Kelli at There’s No Place Like Home hosts “Show and Tell Friday” asking “Do you have a something special to share with us? It could be a trinket from grade school, a piece of jewelry, an antique find. Your show and tell can be old or new. Use your imagination and dig through those old boxes in your closet if you have to! Feel free to share pictures and if there’s a story behind your special something, that’s even better! If you would like to join in, all you have to do is post your “Show and Tell” on your blog, copy the post link, come over here and add it to Mr. Linky. Guidelines are here.“
As I was getting something to drink out of the refrigerator last night and noticed a couple of my magnets, I decided on a whim to highlight some of them for my Show and Tell today. I enjoy looking at other’s people’s refrigerator doors when I visit their homes. It’s like a little window into their personalities.
Amidst the coupons, notices, and missionary prayer cards, here are some of my favorite magnets.
I don’t remember where I got this one, but I love it.
My mom gave this to me…
and these Boyd’s Bear ones.
Here is another Boyd’s Bear one given to me by my friend Carol. It came with a refrigerator notepad with the same bear on it.
I love the verse on this one. I don’t remember where I got it.
I think the one on the left came with a stationery set my mom gave me. The ones on the right were made by Becky at Sweet Cottage Dreams. She put them in as “extras” in a package I ordered from her for the Christmas craft fair. Aren’t they adorable?
This one is kind of silly but I still love it. It’s another one from my mom. It used to be a reindeer, but its antlers broke off. Now I think it looks like a bear.
I got this one at a craft fair, I think. I had been looking for something to indicate whether the load in the dishwasher was clean or dirty to prevent questions about it from being hollered called towards me from the kitchen (but I do still get the question sometimes). 🙂
We made these one year as favors for our church’s ladies’ luncheon. This was our theme verse. I designed it on the computer, printed it out on cardstock, then we laminated it and put a magnet strip on the back.
This one has certainly seen better days. I think one of the kids made it for Vacation Bible School. It’s colors are based on the Wordless Book, which I am sure many of you have heard of: it is a tool to present the gospel to children, a book with no words but colored pages which represent a spiritual truth. Black symbolizes out sin; red, the blood of Christ shed to take away our sin; white, ours souls washed clean from sin when we believe on Christ; gold, heaven;, and green growth.
I’ve enjoyed reminiscing about these and the people who gave them to me.
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Wow, those are great. I have quite a few myself. Each has a special memory. Great!
Jenn
I love all your magnets. Those little button ones are so cute. The vacation Bible school one is a treasure. Enjoy and blessings on you…
Isn’t that funny, I thought I was the only one that had such a collection of magnets.
Have a nice weekend.
Sandra
Wow ! you have a whole collection ! I don’t have any my fridge is inside the cupboard the the door doesn’t hold any magnets.
What a great collection! I like them all, especially the one for for your church luncheon.
Really cute and neat magnets. I love the first one!!! So true.
Susan
wow, I so enjoyed looking at your magnets–you will have to continue showing them on future Show and Tells! I love the quote that, “a day hemmed in prayer seldom unravels”. And the one from 3 John 1:4 is one of my favorite verses which I like to use for my physical children (I know he meant it spiritually)–but we often tell our kids that!! Plus all your pretty and cute magnets were really enjoyable to look at! Thanks.
Oh! I like all your magnets. Especially the Day Hemmed in Prayer one and the Bear ones.
i have a caterpillar one that is twenty plus years old,made at church by by youngest daughter, its a little dingy & a lot dusty but it will hang on my fridge FOREVER!! i enjoyed the glimpse into your life, you can tell a lot about a person & their personality by their magnets! i just started reading your blog last week, but i visit daily now!!
some of those are sooo cute, and I love the dear little button ones that your friend made for you. I think I may just have to make some of those myself:-)
I just tagged you on my blog.
What cute magnets. I especially love the one about a day being hemmed in prayer. Great SHow N Tell ~~Kathi
I love magnets too! Those button ones are absolutely adorable!!
I really enjoyed looking at all the neat magnets you have on your refrigerator. I used to collect magnets but got so many of them that I finally had to eliminate most of them.
Thank you for visiting my site today and posting a nice comment about my Show and Tell. I appreciate your visit and hope you will come back soon.
How true that our fridges are a window into our world. Thanks for visiting my blog. Great to meet another SparkPeople!
These are marvelous! I have a few (maybe more than a few) on my refrigerator and I never would have thought to “show and tell” about them! Great post! Thanks for visiting my “show and Tell” post! 🙂
I enjoyed this little peek at your fridge! I was trying to see who the missionaries are, but I couldn’t tell! LOL The little button magnets are cute, and I love the bear ones! I don’t have very many magnets on my fridge, ’cause I let them get out of hand.
Great collection of magnets you have. My fridge doesn’t have any lol
What a nice collection of magnets, all with special memories!
Katherine
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Love your magnets—it is making me want to get some beautiful ones like yours:)
Julieann
Now that was fun. A closeup look at your favorite magnets. I have one very similar to the last. Built on a clothespin. Thanks for sharing.
Nancy
All of your magnets are wonderful, Barbara! I love the little caterpillar..so cute!
Hugs,
Kelli
Oh Barbara, you made me want to go start a whole collection of fridge magnets for myself! They’re so pretty and the words are inspiring and encouraging. Is that your writing on the yellow calendar paper stuck next to the gingerman named Jason? 😀
I *love* the Boyd’s Bears magnets! Very sweet. Your whole collection was fun to look at. I remember making the same worm of the Wordless book in VBS when I was a kid, lol! 😉 Thanks for sharing. :0)
What a neat Show and Tell! And a great magnet collection. I have the two heart-shaped Boyds Bear magnets, too! Maybe one of these Fridays, I’ll show and tell my Boyds Bears! Enjoy your weekend!
~Jada
Thanks for sharing these! I thought I was the only one with so many magnets on my fridge. One of these days, if you don’t mind, I will probably borrow your idea and show some of my magnets. We used to have a couple of those caterpillars too… finally they got just too dusty to save any longer.
This is a beautiful magnet collection. I loved seeiing all the magnets you have. I have a whole collection too. Not as beautiful as yours though/
Your magnets look gorgeous on the fridge, what a great collection!
Mel
What fun magnets you have! Thank you for sharing them with us!
:0) Sharon
Thanks for sharing your magnets. They were really very nice. What a neat idea for a show and tell because it really does give you a true insight into your world.
-Cookie
These are fun, Barbara, and you are most brave to show us the front of your refrigerator. Yours looks very neat and well-organized 🙂 Mine is such a hodgepodge I couldn’t show it to the world unless I straightened it up quite a bit first. Thanks for sharing — the magnets your kids made and the ones with the Bible verses are especially precious.
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