DIY Makeup Board

I'm sick of cleaning out makeup bags. Here's how I made my makeup board; it's cute but super cheap and super simple! 

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

• Picture Frame (mine was $1 at a garage sale!), the old looking ones are best for this.
• Sheet Metal (not aluminum) or anything thin and magnetic. I found mine at Lowe's for under $5
• Magnets or a sheet of self-adhesive magnetic tape, sold super cheap at craft stores
• Glue/Glue Gun
• Scissors and/or Tin Snips
• Fabric (optional), enough to cover the space inside the picture frame
• Makeup!

 

Start by disassembling your picture frame, keep something (like the cardboard insert) to trace onto the sheet metal.

Trace the insert and cut the metal. I used scissors, which was a HORRIBLE IDEA! but when you're a broke college kid, you have to make do. Just realize your scissors will go dull and you may get cut trying to maneuver the scissors around your traced lines.

It may be small, but it's in the WORST SPOT! Be careful!

 The edges of metal you're not using will most likely curl up or down, so be super careful when going using it.
If you find a use for the extra metal let me know, because otherwise it's going to sit around and cut me up randomly when I reach in my crafting box!

OPTIONAL

 If you'd like, you can cover your metal sheet with fabric. I found that the thinner the fabric the better, so that the metal and magnet still has a strong pull. However, if you chose not to use any fabric to be inside the frame it will still be just as functional. 

If you have the choice of a few different patterns, try them all out inside the frame before cutting, it's much easier and saves a lot of time.

 I, of course, chose the floral one... because this Quaint Floozy can't get enough floral in her life! 

Once you've decided on a fabric, trace around the back of it. Leave at least an inch (or 3 cm) so that you can wrap it around the back.

Now cut out yo fabric, gurl!

If you're like me, you forgot to plug in your hot glue gun ahead of time. Do that now and have a snack while you're waiting.

la la la, I love grapes, la la la, also love quakes

Make sure there aren't any wrinkles under your fabric, and start gluin'.

It should look like this as soon as you're finished gluing. It's okay if the corners come up where they fold, but I cut mine off.

Put all the pieces back in the frame (except no glass insert) and voila! You're finished with the main part.

This is what the finished frame should look like! Cute eh?

Almost done! Cut your magnetic tape, peel off the backing, and put it on the bottom of your makeups.

Finished Product should be similar to this:

I hope it works out as well for you as it has for me :) Go hang it in your bathroom! -QF