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Hi! This is Ginny with Simply Beautiful Crafts on behalf of Expert Village and today we are
going to make a picture frame for that very special canine member of the family. There
are many different ways you could make a picture frame like this, but I was absolutely captivated
with these darling little spools of thread that I found in the craft store. You can also
find them in your fabric store and this one had little paw prints all over it. I also
found sets of buttons in the craft store. This one has a set that says woof and love
that dog, a fire hydrant and all kinds of things with it. Perhaps one of your biggest
challenges is to decide exactly what you do want to put on your wreath. The first thing
you want to do for your picture frame is to weave your ribbon through your picture frame.
You want to start from behind, come up and cover a joint; you are going to go all the
way around your wreath, putting your ribbon through one side and out of the other. You
want to make sure that it stays straight especially if it is a ribbon that has been printed just
on one side. Once you get all the way around your wreath or your picture frame and you
have your ribbon just exactly as it should be, you are going to want to secure that ribbon.
Turn your picture frame over, lay a bead of hot glue in the seam, press the very end of
your ribbon into that until it is cool, clip it off if you need to and do that to the other
side. Once you have secured your ribbon through your wreath, you are ready to decide what
you want to do to embellish it. As you can see, I chose to put some of these little paw
prints and some of the dog bones around; play with it, move it around, decide how you like
it and get that balance that you want. When you have that set, you can either put your
hot glue on the back of your button or plastic piece or write on your pretzel and let it
sit for a just a second and it is very secured. When you have gotten to that point if you
want to make a picture frame from this, chose a piece of oak board or tag board or even
a piece of 3 x 5 card, find something that fits or cut it to fit. I like to trim the
corners and just secure it at the bottom or on one side, so that it is loose and you can
slip a picture inside it. The last thing I did was to make a bow. It is just a simple
one loop bow and put a little embellishment in the middle of it and then take some more
of the ribbon to make a hanger so that you can hang this picture frame with your very
special canine family member.