DIY martha magnets.

i had a great great weekend!

i want those weekends, every time. i didn't want it to end.

but i have a small, $2.99 diy that i did on sunday

and it only took me 20 minutes.

(and most of that time was looking through an old martha magazine from the 'archives')

easy cheap crafts are my favorite.

first, buy a sheet of $2.99 adhesive magnet for another project and get sidetracked.

days later, lazily look through an old martha stewart living on a totally gorgeous day,

with all your windows open, and not a care in the world.

(that part's important!)

this martha happened to be from april, 2010.

find the spread on citrus fruits quite beautiful and think to yourself, "self, where can i use this! i just love it!"

then rip it out.

then remember your magnet sheet that you were supposed to use for something else!

then stick them on there.

making sure it is smooth and without any bubbles.

then.

cut.

keep cutting.

keep your lines straight!

admire!

throw on fridge in your pink cottage kitchen,

on a totally gorgeous and lazy day, with all the windows open.

zoom in closer:

 

i love love a covered refrigerator.

it shows people live there! and their lives are important to them.

we always had our pictures and art and A+ papers on my family's refrigerator growing up and i plan to keep that going.

and my new magnets help that along.

plus they're pretty with my pink walls.

and i love them.

and do you want to see something cute?:

that's husband jay and i, on only the second day we had ever known each other.

in mexico on senior spring break. where we met. 2002.

only 18 years old and totally smitten with each other.

and that's also friend peter.

in puka shells no less.

back to the craft at hand.

don't you ever read your martha and LOVE the way its laid out?

how thoughtful they are with placement and color?

the photography?

it's like art every month in a magazine.

this time i decided to do something about it.

thanks, martha stew.

hope you had a great weekend.

love.

JILL

with the leaves falling outside...

makes me want to bring some leaves inside to tide me over through winter!

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what i really want is a citrus tree, more specifically a kumquat tree.

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i don't claim to be a green thumb. in fact i have killed 2(!) palm trees that i've tried to keep in my house. in my defense of the last little guy, i went on vacation to paris and my mom forgot to water him ;)

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although they have great shiny foliage and sweet smelling aromas, i hear citrus plants can be a little finicky...

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so maybe i should stick with a fiddle leaf fig.

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they have just become so popular and trendy over the past few years....

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don't know what plant or plants i will go with but my point is, i love fall but i don't love when all the leaves actually fall off. so i thought i'd bring some life into my house before that happens. an indoor tree is a great option, not to mention what it does for the air quality of your home... nasa recommends you have a plant per room! (can't remember where i heard that. i think maybe over on young house love... not sure the accuracy of that statement, but still!)

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want to know the cherry on top?

they make your rooms look gorgeous :)

JILL