Tiny Polaroid Magnets
April 4, 2011
Hi there! It’s felt like forever since I’ve last blogged, and has felt like an eternity since I’ve done anything crafty and nifty. Since my morning sickness has gone into full speed (yes, we’re expecting our third this fall!) I haven’t felt like myself. But nothing like inspiration to wake one out of a reverie — or nightmare, in my constantly sick state.
I came across these DIY Pantone chip magnets on How About Orange and wanted to do something similar. The idea of tiny Polaroids dotting my fridge sounded cute to me.
You will need:
Stiff white cardstock or cardboard
Opaque white marker (necessary only if your cardboard is not white)
Craft knife
Metal straight edge/ruler
Clear packing tape (optional)
Spray mount
Adhesive-backed magnet tape
Photo editing software, such as Adobe Photoshop (or Pixlr, an online photo editing program — thanks Angie!)
Photo paper
Printer
Step 1:
Download a Photoshop file of the Polaroid frames below. Within Photoshop, drop in your photographs in the designated folder, behind the Polaroid frame layer. Scale down your photos to fit within the tiny frames. If you need help with the Photoshop part, Britta from the Handmade House has posted a tutorial on how to get your pictures in the template (download is at the end of post). Thank you Britta!
Step 2:
Print out photos onto photo paper.
Step 3:
Spray the back of your sheet of photos and also the cardboard/cardstock with spray mount. Let each dry a minute before mounting the photos to the cardstock. If you want to protect your images, lay down pieces of clear packing tape on top of Polaroids, thus laminating it. This part can be tricky. Go slowly and maybe laminate only one or two Polaroids at a time.
Step 4:
Trim out photos with craft knife. I strongly recommend starting with a fresh blade! Use the metal ruler/straight-edge as a guide for your knife. If your cardboard is kraft like mine above, use the white opaque marker (I like the ones in Martha Stewart’s craft line) and color in the edges. Next time I do this, I will use white heavy cardstock instead, to avoid having to color the edges.
Step 5:
Cut out magnets pieces from off the roll, each piece the same length as the Polaroids. Attach magnets to back of each individual Polaroid.
Step 6:
Let magnets flatten for a few hours or overnight beneath a pile of books or other heavy object. Then your magnets are ready for your fridge!
Polaroid frame to use for your analog-photo desires:
Update!:
I’ve had a number of questions regarding how to lay out multiple Polaroids onto one document in Photoshop. Click on the image below for a PSD file (you must have Photoshop on your computer to open and edit this file!) that has 10 1″ tall (roughly) Polaroid frames laid out. The dimensions of the finished piece is 4″x6″ which will enable you to get it printed at a photo lab.
The Polaroid frames are on one layer with a second layer below that for your own photographs. Drop in your photos, and scale down.
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jenn, i LOVE these!! thanks for sharing.
AND congratulations on your new little one! When are you due? I am due the end of July and this has been my hardest pregnancy by far. i hope things start looking up for you!
Jenn,
Your never cease to amaze me! This is fabulous. I love it and I am totally going to steal it. Congratulations on a new baby! So happy for your family.
hooray hooray for a new baby! congrats!
love these little photos!
awesome! LOVE these! thanks for sharing.
Exciting news about the baby! Wishing you the best.
Thanks everyone. : ) @Brittany, congrats back at you! I’m not due until November. This is also the hardest pregnancy for me. I didn’t get sick at all with the boys.
Thank you so much for this post. I want to let you know that I posted a link to your blog in CBH Digital Scrapbooking Freebies, under the Page 5 post on Apr. 05, 2011. Thanks again.
jenn, how exciting! congrats! i’ve missed your posts. if anyone should be blogging more, it’s you. the magnets are brilliant!
I missed my creative Jenn!!!! It’s been FOREVER since you blogged!!! They say anything pickled helps with sickness. The magnets are adorable!!! Love you, and can’t wait to see you!
those are so adorable! of course i love anything miniature.
congrats on the upcoming baby!!
