Hi my dear readers! I’m still on my birthday “vacation”. Today, I have invited another one of my favorite bloggers to come share a project with you. Jennifer, from Vintage Gwen, writes a fabulous blog filled with crafts, thoughtful posts about life and, also, co-hosts Show & Share each Wednesday.
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Hey there! I’m Jennifer of Vintage Gwen!
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Hey there! I’m Jennifer of Vintage Gwen!
And I’m thrilled to be Shannah’s guest today!
I thought I’d share one of my favorite, useful projects for the kitchen today.
Do you have trouble with family members not paying attention to this?
On a few occasions my husband didn’t realize the dishes in the dishwasher were clean. Those occasions occurred at about 5 am in the morning after a 12 hour shift! So this didn’t upset me but I sure wanted to help the situation out!
Welcome the Dishwasher Magnet!
I had actually seen one in a catalog and thought I could my own!
Here’s what I did:
Supplies
Graphic of choice OR you can use the one I made! (below)
{Thanks to The Graphics Fairy for the cute utensils!}
Paper of choice or cardstock
Mod Podge
Magnet
Scissors/Hot Glue Gun
Optional: if you use paper to print the graphic on then you’ll need a piece of thin cardboard for sturdiness…I used the piece of cardboard that comes behind a package of scrapbook paper.
Note: I printed the graphic onto parchment paper because I didn’t want just plan white.
The size of the graphic is about 3 inches by 3 inches. I cut it out with about a 3/4 of an inch border. Then I cut a piece of cardboard the same size as the graphic.
I then placed the cardboard on the back of the graphic and folded the edges in.
I then cut the corners….
….then cut again, cutting away the triangles of the corner….
….then folded the corners in…think of it as like wrapping a present!!
Next I spread some mod podge down and inserted the cardboard piece.
Mod podged along the edges of the cardboard piece.
Then I folded down the corners and applied a smaller square piece of paper on top of the folds.
I put a thin as possible coat of mod podge on the top…it lifts the ink so be thin and quick! ☺
Lastly, I hot glued the magnet on. All done!
Now I have a stylish, friendly indicator!!
Feel free to use this all you want!!
Just right click and save!
Thanks again Shannah for having me!
Thanks Jennifer for sharing this great project with my readers! We have a difficult time with the dishwasher clean/dirty debate here so I am sure I will be adding that project to my to do list!
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oh my goodness I made this years ago before I had the type of dishwasher that has a light to tell you they are clean. I love the pattern you used. How fun and it looks terrific on your dishwasher. It’s so cute! Hugs!
Happy birthday, Michelle! I’ve been meaning to make something like this but never got around to it! Thanks for the printable!