Photo Projects

Rescue your favorite photographs from shoe boxes and other dark hiding places with clever photo crafts.

Who says your favorite photo has to be on the wall or in a frame? Make your tote bag one of a kind by embellishing it with a memorable image.

Moms-to-be can watch their growing bellies blossom with a fun flip book. To best capture the progress, bellies should always be shot in profile and done on the same day each week. Write the week of pregnancy on a sticky note and place it on your stomach. 

Stack the prints in sequential order and keep adding more, using binder clips to hold them together. 

A handmade card with photographs depicting different generations shows that the things parents and children have in common transcend the passing styles of the times.

Here's a Good Thing you can use on your scrapbook pages, on cards, or even to embellish a photo mat.

Pick your favorite family photos, download our cover design, and glue it to a plain album with removable pages for a beautiful collection of memories.

Jewelry embellished with baby photos is sure to charm any new mother or grandmother. Give photographs of the children a sepia tone, then dangle them from a charm bracelet or pendant necklace.

If you're the type who lets photos languish in a drawer, why not bind them into instant mini photo albums as soon as you get them in your hands?

A touch of glitter on family photos highlights charming elements like a birthday cake or just-blown bubbles.

Special family photos stack up as playful wall art. Arrange same-size vertical snapshots in a grid using removable double-sided tape.

Transfer your favorite photos onto a washable pillowcase for a beautiful keepsake.

Add a memorable black-and-white photograph to a small metal tin with a glass lid (available at crafts stores in assorted sizes) to always keep a familiar face around the office.

To create a quiet corner of variously sized black-and-white pictures, have photos mounted in frames of the same color or design. Two or three pictures identical in size can be matted together. Hang the frames in a loose spiral pattern with your favorite picture at the center.

Create custom stencils using your favorite photographs, spray paint, and tracing paper.

Enjoy your favorite photo every day by incorporating it into a calendar with our printable clip-art monthly pages in orange or gray.

Wallet-size accordion brag books filled with snapshots make wonderful keepsakes for relatives who have yet to see the full range of your baby's first expressions. Make one or several for family and friends.

Use loop-shaped craft punches to create handmade photo frame ornaments to hang from your tree or give as a gift.

With a technique we call glitter painting and the help of a computer, transforming photographs into fanciful works of art is easy.

Scan a photo of a party's honored guest into your computer and print using sticker paper for round labels.

Make a decorative photo plate using a special photograph and a laser printer.

Using photo-editing software, you can take your favorite snapshots of birthday or anniversary celebrants and transform them into party decorations, gift tags, and favors.

Make frame-style cards to highlight digital photographs of family or pets during the holidays. Here, Martha shows off her kittens, Sirius and Electra.

Create a glowing photo centerpiece with black-and-white photos, three hinged photo frames, and votive candles.