{Dollar Store Tray Turned Magnetic Memo Board}

I love going to the dollar store and looking for inspiration, and I love checking out other bloggers' posts when they use dollar store supplies for projects.  When I was working on my gallery wall for my craft room, I didn't want just frames on the wall.  I love gallery walls that have interesting little pieces of art or repurposed items that make the gallery wall unique.  So I decided to use a dollar store tray to create a magnetic memo board for my wall.

I first primed the tray with Rustoleum's metal primer.  I used the primer on my craft room lamps, and it works really well.

Then I sprayed the tray with Krylon's Ballet Pink in the gloss finish.

At this point, the tray was complete.  But a tray isn't a magnetic memo board without magnets to attach memos with.  So I bought some magnets from the craft store and gathered a few vintage earrings from my stash I inherited from my grandmother.

I used pliers to take the backs off the earrings.

I attached the magnets to the back of the earrings with hot glue.  Then all I had to do was attach the memo board to the wall.  I used Command Adhesive Strips.  (I have plaster walls and trying to hang something with a nail is a bit of a nightmare.)  I decided to hang a photo on the memo board for now.

I love that I can easily change the photo later because of the magnets.

It would be fun to hang little mementoes on the board as well.

I love that the oval shape breaks up the otherwise square gallery wall.  Plus, it only cost a few dollars to make.  

If you haven't checked out the reveal of my craft room makeover, you can find it here.  There will be more tutorials to come!