Plant Labels from Wine Corks

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Finished Product

Step One: Collect wine corks.
Step Two: Use your cork screw to poke a hole into the cork about 1/3 of the way.
Step Three: Insert a wooden skewer.
Step Four: Use a permanent marker to label the plant name.

Display Your Baby's Shoes

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Finished Product

Step One: Purchase a shadowbox frame. I found mine at a flea market for $3.
Step Two: Paint your frame if desired.
Step Three: Glue scrapbook paper or fabric to the back of the shadowbox. Paper can be adhered with spray adhesive. For fabric use fabic glue or modpodge. Let dry.
Step Four: Attach shoes to the backing with hot glue. Let it dry.

Melted Crayon Art

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Finished Product

Step One: Peel off crayon wrappers.
Step Two: Snap crayons in two pieces depending on the size of your canvas.
Step Three: Sketch or freehand design with pencil onto canvas.
Step Four: Place crayons onto design and hot glue them down.
Step Five: Once all the crayons are hot glued onto the canvas, spread newspaper out in your work area.
Step Six: You can use a hair dryer on a hot setting to melt the crayon or I used an embosser. Hold heat over tips of crayons and angle your canvas the way you want the wax to drip while holding canvas in one hand and the heat source in the other. Heat in sections and let dry before rotating your canvas.

Canvas with Quotes

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Finished Product

Step One: For this project you could use a white canvas or a shoebox lid. I used a white canvas that I bought in a pack from Hobby Lobby.
Step Two: I tore scraps of scrapbook paper and Modpodged them to the canvas. Let it dry overnight.
Step Three: Buy vinyl adhesive letters from Hobby Lobby, or in the boating section of Home Depot.
Step Four: Place letters on canvas. Rub down each letter so paint can't seep under.
Step Five: Paint over the entire canvas including the letters with any color craft paint.
Step Six: While the paint is wet, peel off vinyl letters carefully. Use a toothpick if necessary to help lift the edges of letters.
Step Seven: Let canvas dry overnight.

Upcycled Picture Frame

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Finished Products

Step One: Buy old picture frame from Goodwill or Flea Markets. Look for frames with great detail.
Step Two: Spray paint frame any color.
Step Three: Find ribbon that matches your freshly painted frame.
Step Four: Hot glue the ends of the ribbon to the sides of the frame.
Step Five: Buy mini clothes pins from a craft store. Spray paint clothes pins any color you want.
Step Six: Print out pictures and attach with mini clothespins.

Picture Frame Tray

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Finished Product

Step One: Disassemble a picture frame from Goodwill.
Step Two: Spray paint frame desired color. Once paint is dry, spray with a clear coat.
Step Three: Glue scrapbook paper, maps, book pages or fabric to the backing of the frame.
Step Four: Once glue has dried, reassemble picture frame.

Pawprint Art

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Finished Product

Step One: Select your subject, preferably a willing dog.This will be crucial to the success of your project.
Step Two: Use a small artist brush to paint black craft paint on your model's paw. You will need an assistant to hold the model.
Step Three: Bring a piece of copy paper to the paw and press lightly. I found that this worked better than having the dog step onto the paper. Don't worry about small smears or smudges, you will fix these in step four.
Step Four: Use correction fluid (white-out) to "correct" or "erase" any stray black marks.
Step Five: Place this paper once dried on glass of copy machine and copy to white cardstock. This way the corrected places will not show.
Step Six: Print out your dogs name onto white cardstock and place on a small square of black cardstock.
Step Seven: Frame using a black mat for contrast.