Weddingbee Blog

A while ago, I mentioned wanting to make magnets to hold up our escort cards based on this tutorial. So, on a cold Sunday morning, Mr. Pony and I set out to make some magnets of our own to use as part of our escort-card display.

We made ours slightly differently than the tutorial, so I figured a DIY post was in order.

First we gathered our supplies: 3/4″ glass bead things (apparently called “marble accents”…who knew?), table letters cut into 3/4″ circles (courtesy of my Cricut, cursing, and many failed attempts), 3/4″ card stock cut for backings, Mod Podge, paint brush, 1/2″ magnets, and hot glue gun (not pictured).

After much thought and discussion, decide which letters will denote your tables at the reception. No reason to make more than you need.

Using your paintbrush, apply the Mod Podge to the flat side of the marble accent.

Next, put your letter on the Mod Podge. There is a chance that the ink will smear, so be careful with the placement.

Press the paper into the glass to get rid of any air bubbles and position the letter so that it is centered in the glass. The Mod Podge will look a little cloudy at first, but it will dry clear.

Apply some more Mod Podge to the back of the card-stock circle and stick it on the glass/letter. You should probably let the glue dry before you go to the next step, but it luckily dries quickly, leaving enough time to locate your hot glue gun in your boxes of craft supplies.

After the glue dries sufficiently, you can glue the magnet to the paper/glass contraption you have now made. We hot-glued as a two-person team to ensure that we utilized the glue at its hottest temperature. We didn’t get any pictures of this process, but here’s what they looked like with everything glued together:

Do this about 140 more times and you get a big pile of magnet letters:

Our finished project!

For only a morning of work (minus the Circut issues) and less than $20, I am very happy with how our DIY magnets turned out! The plan is to have these hold up each guest’s place card. Now we need something to display the cards on…

What do you think? How would you display these as part of an escort-card display?

*all personal photos*