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Recycling Old Magazines Creatively

Have you ever found yourself with a never-ending pile of magazines that you're not sure what to do with? I found myself in that dilemma and I was taught a cute trick for old magazines. This is one of those crafts that can be done sitting watching a movie or visiting with your friends. Once you figure this trick out there will be no stopping you!

What you will need:

1 giant stack of old magazines, one will suffice

scissors

lots and lots of patience

Heres what you do:

Step 1. Cut out a strip of paper about 1/2 an inch wide and the enter length of the paper

Step 2. This is where it gets a little tricky... take your strip and make a flat knot on the end that will make the shape of a pentagon.

Step 3. There should be a little tail coming out of the end of your knot. You need to tuck that in the center of the pentagon shape that you have just made.

Step 4. Now you should have a flattened pentagon shape at the end of your paper strip.

Step 5. Now take the rest of your strip and fold the paper over the pentagon shape. MAKE SURE YOUR PAPER STAYS IN THE PENTAGON SHAPE.

Step 6. Eventually you should run out of paper and what you need to do is tuck the tail into the center of the pentagon.

Step 7. Now this is the critical step. What you do is take four of your fingers, two from each hand and put them on four of the edges of your pentagon.

Step 8. Put pressure evenly on the edges and it should push it in to a STAR :)

Step 9. Now repeat for a plethora of stars

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Let's Not Ignore the Rub-ons

Last week I shared how to make your own "Rub-on" type of artwork. I thought that the real Rub-on should not be neglected. The perk of using actual Rub-ons is that they for one stay on the glass a lot better and there are more choices in script and color. I picked one out that was two-tone and I actually really love this piece of art.

What you will need:

1 Rub-on of your choice

1 frame, make sure your Rub-on will fit in it

1 piece of scrap-book paper

Here's what you do:

Step 1. Use the picture thats already in the frame and cut out a piece of paper to go in the frame.

Step2. Just follow the instructions that come with your Rub-on

Step 3. Enjoy your new piece of art!

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Customized Art Work

This project is great for a favorite word or saying you might have. I was walking through Porters one day and they had all their rub-ons, which are great by the way, and there were a lot of different choices but nothing was grabbing my attention that day. I wandered into the Scrap Booking section of Porters and I came across these great alphabet stickers. The thought dawned on me that perhaps I could make my own "rub-on" type artwork. I discovered it works quite well!

What you will need:

1 piece of scrap-booking paper

1 small frame

1 package of alphabet letters

scissors

Heres what you do:

Step 1. Most frames come with a picture that is already in the frame so use that as a tracer on your scrap-booking paper and cut out enough paper to fill the inside of your frame.

Step 2. Decide what you want to say on your frame.

Step 3. Mark the center of your glass with a dry eraser, use a light color though so it doesn't leave a mark.

Step 4. Take into account how wide your word is going to be, remember each letter is going to be a different width and height.

Step 5. Start at the center of the word and carefully place each letter on.

Step 6. Once the entire word is placed and you're sure that your letters are centered and straight press down on each of them to secure them

Step 7. Put the glass into the frame!

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