A Spare Time Creative: Congrats to the Grads!

Hello,

We have reached the time of year that many students have been waiting for... graduation! Graduation is the culmination of so much work, the grads deserve to be celebrated! My personal favorite way to mark such a grand achievement is to share a bottle of wine with my friend, the graduate, (providing that the are of legal drinking age, of course).

When a friend reached this great milestone recently, I decided to fancy up the bottle a little bit.

Here is what you will need:

Black Construction Paper (or felt)
Scissors
Tape (double sided) or Glue
Embroidery Thread
Needle
Bottle of Wine :)

The first step is to cut a strip of paper, about an inch wide and 3"-4" long.

Next, wrap the strip around the neck of the bottle.

Secure with tape or glue.

Go back to your construction paper or felt and cut out a square. Mine was about 2"x2".

Thread your needle and then go through the middle of your square.

Pull it through, making sure that there is a knot at the end to keeping it from pulling all the way through.

Take your needle and thread it back through the square near the the first hole. This time you will go top to bottom rather than bottom to top. Be sure that you leave a loop that hangs off the edge of the square. This is important for the formation of your tassel.

Next, cut 3 or 4 strands of the embroidery thread about an 1.5" to 2" long.

Place the loose strings halfway through the loop on the square.

Pull the tails of the loose strings down and take another piece of thread and tie it around the loose pieces slightly below where the loop.

Trim the strings as needed. I also decided that I wanted my tassel to hang shorter. It was easy to pull the strings and tape them at the desired length.

Place glue or tape on the cylinder that you made to go around the neck of the bottle. I used double sided tape.