Quick Gifts You Can Create With Pictures
If you are looking for a fast and easy gift, sometimes one that you come up with yourself might be the best choice. Because pictures are such a personal item, they can be the ideal material for making gifts that will be cherished by the recipient. Picture gifts are also a fantastic option to think about if you're low on money. With minimal expense and just a little time, effort and ingenuity, you can quickly make a very nice gift. Here are a few photo gift ideas to help get you started.
Fast and Easy Scrapbooks
Even though a lot of money can be used on an elegant and embellished scrapbook album, it can be just as wonderful to give a basic hand-made book as a gift. If you've got a substantial number of photographs but not so much money, make a simple photo album that anybody would like. Begin by collecting a few photographs that you are sure the other person would love. You can even make duplicates of some of the photos you have displayed in metal picture frames throughout your own home. This approach can be particularly good to use if the person you are giving the album to has admired these photos before when they have been at your house. To make an album quickly, cut out several pieces of some heavy cardstock or some light poster board. Each piece of board should be two times the width of the dimensions that you really want your completed scrapbook to be. For instance, to make an album with a finished dimension of 5 x 5 inches, then you will want to cut 5 x 10 inch pieces of cardboard. If you cut out a total number of 6 sections, then your completed book will have 10 pages and also a cover for the front and the back. Naturally, you'll have the ability to put photos on both the front and the back of the pages. Fold each piece of cardboard in half. Then, poke four evenly spaced holes into each page all along the fold, making sure that the holes are in the same position for every page. Tie the pages together with two pieces of yarn or cord, using one length in each pair of two holes. Then you will be able to adhere colorful paper to the outside of the scrapbook, forming a cover. Then just glue some squares of scrapbooking paper to both the back and front of all the pages. Then all you have left to do is position pictures on each page and you're sure to have a nice but cost-effective gift.
Photograph Collections in Frames
For merely the cost of a couple 5x7 picture frames, you can put together an arrangement of pictures that the receiver of your gift will be pleased to exhibit on the shelf or up on a wall. Begin by selecting a few frames that you know they will love. It can be particularly nice to choose a frame that will go nicely with the decor of their home. Find a few photos that you are sure they will enjoy, producing copies of them if necessary. Insert the photos in frames and you'll have a quick gift that will certainly be appreciated.
A Snapshot Poster
If you possess a few especially nice photos that you are certain that your gift recipient will enjoy, try enlarging them to form one or more large posters. Then, simply insert the photo enlargements in picture frames, and you'll have an instant gift.
You are sure to be a fan of these quick and easy gifts that any gift recipient would be happy to receive, whether they are friends or family.
Fast and Easy Scrapbooks
Even though a lot of money can be used on an elegant and embellished scrapbook album, it can be just as wonderful to give a basic hand-made book as a gift. If you've got a substantial number of photographs but not so much money, make a simple photo album that anybody would like. Begin by collecting a few photographs that you are sure the other person would love. You can even make duplicates of some of the photos you have displayed in metal picture frames throughout your own home. This approach can be particularly good to use if the person you are giving the album to has admired these photos before when they have been at your house. To make an album quickly, cut out several pieces of some heavy cardstock or some light poster board. Each piece of board should be two times the width of the dimensions that you really want your completed scrapbook to be. For instance, to make an album with a finished dimension of 5 x 5 inches, then you will want to cut 5 x 10 inch pieces of cardboard. If you cut out a total number of 6 sections, then your completed book will have 10 pages and also a cover for the front and the back. Naturally, you'll have the ability to put photos on both the front and the back of the pages. Fold each piece of cardboard in half. Then, poke four evenly spaced holes into each page all along the fold, making sure that the holes are in the same position for every page. Tie the pages together with two pieces of yarn or cord, using one length in each pair of two holes. Then you will be able to adhere colorful paper to the outside of the scrapbook, forming a cover. Then just glue some squares of scrapbooking paper to both the back and front of all the pages. Then all you have left to do is position pictures on each page and you're sure to have a nice but cost-effective gift.
Photograph Collections in Frames
For merely the cost of a couple 5x7 picture frames, you can put together an arrangement of pictures that the receiver of your gift will be pleased to exhibit on the shelf or up on a wall. Begin by selecting a few frames that you know they will love. It can be particularly nice to choose a frame that will go nicely with the decor of their home. Find a few photos that you are sure they will enjoy, producing copies of them if necessary. Insert the photos in frames and you'll have a quick gift that will certainly be appreciated.
A Snapshot Poster
If you possess a few especially nice photos that you are certain that your gift recipient will enjoy, try enlarging them to form one or more large posters. Then, simply insert the photo enlargements in picture frames, and you'll have an instant gift.
You are sure to be a fan of these quick and easy gifts that any gift recipient would be happy to receive, whether they are friends or family.
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