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Valentine’s Gift

By Gabrielle Turgeon

Before and After

Step One: Choices• First choose a

picture that you want to use.

• Put it in a word document and change the printing option to “landscape”

• This picture will go on the outside of the craft.

Step 2: Print• Choose different

pictures to put into a booklet

• Make sure to choose “landscape” again for the printing options.

• Leave room on one side for words. Resize the photo if you must.

Step 3: Booklet Making

• Order the pages however you want and then fold them in half.

• Staple the outside of the photos to hold them together like the binding of a book.

Step 4: Checking• It is very important to

make sure that the booklet is how you want.

• Make sure your makeshift binding holds together and looks good as well as making sure the pictures are in the order you want them to be.

Step 5: Writing a Note

• Write a nice note for every picture on the opposite side of the booklet.

• If you so desire, you can even write in when the picture was taken.

• It is basically turning into a very mini, makeshift scrapbook.

Step 6: Label the Scrapbook

• Make sure to label the front of the scrapbook/booklet however you want

• Since mine was for Valentine’s Day, I labeled it accordingly.

Step 7: The Craft Design

• Cut out the photo you want on the outside of the craft.

• Make sure to leave no white on the outside.

Step 8: Designing the Design

• Create any design you want.

• Make sure it is small enough to put on the picture

• Tape it to the photo with clear tape.

Step 9: Get Creative• For my craft, I filled

a Mike’s Hard Lemonade glass bottle with Aquarium rocks for fish that were pink and purple.

• You don’t need to remove the label, because you will end up covering it.

Step 10: Decorate Craft

• Using clear tape, tape your photo around the bottle.

• For stylistic purposes, you can cut the corners off the photo once it is taped to make it look a bit neater.

Voila!• Last step is to give

the craft as a gift.

• As it is handmade, it is bound to be a hit.

• Probably…