Degraded Image: 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…