Reciepe Card holder

Materials needed:



1 Wooden frame. 5x7 for recipe card size. (I purchased mine from the dollar store)

piece of chicken wire to fit opening. (Lowes 10'x 24" was $3-4 you can purchase some from me for 1penny an inch)

wire cutters

Staple gun

hammer

decorative paper, wrapping paper, wall paper . . . I think that you get the idea. Cut to fit in your frame

buttons or other type of embellishments if wanted and glue to adhere them

mod-podge and paint brush



OK so lets get started.

1. So to start off you will want to remove the back and glass from your frame. You can throw the glass out but keep the backing you will need this later!

2. Cut a piece of chicken wire to fit the inside of your frame. Staple and hammer into place one side at a time pulling tight and shaping the wire as you go. Make sure that you staple all "loose ends" you don't want your wire to unravel when you trim it. Use your wire cutters to curl in your ends so that you have no sharp edges. The back of your frame should look something like this at this point. (Just a note -make sure that your chicken wire is going in the same direction pictured. If not your reciepe card may not fit.)

3. Use the back of your hammer to push the wire into the grooves on your frame so that you can fit your backing into it later.

4. Take your decorative paper and mod-podge on to the backing of your frame and also on the back of your paper. This will help to maker sure that your edges do not curl up as it dries. Place paper on the frame backing and apply pressure to make sure that you have no bubbles. When dry Mod-podge over the front of your paper. This is an Important step. This seals your paper so that if you should spill or get splatters you can wipe it off without messing things up.

5. Glue on any embellishments that you want to add.

6. Put backing into the frame

And you are done! See that was painless wasn't it! This is a project that you could put into many different sizes to organize may different things. This is great for little girl hair accessories. If you add alligator clips this is a very easy way to organize your mail and keys. The options are endless!