For as long as I can remember, we always had decorative magnets on our fridge. When I was a kid, my grandmother’s refrigerator always had silly little magnets on it that we’d find in our cereal or Cracker Jack boxes. My grandpa was just as big a kid and would get as excited about the magnets as we would.
One of my fondest memories is from the 1970s. I remember getting a cereal called Freakies, and it came with a magnet in the shape of a monster. There were several different monsters, but they were all very cool. I wish I still had a couple of those.
The women in my family always used the refrigerator magnets to show off our schoolwork, announcements, grocery lists, and a lot more. I remember going over to the little Five and Dime store and looking through all the magnets and finding one with a cute picture or saying on it. I still do it.
Even as I grew older and started a family of my own, I had magnets on my refrigerator. I had the alphabet ones for my kids when they were little and sports picture magnets when they got older. I still have several magnets that I can’t even tell you when or where I got them. They just miraculously appeared.
As a crafter, I’ve started making my own refrigerator magnets. I’m doing my first craft fair in a few weeks, and I thought magnets would be something that not a lot of other people would think to make. I’m also a huge paper crafter, so I came up with an idea to put the two together.
I’m not sure if refrigerator magnets were a thing for all households or just mine. Maybe it was just a regional thing, as I do know of several people in our circle of friends whose fridges were filled with magnets. I always wondered what people from other cities/countries had on their fridges to hold up their child’s latest creation.
Did you and your families have fridges filled with magnets? If so, did you have a favorite? I’d love to know.
Until next time,
Miss Chris
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Christine Graves has been writing for more than 30 years. She runs several blogs, including Priestess of Words, Collected Keepsakes, and Mystic Realms, all of which are part of her company, Graves Publications.
Christine is also an avid crafter and multi-media artist. She runs two online stores. Prairied Treasures is where she showcases her handmade greeting cards and other multimedia art, and Pathways through the Past is where she sells her AI art creations on a wide variety of products.
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