Congratulations! How exciting…hope you’re feeling well.
hi =) congrats on your new expected bundle… i LJV this idea…what a great xmas gift project too!…..i found you on pinterest….
Oh this is so adorable <3
This is such a great crafty project! I am going to make some for my best friend, she will love them. Thanks for sharing!
this is brilliant!
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this is amazing!! quick question: did you “laminate” before painting the edges? did the tape only go on the top or the sides as well?
fabulous gifts for family/friends!
cute! thank you for sharing this. :)
I saw these featured on Creature Comforts. These are so stinkin’ cute! Thanks for posting your tutorial.
Hi Nicole,
I placed the tape over the printout before I cut out the Polaroids, so the edges are uncovered. I covered only a couple of Polaroids at a time because I was worried the tape would crinkle and stick if I tried to cover a large area at once.
Congratulations!
And these are awesome, who doesn’t always need more magnets?
Wowsers! They are brilliant! Thx 4 sharing!
So creative! I love these.
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Spray the photos with White Rain aerosol hair spray; it enhances the color and won’t run the ink.
These are fantastic! You rock!!
Macadog, I will try that, thanks! : )
Very cute :)
I think it’s great to keep your memorable photos in front of your eyes all the time if you stick them on fridge :)
Fantastic idea, can’t wait to give it a go!
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Hey! Saw your wonderful idea on Creature Comforts and thought I’d stop by to say- Cool! I’m going to post about it on my blog and link back to you. Hope you don’t mind:)
fantastic, what a great idea! were the right sized magnets hard to find?
having trouble downloading the frame onto my pc, should i try my mac? never herd of a .psd file before…
Aww, these are great! I never thought of mini polaroids, I’m going to start going through my favorite pictures and see who makes the cut :)
this is absolutely adorable!! I think I’ll make a couple as gifts! love this idea!!
Love this ! where did you get the opaque marker by martha stewart? Im going to be making thesesoon should be so much fun!
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*squeak* these are sooo super cute!
Thanks for sharing!
Too cute!!! :)
Josie, you can pick them up at Michael’s. It comes in a set with other opaque markers. On the pricey side, but I used a 40% off coupon.
These are awesome! Can’t wait to make some myself!!!
love these so much, they’re so fun! congrats on baby #3 on the way, morning (all day) sickness is no fun.
These are fabulous! I really have to give this a go myself! Well done! Thanks for sharing this idea!
Great translation of the pantone chip project! This is so creative! Hope to make some soon!
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Super aweomse! I can’t wait to make some for gifts!!
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Oh! I love this project so much, I made some of my own tonight. I had nice results with the Paper Glaze, but it may have been because I had my sheet of mini polaroids printed at a copy store.
Thank you so much for sharing this fun project.
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great idea! love it!
lovely !
something that might interest you/help with this project:
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visually striking and beautifully done! thanks for sharing…and good to hear your technique. I wouldn’t want my pics to bleed, thanks for the heads up!
I just love these! Considering making some as a wedding gift. Thank you!
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Love them! What a great idea. I had some polaroids sitting around that I really wanted to display so I did this project:
http://craftcollective.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/polaroid-plaque-mount/
Wow, great post, super good idea! And congrats on the baby!!!!
FANTASTIC! I love the polaroid idea. Definitely want to copy . . .
So damn cute! Great tutorial. Thanks for sharing : )
too cute for words! i love it!
I love these! Thank you so much for sharing! I have always loved the look of polaroids and can’t wait to make some.
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This is one of the best DIY Projects that I have seen in a while. ♡ ♡
Thank you for sharing…
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I LOVE this idea! May I have your permission to post it on my blog giving you credit?
I know about you on the Kireei’s website. Lovely this photo frame.
Regards
So cute! You can also use Judi Kins Micro Glaze on your ink jet images before applying the 3D glaze. It keeps the ink from running and protects the color. I think that you’ve done the right thing, though, to keep these looking like tiny polaroids.
