Glass Calendar with Magnets!

So, Pinterest stricks again! If I am not careful, I am going to be broke by all these craft ideas! This time, I have taken a couple of ideas on there and changed them slightly and combined them to make them my own. The original calendar and magnet ideas can be found by clicking those words, but onto my creation....

Now, I have to tell you that this is not a completed project. I still have a few things I want to do, but 1. I don't have the time right this moment and 2. I need to go back to Michaels and get a few more supplies. But, it is complete enough for you to get the idea.
What I did is this:

1. Bought a 16x20 frame. (I actually bought two off of a garage sale page on Facebook for $4 each). They are normally $20 each new.

2. I used my Cricut machine to cut out 1.5 inch sqares. The original idea calls for paint color sample cards, but A. I didn't feel right just going and taking them with no plan to buy paint, and B. I didn't have time to go get them.

3. While I had the machine out I also cut out the letters for the word "Notes", and the rectangle for the month name.

4. Lay everything out and line it up how you want it. ((this took some time because it's a lot of measuring and lining and I get flustered very easily because when I want something done, I want it done now)). You can see it's not perfect, but that is SO me--not perfect! GASP, I just admitted that?!

4A. Now, while this was all being done by me...I sent the husband to the garage to paint the frame black so that it would dry.

5. Glue it down. I just used your basic Elmer's glue stick, borrowed from my daughters extra school supplies.

6. Put the frame back together and it's ready to write on!

(I used Crayola Window Markers and dry erase markers)



So, this is what makes mine different from the original concept:
The magnets mentioned above...YEAH, I SO put them on my calendar!!! HOW COOL?!
Here's what I did AND what I am going to do:

Again with the Cricut, I found different designs from my calendar cartridge and cut them out using the 1 inch size. This included, the word birthday, an Easter egg, Christmas Tree, and Clover. It IS GOING TO include, The American Flag, Hearts, Presidents, School Bus, I Voted, New Years, etc. (Again, lack of time).

I bought these glass beads, for lack of a better word...they are curved on the front, flat on the back.

After cutting the holidays out on the cricut I glued them to the flat part of those bead things. Then I glued a magnet on the back of that.

Now, right now, I am using a washer to hold it in place. Behind the glass I just place the washer where I need it and then put the frame back together and then hold it in place by putting the magent on the outside of the frame and it holds, BUT--it's a PAIN in the rear!

WHAT I AM GOING TO DO IT THIS: I am going to glue a magnet on the back side of the calendar behind each square. YES, it will hold even with the squares and glass between them because I tried it out already. I am going to put it behind each square because then all I will have to do is simply place the magnets on the outside of the frame. EASY!

The next thing I am going to do is get the Cricut out again and cut out different things for the different months, such as a school bus for August and a Cross for Easter. Those are going to be placed behind the glass up by the month name just so that it's not so plain up there.

I am also going to cut out the days of the week on the cricut and place them somewhere in each row, probably staggering them vs straight across the top. I don't know, whatever looks the best when I do it.

SO, there you have it! My pinterest projects combined to make it mine! Hope you like it and hope I explained it well enough for you to make your own if you choose to do so. :)

*Sorry for any spelling errors and my poor grammar. Also, if I wrote CRICKET anywhere...it's supposed to be CRICUT! LOL!