AWP Pins Transformed into Magnets

It’s been a week since AWP ended. If you’re like me, you still haven’t thrown out the things you collected from the main floor that were cool at the moment but quickly transformed into tchotchkes in the light of the real world.

Say, for instance, pins. Yeah, every lit journal gave away pins with tiny logos on front and the type of needles in back that just beg the TSA to give you grief.

If you haven’t thrown your pins out already, they’re likely languishing in a drawer. But not for me! I put on my arts and crafts hat and made … magnets!

Behold, the process of creation:

Grab some pliers and rip out the hook and pin in the back:

Buy some magnets. This pack of eight from Michael’s ran a whopping $1.50:

Apply glue to the backing. I used Aleene’s Tacky Glue. Any super glue will work, really:

Apply the magnets and let them sit. They really need a good six hours before the glue hardens and turns from white to clear.

Behold! I give you the fridge which is so much more literary than your fridge!

Thanks to (starting at the left and going clockwise) Willow Springs, The Journal, Five Points, Oxford Magazine, Rain Taxi Review of Books, Pank and The Southern Review for providing the art supplies for this little artistic jaunt.