This is what I do with vintage garden tools without handles? Turn them into cool magnetic boards.
First of all, I had to make sure this piece was magnetic. It was.
Then I roughed up the surface of these magnets.
I white washed the metal with white gesso, and painted the magnets blue. When I white washed the magnets, I noticed that they looked like tiny pieces of slate. COOL. I used my vintage stamps to spell "le jardin" (The Garden).
I attached blue string for hanging.
Love it, love it, love it.
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First of all, I had to make sure this piece was magnetic. It was.
Then I roughed up the surface of these magnets.
I white washed the metal with white gesso, and painted the magnets blue. When I white washed the magnets, I noticed that they looked like tiny pieces of slate. COOL. I used my vintage stamps to spell "le jardin" (The Garden).
I attached blue string for hanging.
Love it, love it, love it.
Sharing With:
Funky Junk Interiors: Saturday Nite Special
Remodelaholic: Remodelaholics Anonymous
French Country Cottage: Feathered Nest Friday
The Shabby Nest: Frugal Friday
At The Picket Fence: Inspiration Friday
My Repurposed Life: Catch as Catch Can
Common Ground: Vintage Inspiration Friday
The Shabby Creek Cottage: Transformation Thursday
These Peas Taste Funny: Link It Up Thursday
Beyond The Picket Fence: Under $100 Linky Party
No Minimalist Here: Open House
Savvy Southern Style: Wow Us Wednesdays
DIY by Design: Winter Blues Wednesday
Faded Charm: White Wednesday
Thrifty Decor Chick: Before and After
My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia: Tuesdays Treasures
Knick of Time: Knick of Time Tuesday
Coastal Charm: Nifty Thrifty Tuesday
Rosemary, you are such a creative woman! I bet your brain never slows down. Love this!
ReplyDeleteCute and creative, Rosemary! It's so fun to reuse old tools for new, {but old-looking} purposes!
ReplyDeleteI hope you'll come share this tonight at the Knick of Time Tuesday party!
Blessings,
Angie @ Knick of Time
Very creative!
ReplyDeleteCute, cute, cute! So creative and another use for broken garden tools!
ReplyDeleteLove this, Rosemary! I could definitely see this hanging in a garden!
ReplyDeleteI love it, love it, love it, too! What a great idea! Will this possibly show up on Etsy???
ReplyDeleteGirl! Do you ever run out of creativity?!LOL!! This is adorable!! Would be very cute in my courtyard...hint, hint!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool idea!!!
ReplyDeleteLove that idea!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great piece you created. That would be such a wonderful gift for a gardener too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing how to transform those ho-hum magnets into Scrabble-esque pieces (which would probably be hard to find and expensive). You have the BEST ideas!
ReplyDeleteSuper great idea, unique and gorgeous, I love it:-) Hugs, Biljana
ReplyDeleteI could see this by the back door or on the side of a garden shed, what a fun way to say welcome to the garden. You have done it again. Richard from My Old Historic House.
ReplyDeleteYou are so creative....LOVE THIS!
ReplyDeleteLooks great!! Anything magnetic becomes a memo/photo holder at my house too :) Love that white washed look! Laurel
ReplyDeleteHow creative Rosemary! Love the magnets!!
ReplyDeleteSheesh Rosemary, how do you come up with all these things!!! Love it!
ReplyDeleteI ordered some gorgeous push pins off Etsy for my Villabarnes cork board yesterday:)
love this idea I love to flea market and will keep my eye out for items like this come see what I shared at http://shopannies.blogsot.com
ReplyDeleteCute cute cute!!!
ReplyDeleteLovely and soinnovative :O)
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Agneta
Oh, that is nifty!
ReplyDeleteSherry
This is a fabulous idea and I just bought an old pink rusty dust pan. I can do this project with that.
ReplyDeleteThat is really cool and very creative.
ReplyDeletePicking my jaw up off the ground -- amazing!
ReplyDeleteAmazing my sweet Rosemarry...I just can't get over at how talented and creative you are! I can't really do the things you do, I can embroider, cook and eat, lol! Thanks for your lovely visit. Happy Valentine's and how I wish I could have you for tea too, my friend! You never know in life.
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Rosemary,
ReplyDeletegirl, you are the cleverest! (is that a word)? Well, even if it's not, you are! That opens so many possibities! It's adorable!
Rebecca
This is fabulous! So creative... I love it. I'm going to be on the lookout for an old garden tool now.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous idea! I'm going out and taking all my husband's tools. lol
ReplyDeleteI Love it, Love it too! You are just too creative Rosemary! One of these days I am going to have to take the time and create something with your tutorials on white washing and painting with gesso. I just Love the Look of your work!!
ReplyDeleteHuggs, Nancy
Sweet idea! You could make a bunch of letters and make it a "sale" sign outside a shop! xo wendy
ReplyDeleteThis is so creative! Now I know what to do with all of my old, rusty garden tools that's been left thrown about outside...actually, let me go collect them now before I forget. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteSuper cute and so creative!!
ReplyDeleteSuch a great idea! And I love the chair you redid recently! Somehow you fell off my blog roll....don't know what happened!
ReplyDeleteLorraine
What a great idea. I love primitive old garden tools. In fact, I never met one I didn't like.
ReplyDeleteVery creative idea. Thanks so much for becoming a follower of L'Heure Bleue At Home. I appreciate it and am following you back!
ReplyDeleteRosemary, Your always so Clever & Creative....
ReplyDeleteWhat a brilliant idea! I love it!! I need to have a look around at our old tools to see if I can blatantly copy you!!
ReplyDeleteI am so enjoying browsing through your blog - how gorgeous!! I've signed up to follow you!
Sarahx
What a creative idea, I love the piece you used. It looks wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI have one similar and the handle is hollow, there is always rosemary or something cut and tucked in. Thanks for sharing. Kathy
I love, love, love the magnet board out of old tools!! Now I will be watching at garage sales!
ReplyDeleteNancy
What a great idea. Love it!
ReplyDeleteMary Alice
I tried your old world treatment on a small statue I have, lol, absolutely pitiful I tell ya!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou have such a knack!
Love love love your blog
Suzan
You are so clever! I love this! It is funny because my business partner just brought three shovel heads home from the salvage yard yesterday and we were trying to think of a way to reuse them. This is perfect-I am sending her your post.
ReplyDeleteDang girl! If I gave you a piece of poop you'd probably be able to change it into something I'd LOVE to have! Lol! Yes I'm pulling your leg....but not too hard *winks* Love this idea! Vanna
ReplyDeleteThat is really cool!
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What a great creative idea! I love the magnets.
ReplyDeleteblessings,
karianne
You are so talented. i am one of your Linky followers and Fb too. Don't want to miss anything you do. Thank you for sharing your creativity.
ReplyDeleteI love this Rosemary!! SO charming- you always have such fantastic ideas!! Thanks for linking it up!
ReplyDeleteRosemary-I love your garden magnet board! that is so clever! Thanks so much for sharing @ catch as catch can!
ReplyDeletegail
Thanks again for linking up Rosemary- sharing this at tonights party :)
ReplyDeleteI never would have thought about using gesso. What an awesome idea! Thanks for a great post. I'm going to go dig through the barn now! I've got lots of cast away tools out there! xoxo Lorelei
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