Take one fading picture, plus the glass out of its frame...
Separate the back from the front and prepare to change the frame colour.
Find some matt black paint from the garage (hiding behind some paint pots). Cover the back of the frame with two coats of the paint.
Put to use the REALLY dark purple paint from the "bedroom wall disaster colour" episode a few years back....
Get the husband to cut the magnetic grid sheet (from B&Q, we took a fridge magnet to test it!) with jewellery pliers to exact size of back of board.
Assemble all pieces and mount on the wall, with assorted magnets!
Pink magnet is a felt, flattened chocolate button shaped item left over from another craft. I glued a spare magnet on the back. The black flattened plastic magnet was a pack of 6 from Smiths, but as I had some tiny pink stickers left over from scrapbooking I used these to pretty them up a bit! The peg I took off the fridge and gave it a new home!
A few more girly touches at each corner!
I know I could have bought a cheaper magnetic board from somewhere else, but this was much more fun and expressed a process of planning and pondering resulting in a pinboard uniquely designed by me learning to play and not stress over perfection!
