Ruffled Camera Strap

 

Char at Crap I've Made has posted a great tutorial on how to make these adorable ruffled camera straps. I am putting this on my to do list. So adorable! Thanks for sharing!

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Valentine's Day Photo Card

What a clever idea from 24:7:365 for a homemade valentine's card. I am always looking for fun crafts to do with photography. I LOVE this! Just take the picture, print it, and poke two holes for the sucker to go through. Brilliant.

 

 

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Cd photo cube

Maybe the rest of you already know about this project, but when I found it, I was ready to make hundreds.  I LOVE this!  It is a culmination of all the elements that I love in my life...Family, pictures, crafts, organization, paper, doodads, recycling, trash to treasure, low cost gifts, you name it.  All wrapped up in a thing called a CD PHOTO CUBE.  I got the idea from a blog called "Paper Jewels".

 

On her blog, she has a video tutorial that explains exactly how to make these little pieces of happiness.  She also has a gallery of ones that others have made.  I have been saving CD cases forever and now have a great way to use, display and give them as nice gifts.  If you decide to make one, please post it for all of us to see.

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Personalized Books

I made a couple personalized books for my son a few years back out of the many photographs I have taken of him. I have been thinking about making one for my youngest son and realized I don't have quite as many pictures of him. His books will be much harder to design. But here is what I did. I went to one of the many sites that let's you create a hardbound book, (my favorite is Shutterfly) and I designed an ABC book.

Each page has picture of my son with the things he loves.

Starting with A and ending with Z....

Z was easy for us because my last name is Zappe. He loves his books and learns while he reads them. I also made a Colors and Numbers one. If you take a lot of pictures these books are so easy and will be cherished for years.

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Make a Christmas Ornament

How Does She shares 10 really cool things you can do with wooden blocks. I really liked this idea of making Christmas ornaments out of pictures that you love. They look super easy to make. Here is her tutorial:

1. Paint your block (I just used craft paint).

2.  Mod Podge a picture on one of the sides.

3.  Sand any leftover picture paper off.

4.  Screw in an ‘eye’ in the top.

5.  Add ribbon

6. Admire

 

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