I was so excited to start making and selling magnets made from my photos, until I did a couple of test batches and realized that the glass marbles I bought have lots of bubbles in them. I’m thinking people will see the finished product and think the bubbles are something I neglected to fix when gluing.
So now it’s back to square one. I bought some larger marbles that are a nice, substantial size, but the magnets I am using are just strong enough to hold them to a surface decoratively. There is no way they would be able to hold up anything heavier than a sheet of paper.
So I need some less bubbly marbles and some stronger magnets. I’m having lots of fun doing this stuff but it’s kind of ridiculous for me to be spending all this money when the goal is to make money and pad the ol’ income.
Feh.
I know exactly what you mean. It seems like every crafty “I’m going to make this as gifts and save money” project I get involved in ends up snowballing out of control as far as cost of supplies goes. But of course, I don’t want to abandon it once I start.
Do they make acrylic type marble/gem things? lighter weight and perhaps fewer bubbles.
Yeah, dude, I had the same magnet strength problem. Super magnets are great but they cost a lot more.