A Valentines Gift

Are you looking for an inexpensive Valentines gift to give to a family member? Or maybe just a way to get your house ready for the upcoming Holiday?

I recently made a cheap and easy picture frame. I thought that I would share a tutorial.

Materials needed:

• $1 wooden frame from Michaels
• Old book
• Scissors
• Mod Podge
• Black and red paper

       Step 1. Tear pages from an old book. (That is always the saddest part.)

 Step 2. Cut pages into squares. My squares were about 2 in. x 2 in.

    Step 3. Apply Mod Podge to your wooden frame.

Step 4. Lay squares on top of the frame. Notice how my squares are bigger than the width of the frame? I did that so I could just fold the paper over, covering the inside and outside edge of the frame as well. Once everything was glued down, I put a coat of Mod Podge on top as well.

 

 

 

 

   

    Step 5. Add some hearts!

 

Step 6. Add some LOVE! I used my circuit to cut these letters out. My circuit will cut out any font in Microsoft Word. The font I used was French Script MT. If you don’t have a circuit, you could just print off the letters using Microsoft Word.

Easy. Easy. Seriously after I got the idea in my head- five minutes later it was done. Maybe I could stretch that to ten minutes if you count the time it took to have my circuit to cut out the letters.

 

This one is on my Mantel.

I also made one as a gift, and put this picture inside. Can you guess who it is for?

 

I heart Valentines Day!