I just found your site, and I love this project (and your blog in general). Nice work!
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I love this idea :)
I used some of my tiny pictures I took while in Japan for the same effect – They have booths everywhere to take pictures in and get printed out, that you can add all sorts of writing and backgrounds on, and they’re the perfect size for this sort of thing. They’re called purikura, so if you could find any near where you live, you could also try that :)
This is the cutest thing evER! I am SO going to try these. Thanks for sharing!
These are SO RAD! And finally a crafty project that I think I can accomplish. :)
These are awesomeness in a handful!! I am so trying this :) THX for the info!
These are great! Love it! Will definitely have to try this project
Thanks for this great idea! Linked here from Ingenious Inking by SmilynStef. ;-)
Typed too fast! That’s Ingenious INKLING by SmilynStef. ;-)
Great idea. I’ve made oval necklace pendants for some of my friends out of shots of their newborns. I love having ANOTHER gift idea, yahoo! And the download is such a nice bonus THX!!!
OOOPS should of read better. I thought this was the shrinky dink printable paper, that is what I used for my pendants. But this is an awesome gift just the same! Cool beans!
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Stumbled across here.
This is an amazing idea! I’ve book marked it as a must try :) thanks for sharing!
So cute! I am all over these for Mother’s Day gifts for the grandmas! Thanks for sharing such a cute idea!
I love these! Thank you for sharing!!
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Oh, for cuteness! I think I just found my Mother’s Day project for my first graders!!! THANK YOU!
Thank you so much for the freebie and the tutorial. They are really cute.
If interested, Martha Stewart does something similar with bottle caps….really cute as well.
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I found this on Pinterest.com, and HAD to make a set for myself… and then a set for my grandparents! It’s the PERFECT gift for them! Thank you, thank you, THANK you for the inspiration =)
I put up pictures of the process and my results on my blog: http://www.laurenmechelle.com/2011/04/polaroid-magnets/
again, Thanks!!
I linked to this post on my blog (A Blank Page) here: DIY Shiny Magnets :) Thank you for the inspiration!
those are too darn stinkin cute!!! i can’t wait to try them. thanks for sharing :)
These are the cutest things ever. I wish I was crafty!!! LOVE!!!
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Too cute!
Congrats on your little blessing. I had terrible morning sickness with both of my girls. Ask your doctor about Zofran, it melts on your tongue and is awesome!
Too cute!
Congrats on your little blessing. I had terrible morning sickness with both of my girls. Ask your doctor about Zofran, it melts on your tongue and it was a lifesaver for me. Blessings to you and yours!
These are awesome. They will make great mother’s day gifts for my 3 daughters. This is just to cool. Thanks for sharing.
Velinda
@velann3
Cute, my mother would love these!
I can’t get the image to open correctly. What am I doing wrong? It downloads but doesn’t open. :(
These are precious and I would love to make them. Is there any way you would email the image? I would be super grateful! :)
These are amazing…I played around with it tonight but can”t seem to get a nice clean straight edge cut….yours look so clean ond straight. What did you do to cut them?
i just made these.. and THANK YOU!
They are SOO cute. I want to make a million… :) they are a good idea for mother’s day, too!
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Brilliant! I love them so much – too cute :-)
I’m so in love with these!
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Wow, such a great idea, really cute and more personal than regular magnets. I’m immeadiately thinking Mother’s day.
You can also use a program called Poladroid, free download from http://www.poladroid.net/download.html
It gives the picture a different tint, but unfortunately you can’t decide for yourself where the image gets cropped.
I love it! I am off to get crafty now ;)
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Oh WOW! Those are incredible! I just clicked over from Craft Gossip and I’m so glad I did. I would love to link to these if you didn’t mind. I’m completely smitten!
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awesome! I’m going to whip some of these up for mom & Grandma this weekend! Thanks for the awesome idea!!
