Mini Polaroid Magnets Tutorial

This is such a fun post that I get to share with you today! Jennifer Kirk of Ambrosia Creative created these great Mini Polaroid Magnets and today Jenn will be showing us how to create them ourselves. Wouldn’t these be an adorable client gift at Christmas time? Believe me, May is not too early to start thinking, planning and working on Christmas gifts for our clients!

Hi there! I came across these DIY Pantone chip magnets on How About Orange and wanted to do something similar. The idea of tiny Polaroids dotting my fridge sounded cute to me.

So I pretty much followed the tutorial with a few modifications. I designed my own Polaroids in Photoshop using a real Polaroid frame I scanned in (you can download below). I scaled my Polaroids down to about 0.8″ wide and then printed on photo paper. Using rubber cement, I mounted my printed sheet to chipboard (the back of an old spiral-bound sketch book worked just fine for me) and sort of laminated my mini photos by laying pieces of clear masking tape on top. The paper glaze didn’t work for this project as it was causing the ink to run and bleed.

Once trimmed out, instead of painting the edges white, I used a white opaque marker from Martha Stewart’s craft line, and colored in the edges.

After attaching the magnet pieces to the back, I had myself a new set of magnets:

Polaroid frame to use for your analog-photo desires:

I want to give a huge THANK YOU to Jenn for sharing this awesome tutorial with Go{4}Pro readers! If you appreciate this post, leave a comment and say thanks to Jenn! Also stop by her website to see the other awesome stuff she’s up to.

BLOG |  TWITTER |  PINTEREST

Are you ready for more? I'm determined to prove to as many photographers as will let me that you can have passion, profits and time for a great life.

I create six-figure photographers, and I'd love to teach you, step-by-step, how it's done. This is happening for photographers from all over the world who are just like you. Let me prove just how wildly successful YOU can be!

If you're ready to take your business further, sign up for email updates (it's free).