so, at last month’s rose bowl flea market, i made one purchase: an american flag pin.  i don’t really wear pins, and my fridge needed some sprucing up, so last weekend, i walked to my local blicks (YES, the same one lindsay lohan visited the other day), picked up some magnets and superglue, and voila:

american flag magnet!

the project was wayy easier than expected, because the magnets stuck to the back of the (metal) pin without glue or anything.

i still had some magnets left, and lots of superglue, so i made a few more…

glow in the dark star magnet:

nametag magnet:

(the nametag was a craft project from the sorority days, and the magnets are “hidden” behind the rhinestones)

and, possibly the most inspired, the hand grenade magnet:

(a souvenir from my mardi gras trip to new orleans, and one of the city’s better-known cocktails— check out the bar’s website for a fine tribute in the form of song and video.)

more crafting soon!