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Love this idea and I also saw the Pantone version on How About Orange.
I think I will be making these too….maybe :)
I linked this/you to today’s post on my site.
Thanks for the inspiration and congrats on # 3. I have 3 also and she just turned 1 last week.
What a great idea, what size do you make the photos before you add them to your template?
WOW! I love these, thank you so much for sharing!
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Way cool idea! I think I’ll have to do this for my fridge, with some photos I just found.
BTW, you might want to consider using clear contact paper instead of scotch tape. If you cut out the corners at 90 degree angles, you can wrap the sides all around, for a no-line finish!
I use contact for making awesome bookmarks too, and preserving beloved favorites from the library. Cheap laminating. LOL
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Those are really cool! Thanks for sharing!
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This is such an awesome idea and timely as I just found this site, http://www.polaroin.com/, which you can upload your images to create real looking Polaroid photos even adding filters to give the poor exposure look of a Polaroid as well. I was wanting to find a project to use for this and now I have one.
Thank you for sharing.
I Love Polaroids :)
Nice Work!!!
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thanks for sharing :)
I don’t know if this is something you’d be interested in, but I discovered that if you need to cover photos that were printed on a photo printer at home with glaze you can use clear nail polish and it keeps the ink from running.
What a great idea! AM TOTALLY in love w/it! Also great info from Linda about coating w/clear nail polish.
this is just about the best thing eveh! Love it and beautiful
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After I download the Polaroid frame, how do I get it into Photoshop?
It’s ok. I figured it out, thanks!
Love this! Found your fantastic tute via a Curbly tweet! http://t.co/oHgDcMT
Thanks for adding a polaroid frame at the bottom. I downloaded the file, but I can’t use it because it’s quicktime. I know I could download it, but I find that putting apple programs onto my pc starts a cat/dog fight and my computer stops working properly. So I just used the picture at the bottom.
I am hoping that either, more of your downloads are available in a pc format as well, or that you might start including what the file looks like at the bottom of your post so that people who don’t own macs can use those for templates instead?
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I happened across your site and found this post and wanted to THANK YOU so much for this little project. I just made a handful of these for my husband/father’s day and they are perfect and so cute! Great idea!
super cute idea! thanks for sharing the freebie. :)
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WOw! Those are sooo adorable!
I love them and will definantly try to make them! Thank you so much for showing them to the world! oh, and your boys are adorable!!
God Bless!
♥
Pearl
This is wonderful! and thank you so much for the Polaroid template!
i am definitely going to try this! thank you for sharing! i’ll post a link on my blog when i get it going!
I take my photos and have them printed with a laser printer – that way the ink won’t run…
they’re so adorable! <3
Just saw these featured on Etsy’s Facebook page. I love them! Also congrats on baby #3! My first is 6 months old but I’m already wishing I could have another! Anyway, great craft idea and I love the other commenters’ suggestions as well. A definite must to make for pictures of my daughter and our 3 cats!
I love these they are awesome! Thanks for sharing them!
aaah, I love these…:-)
these are awesome and so beautifully crafted! i absolutely love them! i may have to do something like this too :)
live=e
I love these! You may be able to try the paper glaze and see how it reacts to an Epson printer if the Epson printer uses Dura-Brite inks. They are permanent inks so it may prevent running, it would also depend on the photo paper used and how much paper glaze.
Thank you for sharing these!!!!
wow super magnets :)))))) i love your blog :)
i wish feature ,me here one time :) thnks
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I’m havng a bit of difficulity with the dimensions, and I just HAVE to make these! Would somebody be able to tell me the actual finished dimensions of the pictures and the finished “polaroid”. Many thanks!!!
Thanks so much for sharing these — I made my own tonight, and aside from really needing a ruler to even out the edges (why on earth is there not a ruler in my house!?! lol) they turned out pretty good. :)
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Mandy — What I did was added my image to the template, drag the polaroid border layer to the top so it covers your picture. Then resize the whole image to whatever width you like, and make sure to have “constrain proportions” checked, and it will automatically resize the length. I made mine 1″ wide, which worked out perfectly since my magnets are 1″ wide, but you can really make them any size you want.
