Photo Projects

January 05, 2011

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Photo-Transfer Tote Bag

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.

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Bottle-Cap Magnets and Thumbtacks

Credit: James Merrell
How to Make Bottle-Cap Magnets and Thumbtacks

A homey take on the traditional locket, bottle caps inset with small pictures can be used as thumbtacks or magnets.

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Photo Flip Book

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. 

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Ribbon Frame

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

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Generations Album

Credit: Gemma Comas

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.

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Photograph Jewelry

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.

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Instant Photo Album

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?

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Photo Montage

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

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Picture Pillow

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

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Photo Tin

Credit: James Merrell

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.

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Photo Tray

Credit: James Merrell

Enhance household objects, such as a vintage vanity tray, with copies of family photos. A glazier can cut a piece of glass to fit inside the tray to protect the image.

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Spiral Photo Arrangement

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.

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Punched-Paper Ornaments

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

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Pet Stationery Set

Credit: James Merrell

Convert pictures of pets and other animals to black and white and amplify the contrast using computer software. Cut out shapes and glue to cards for a memorable stationery set.

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Photo Party Tags

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.

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Photo Centerpiece

How to Make a Photo Centerpiece

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

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