Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
Pinterest Challenge – #2
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I can’t believe I actually got something done in time for this Pinterest challenge (hosted by Sherri, Katie, Erin & Cassie). I’ve been knocking projects out left and right lately, but none that were inspired by Pinterest, so they wouldn’t qualify for this challenge. Most of the things I’ve pinned on Pinterest are things that I either 1. need a house for, 2. have kids, or 3. getting married. So, it was really hard to figure out what I could do for this, but I remember seeing some bottlecap magnets on there, so I decided to knock those out. :)
Inspired & Tutorial by: Instructables
What you will need:
- bottlecaps
- nuts
- magnets
- sandpaper
- hot glue gun & glue
Basically what you do is sand paper the back of the bottlecaps, and then hot glue the nuts onto the magnets, folllowed by hot gluing the nut onto the backside of the bottlecaps. I had trouble with two of the bottlecaps, and had to do them twice, but they seem to be working now. The Heineken bottle cap is also bent, since it’s a pry off, not a twist off. But I didn’t notice that until after I took the pictures. Also, this kitchen is not mine, it’s my parents. I did this project over there, so I figured why not borrow the fridge in the process ;) Oh, and these pictures are HORRIBLE. The lighting is way off and the colors are weird… I’m not very good at taking indoor pictures at night.
I got the bottlecaps all from my sister, who is a frequent bar-go’er. (Did I just make up a word?) She got me some Bud Lights, Smirnoff, Yeungling, Heineken, Rolling Rock, Coors and Keystone caps. It only cost me $2.59 for this project. (I just had to buy the magnets, which came in packs of 8.)
Let’s get a little closer to the bottlecaps…
Update; Got them home and on our fridge. :) (I can’t wait until the day we have stainless appliances…)
What project did you do for the Pinterest challenge? Something simple & easy, or something time-consuming and challenging? If you are visiting here from one of the Pinterest Challenge hosted blogs, then go and check out my St. Patty’s Day wreath post from yesterday! & please feel free to say “Hi!” in the comments section! :)
Posted on May 25, 2013 - 19 comments
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March 14, 2012 at 8:08 am
Very cute!
I may or may not finish my pinterest challenge today… Everytime I go to work on it I get distracted.
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March 14, 2012 at 9:09 am
Cute!
I had a lot of trouble with this challenge too. Either everything I wanted to do would be almost a complete copy or I had no ideas. Great project though!
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March 14, 2012 at 9:09 am
Very Cute!!!
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March 14, 2012 at 9:09 am
So cute! Was it hard to sand the backs?
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March 14th, 2012 at 9:09 am
I really had to bend the sandpaper in a certain way to get it in there, I’m sure there is a better option for sandpaper, then the one I used – but it’s all my Dad had laying around.
March 14, 2012 at 9:09 am
These are cute! Good job Melanie! I tackled a wedding project myself (shocking- I know).
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March 14th, 2012 at 9:09 am
I saw! I absolutely love the project you did – they are so adorable!
March 14, 2012 at 9:09 am
I really like these! I may make something similar for Jesse one of these days for the garage. I have a little jar that I’ve been keeping caps in, just waiting to make something with them.
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March 14th, 2012 at 10:10 am
I use to keep caps in a jar too! But then I threw them out before the move. I definitely kicked myself for doing that over the weekend!
March 14, 2012 at 10:10 am
Okay, this is too funny, cause I only looked at a handful of the other links on YHL, and yours was the first! I love this idea! I might just have to pin your pin! :)
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March 14th, 2012 at 10:10 am
haha! pin away ;)
March 14, 2012 at 10:10 am
These look great, I love how you reused the caps.
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March 14, 2012 at 10:10 am
Aren’t those cool? I’ve got some on my frdige, too! So of course, I love your project choice. ;)
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March 14, 2012 at 1:13 pm
Very clever and cute! We have a stainless fridge and the front isn’t magnetic! Weird, I know! I’m not sure if they’re all like that or what ;)
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March 14th, 2012 at 1:13 pm
That is weird! My grandma’s fridge is stainless & magnetic.
March 14, 2012 at 2:14 pm
You did magnets too! Love them!
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March 14, 2012 at 6:18 pm
So cool! I was just looking at those little magnet things at a hardware place we have called harbor freight. Now I have some ideas I can roll around in my head to use those magnets on! :)
~Lisha
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March 14, 2012 at 7:19 pm
My brother would love these. I’ll have to keep this in mind for his house warming gift!
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March 14, 2012 at 8:20 pm
Definitely need to make these for the garage!
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