Thanks for the tips Meg!
I just made some of these using photos from our trip to visit family in Pennsylvania! Thanks for the great idea. These are awesome. I think I am going to gift some to my friends after our next girls trip!
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These tiny Polaroids are so awesome that I decided to feature them on my website! Here’s the link to the page:
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Thank so much for sharing this wonderful tutorial!
Cheers,
Marie-Eve
This is such a fun and lovely way to display pictures. Thank you for sharing your tutorial. You get a thumbs up from me (^_^)b
Cheers!
Yami Guru
Love these! Want to try out that Lomo effect on some photos to create that old look.
Thanks for sharing this!!
Laura
Happy Friday!! :)
So darn cute. Something I’d love to have on my fridge any day. Would probably also make a great budget birthday gift. Who doesn’t love getting photos?
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Thanks for sharing! I came over from Craft, this might be just what I need for a birthday gift.
Great project idea! This looks like a cute gift idea.
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Thank you very mutch for sharing your ideia and how to do it. I’ve just post on my blog a foto of the ones I have done. If you have curiosity step by http://coelhinhoseternuras.blogspot.com/ to see it.
:)
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Nice, thank you for sharing. I have 4 grand children and this is just perfect for putting their pictures on my refrig.
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That is wonderful work, and this I want my cats on those! I used to use poleroids so many years ago!! Great work1 Girl friend!
Wonderful idea !!!
Very crafty and easy idea! =)
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What size did you scale the pictures inside the frame to?
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Love this project and I remember seeing that original post on How About Orange — I love the build on inspiration. I’ve posted a link to your project on my blog, http://www.tillyscottage.wordpress.com, let me know if you don’t want it up there.
Well done!
[...] designer, Jennifer Kirk, was brought to my attention by my sister, Rebecca. Jennifer’s blog post on her blog, Ambrosiagirl.com has the full instructions on how to make these little gems yourself [...]
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simple and cute
Omg they r so cute!*!*!*!*!
Just LOVE this!!! I Know I’m gonna make hundreds of them for xmas pressies :-) thank you for sharing!!! (Found you via craftgawker)
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Great idea, thanks for sharing!
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Jennifer – How cute! Thanks for sharing. I only wish I had Publisher so I could make some!
Really nice, just found your site with stumbleupon, great creative ideas! Thank you!!
I LOVE these! I just made my own!
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This is so so cool! I have to make these. And what a cool gift idea!
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These are fantastic! I’m definitely going to try to do it for some gifts for xmas!
Those are neat. By the way, have you heard of Shrinky Dink printer paper? It would easier (and more durable) that way…. just print your images on that paper, and bake them. Just a tip in case you want to make more.
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This is so very, very cute. Thank you for sharing!
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I’ve had some problems on my computer trying to download this. Do you have to have a Mac in order for the download to work?
What size is the magnet once it is complete?
Love this idea! I think it will be great for Christmas gifts for the family. Has anyone tried this by using regular white computer paper in place of the photo paper? Love this idea, just thought I’d cut costs if I could just use print paper.
These are ADORABLE! I’m featuring them at my blog today for “gifts for women”. Thanks a million for sharing! I’ll be making a few for Christmas gifts this year. :)
Aloha,
Charlie
Adorei! Parabéns e obrigada pela dica!
Great! Congratulations and thanks for sharing!
aw man, Ive been trying to do this project and I seriously cannot figure out how to scale my image to fit the polaroid frame without it looking stretched and pixelated. Any tips for a newbie at PS?
@ Leopardcat: When you grab the corner of the image to size it down, hold down the “shift” key at the same time and it will lock the length and width scale (will not make it look stretched or pixelated). Be sure that (after you have it to the size you want) let go of the left mouse button, THEN let go of the shift key. Hope this helps.
