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Bullseye Glass Has Some New Colors!

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My favorite item from the new goodies that Bullseye Glass just released is the french vanilla confetti. The pictures of the reactions are so cool. If you don’t know, french vanilla is reactive due to its content…sulphur. It reacts to copper and lead and silver and gold…that’s another post. Copper blue is a new color, and there is a beautiful streaky they are making that is copper blue and white. Wander over and see for yourself. I’m also looking forward to using the new tints. So pretty…so there’s new sheet, frit, and billet, as well as that awesome french vanilla confetti.

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Make Tiny Cross Stitch Magnets

I’ve been trying to come up with some different ways to use cross stitch this year, and one of the things I wanted to try was making cross stitch magnets.

I had the idea to use bottle caps as the base for the magnets because I’ve made a few magnets of that size before. Also we happen to have a lot of those little button magnets, which are the perfect size to go on the back of a bottle cap so you can’t see it on the other side.

I figure out that you get a space of about 10 by 10 stitches using 14 count fabric, which is plenty of space for a tiny bit of cross stitch. If you have any minis that little you can use whatever design you like, or grab some graph paper and design your own.

In the blog post linked below I also have a few simple designs I used on mine, including a heart, star, smiley face and square. You could stitch out an initial (or do the whole alphabet to make your own alphabet magnets amazingly adorable), make emojis, tiny flowers, whatever you like. 

Check out this post on mini Christmas cross stitch patterns or this one on Easter minis for more ideas of things that might fit in a tiny space.

Each one of these takes just a few minutes to make and they’re a great handmade addition to your magnet board or fridge.

You can get the full photo tutorial over at Our Daily Craft. There’s also a video that walks you through the entire process if you need or want more details.

Would you make mini cross stitch magnets? What sort of tiny design would you like to stitch on one of these little projects? Or how else would you make a magnet that incorporates cross stitch? I’d love to hear your thoughts!