Graduation Gifts

When I graduated from Saint Louis University in May, I wanted to do something personal for my close friends. This is what I ended up making:

I bought a bunch of square glass plates, picked out a different picture for each friend, and used Mod Podge to affix the photo to the underside of the plate. I cut out randomly shaped pieces of different colored tissue paper and chose pieces whose colors worked well with colors in the photo. Starting along the edge of the picture, I used Mod Podge both underneath and on top of the pieces of tissue paper and added layers until I reached the edge. I added a second layer of Mod Podge once the first layer was dry. Another relatively easy project that produced a nice end result. One could do this with not only photographs, but sentimental quotes and other items as well.