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gosh… i literally have been trying the computer part of this for HOURS. I don’t have a printer that will work very well, so i was trying to put the mini polaroids on a 4×6 so i could upload them to walgreens and have the photos printed for me. I have illustrator AND photoshop and cannot figure out how to get the pictures to cooperate. i am so frustrated! does anyone have any other suggestions?
What is the point of the pen? Is it just to fill the edges? Also, can I substitute that with Mod Podge?
@Heather
Thanks for the tip I appreciate you responding, however it didn’t help me. I originally wanted to make this for a birthday in October, couldn’t figure it out in time and now I was hoping to make this as a Christmas gift but I’m not confident I’ll be able to figure it out. Also, when I watch tutorials on youtube, when people drag the image to the frame, the image automatically goes behind the frame but in my case the image is in front of the frame and covers it up. Does that sound strange?
Leopardcat,
In your layers palette, you have to move the picture BELOW the Polaroid layer.
okay so after I scaled down the photo, you couldnt really tell if it looked stretched or not so I think it’ll work. Thanks girls for helping me out!
I tried making these in Photoshop. My canvas is 300 tall and roughly 240 pixels wide. These equate to 1″ and .8″ however, the image is HUGE!
I opened up another canvas of 8.5″ x 11 so I can transfer all the polaroid images to one page so I can print them off onto one page, but I can only fit 2 on a row. What am I missing?
If someone can help me I would appreciate it as I want to be able give these out as gifts on Monday! (I know waiting until last minute).
Thanks all!
Disregard my question, I am rereading it and just saw your template!
THANK YOU! You have saved my sanity.
there’s youtube video?!?!?! can someone send me a link or tell me what to look up to find it.
Ive been trying to get these to work for days now spending hours on the computer. never used photoshop before and could really. thank you in advance!!
ok i got the photoshop part firgure out and tried my first batch tonight. having a hard time figuring out what ot use as the backing. tried the back of a spiral notebook but it causes a hump and the magnet wont sit fluch with it.
Does anyone know how to do this on a Mac with iphoto?
I am going to try these on the 1x1ceramic tiles. These are going to be so cute! Oh yea, I’ll print them at a pro lab and then modge podge them. Thanks for the inspiration! Found u on pinterest.
I made mine a little different, used a sheet of sticky white foam so I didn’t have to paint the edges. I used poladroid to create the pics with frame, then discovered picasa has a similar frame overlay.
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Can someone help me out with the photoshop part.. HOw do I get my pics in there??
I just made 40 magnets out of some favorite pix as a gift for my mom…I love them! Thank you so much for the idea and thorough tutorial!
Great tip on using a good blade, too. Mine was less-than-stellar and I had to sharpen it often.
Thanks so much for this tutorial and for sharing the .psd’s. I found you via Pinterest. I’m a photographer and always looking for fun ideas for both myself and to pass along to my clients so the can LIVE with their photos a bit more. Merry Christmas!
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Love these…great gift for kids for school lockers!
Love,love,love!
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hey how do you get the polaroid frame to photoshop??…and how much did these coast to make?? how much did the magnets cost and were did you get them
[...] The Polaroid frames are on one layer with a second layer below that for your own photographs. Drop in your photos, and scale down. Tiny Polaroid Magnets | { Ambrosia Creative } [...]
what a brilliant idea, I’m making some as christmas presents, thank you :)
My husband and have been laid off for over a year now, so we really don’t have a lot of money for Christmas Presents this year. This is a perfect idea! Thank you so much, not only for the idea, but for the downloads.
This is a good idea for ref. magnets. I tried it but I glued the pictures to a 1inch by 1 inch piece of tile. You can pick up the small tiles at a Home Depot, Lowes or home improvement store and can be found in the tile dept. They come on a mesh backing with 30 tiles to a sheet so you can get 30 magnets out of 1 sheet. After glueing the picture to the tile just put several coats of modge podge glue on top. Buy a flat magnet sheet (these can be picked up at a craft store) cut to size of tile and glue to back of tile.
