

Okay, so this has nothing to do with Monday Made It, but isn't this lamp just lovely??  I just love the glass base.

UPDATE:  Two days before school started, I was standing on my desk to hang something and knocked the lamp over... into a million pieces!!!  :(

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