One of the most popular things I've ever put up on my blog is the dishwasher dirty/clean indicator I made almost two years ago exactly.  People email me all the time asking me to make one for them.  Since they take hours to make out of felt, I always decline.

But recently I had an idea.  Why not make one out of paper and make the dress the magnet?  It's so smart that it makes me feel dumb that I didn't think of it in the last two years.

This is a prototype that I made for one of good web-friend who really-really wanted one for a male friend of hers.

I printed the girl on card stock (and some instructions on the back) and then laminated it with SelfSeal Repositionable laminating sheets.  I figured it should be waterproof since wet soapy hands will be touching it.  

For the magnet, I cut out the dress shape from an advertising magnet that was on my fridge.  Then I printed a paisley pattern* on some sticker paper and stuck it to the magnet.  Finally, I used a laminating sheet to waterproof the top of the magnet.

It cracks me up that this is one of my most popular designs since it was a playful thing I made for giggles.  Wouldn't it be funny if some big chain contacted me to license** the design?  OK, it  wouldn't be funny ... it would be awesome.  I would love to be a millionaire and tell people I made all my money in dirty/clean dishwasher magnets.

* The paisley design is one that got sent out free in my weekly Dover Sampler email.  They usually have some great royalty-free stuff in there which I save on my computer.  I'm so happy that I've finally used one!

** I own the copyright for my Dirty/Clean Dishwasher Magnet, so don't go making these and selling them.  Especially you, China.