Just I suggestion, but I bought a stack of printable magnet paper from my local stationery supply store. That printed brilliantly, and now I just need to cut them out with a trimmer. :)
If one could fall in love with a craft project this would be my first true love! These are so adorable. I’m always looking for a great new craft project that would make a great gift as well. How much time did it take to make them? They do seem somewhat time consuming. Thanks for sharing! By the way, congratulations on the baby on the way!
Awesome! I was able to print them on photo paper on my inkjet printer…I sealed them with reg. glossy mod podge and then used the Mod Podge Dimensional Magic. Worked PERFECT!
Thanks for sharing your poloraid template!
I need a tutorial on how to use the frame in photoshop! Awesome idea! Thanks!
Love this. Making them right now! I couldn’t find chip board at JoAnn’s, but over by the needlepoint stuff they had something called Peel & Stick Mounting Board for Textile Art. It worked perfect and was great because it has pressure sensitive adhesive included. Thanks again for sharing!! :)
Jodie, can you help me with the photoshop part? jamkris99@bellsouth.net Thanks!
I love this idea!! definitely going to try this…just so so pretty!!! just have to reduce the size of my photos and make a few copies…
I LOVE this. I just made some for gifts for my parents and my in-laws of all of their grandchildren and granddogs. It turned out great and pretty easy once I figured out how to use photoshop. Oh and thank you for the template! What a lifesaver.
http://selacava.blogspot.com/2011/12/polaroid-magnets.html
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What a nifty idea. Thanks for your hard work!
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So cute! Thanks for sharing!
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Very cute – I pinned it on Pinterest :) Thanks for sharing the files and idea!
You are brilliant! I just found your blog and I cannot wait to do this with my students – perfect short project!
Thanks!!
Theres a great app that makes images look like old polaroids..i have a blog link if interested..wud compliment this project really well.
http://haveeweanywool.wordpress.com/tag/polaroid/
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This is AWESOME!
Cute idea! Brings back memories.
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I don’t have Photoshop.. Can you repost the frames as JPEGs?:( If not, i’m 2% in downloading the free trial of PS CS5.. 2% after 3 hours… ha ha ha…
Amenda,
Use Pixlr, you can open up photoshop files in it and it is a free online program.
http://pixlr.com/editor/
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I made these as a gift for my hubby’s cousin and it was a hit! Very easy to do too! Great tutorial. Thanks for posting it!
Such a creative idea!
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Cute idea! Anyone who doesn’t have Photoshop can download Gimp for free and work with psd files using that software
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I just made these featuring pics of my fiance and I. I love them! It was so easy, and the result is just adorable. I used those crazy neowhatever magnets with superglue and rubber cemented the photo paper to a thick illustration board I found at Staples. They are really strong, and they stick to the fridge perfectly.
Love this idea, miss the old polaroids and am happy this retro trend is making a return
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Can you please post the polaroid frames again?
Thanks so much
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Great Idea!
This template will also work in PhotoImpact software by Corel/ULead.
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So, I saw this on pinterest, as well as a comment for Fujifilm Instax. You should check it out and I’m totally going to do this :)
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I am looking for the instructions for the tiny polaroid picture magnets. Thank you.
Hi there! I saw your amazing polariod magnet template and wanted to make a bunch for our work fridge with pics from our last office party to boost our happy moral here! I no longer see your post or the template others are referancing. Any chance that you’d be able to email that to me?
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love it can’t wait to try it!
Hi! Love this idea. I’m currently trying to make them at the moment but my pictures aren’t printing up as clearly as I’d like them to. I’ve tried different settings and different photo papers but still not pleased with the results. May I ask what printer you have as your pictures look fantastic! Make and model number please. Mahalo!!
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