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Ideas for Framing Wine Labels

Wine enthusiasts usually care more about the taste of a wine than its packaging. But to a wine lover with crafty ambitions, wine labels make for design-savvy, free art. You can frame these micro-design gems in a few ways, depending on cost limitations. Framed wine labels make for inexpensive but classy gifts or decorations with a personal history. All you have to do is polish off the bottle to get started.
  1. Wood Frames

    • Small wood frames can create a rustic look when they surround a wine label. You can make these frames or buy them, although your label might need a trim in order to fit properly behind the pre-sized glass. To make them you use wood slats and paint them. Tack the labels to a cut piece of glass or clean plastic at the upper corners. Then glue the wood over the glass covering where the tack holds the label.

    Recycled Frame

    • One sweet and easy way to frame wine labels can come right off your shelf. Clear CD jewel cases make great frames and coasters, although the look is more do-it-yourself craft than elegant. For students or young people going for an eclectic look on a budget, framing wine labels with CD cases proves cheap and sturdy. You can later pull out the label if you decide to upgrade.

    Metal Frame

    • Frame shops offer metal frames that often cost less than wood ones. You have several options for size and can choose a frame according to the color-palette range of the labels. Metal frames often come with multiple glass slots, so you can frame three or four labels in one frame. You may want to commemorate a region where you tasted and frame by region or type of grape.

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