Ways to Recycle your Engagement Cards

How to keep your engagement cards. If you are like me you keep pretty paper of all kinds. I'm especially bad with cards. I keep them forever. If you've given me a card- good chance I stil have it. 

The lovely bride to-be Marisa, added a twist to the magnet wedding favor magnet post. And I LOVE it! 

Instead of recycling all those beautiful engagement cards... re-purpose them into DIY fridge magnets. Keepsakes that will last forever and totally look pretty fun on the fridge. 

You can of course make magnets of all your cards. Another fun idea would be to use your engagement card magnets as your wedding favors or even as a part of a scrapbooked wedding guest book. 

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Stuck On You! Magnets DIY Wedding Favors

Magnets DIY Wedding Favors

Stuck on You! Magnets DIY Wedding Favors. These little bundles of cuteness are the perfect do it yourself wedding favor. They can be made using any type of paper: recycled cards, cardstock, stamped cardstock, scrapbooking sheets, even magazines. 

After reading Not Martha's post to make marble magnets I had to make them myself. So I set off to my craft store, Ben Franklin and this is what I did. 

I used modge podge instead of glue and I used glass instead of acrylic bobbles, but the results were awesome. I also used a 1" circular punch out, saving me the time of having to cut out circles. And I used E-6000 to glue the magnets on. So long as you allow for drying time in between steps these little magnets are easy peasy to make.

And they would make unique weding favors that would double as cheap wedding favors. Two for one. 

If you are looking for a finishing touch to these homemade wedding favors. I particularly like a metal tin container (like in the image above). And I did some research. You can order these tins from a site like The Knot and they come with personalized stickers. 

If you are looking to buy magnets such as the ones above, many retailers on Etsy, such as HoneyBunnyPaperie, sell them, and they are reasonably priced if you are looking to give them as gifts, but they are a bit pricey as wedding favors. 

These little magnets make great gifts for any occasion, and would be darling as bridesmaids gifts. Why not create a unique set for each member of your bridal party or family?

I've found a new hobby! Anyone else stuck on magnets? 

Update on Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 6:18PM by girlywedding

And presto my pretty magnets! I love the birds *love birds* I think they turned out pretty tweet. :)