DIY projects to display your favorite photos
Get those photos off your computer. Here are several DIY projects that will allow you to display photos of your treasured moments in style. These also make great gifts.
Wow! I really cherish the great photos I have of family and friends. These photos bring back fantastic memories of happy times, momentous occasions, and accomplishments. My mom created beautiful albums filled with pictures of my brother, sister, and I growing up. It is so much fun to look through these albums. Even though many of these wonderful individuals are no longer around to be part of my life, it’s great to remember the important role they played in shaping who I am.
Looking through these albums is also a great way for me to share my family history with my son. When he was born, I had the good intention of creating photo albums to chronicle his life. I bought my first digital camera just before he was born. In fact, I was reading the manual in the hospital waiting for his arrival. This new digital capability was exciting and I was able to take a gazillion photos to ensure we captured the perfect moments. The problem? My son’s life is trapped on CD’s, flash drives, and hard drives. Do you face the same dilemma? Read on!
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Wood Transfer
This is a fantastic DIY photo display project from Hunker. The natural wood slice makes a fantastic background for any picture, but really adds a special touch for a picture with a connection to nature. You could use the technique outlined in the article for other wood backgrounds. I think I might also try a wooden cutting board with an interesting shape. 
Crib Mattress Spring
What an interesting way to display photos! This mattress spring ‘frame’ from PetaPixel repurposes old ‘junk’ and creates a beautiful background for lots of photos. Binder clips or clothes pins make it easy to swap out the pictures.
Scrap Wood Picture Frame
This simple picture display idea can be found at homedit. You could use different wood, different stain colors, and different borders. These look great when several are hung together. This definitely provides a rustic look or whitewash the wood for a farmhouse touch. 
Personalized Photo Coasters
If you have wooden tables, coasters are essential to protecting the surface from heat and water rings. Make personalized coasters following the guidelines provided by Balancing Beauty and Bedlam. Pick random photos or stick with a theme. Whatever works for you. You can even create mini collages on the tiles to cram in more memories. These coasters make fantastic, inexpensive gifts. 
Wood and Binder Clip Photo Display
This great display idea from Love and Renovations can be made in about an hour. The binder clips make it very convenient to change pictures to highlight recent events or even display party invitations. I would like to make one with the words ‘inspiration’ or ‘dreams’. What a fun place to hang pictures that I find inspiring for my next renovation project or dream vacation. 
Photo Collage Letters
These photo collage letters from Anything and Everything are relatively easy to make with wooden letters available on-line. They can easily be be personalized for any occasion. Pick a letter, spell a special word, select random or theme photos, and select an accent paint color for the sides. 
DIY Phone and Picture Holder
Why not make your photo holder work for you. This easy DIY project from Anika’s DIY Life provides you with a place to store and charge your phone, while hiding the annoying cords out of sight. So easy to customize the color and features to complement your space. 
Photo Trays and Jewelry with Resin
Photos are the perfect template for personalized gifts. I recently created a photo tray and bracelets using resin. I made the tray for my mom. She loves to serve drinks on her patio, so this will come in handy and remind her of her grandkids. I also treated co-workers to a gift to celebrate our interesting work as microbiologists. We invent better ways to kill bacteria and have a lot of fun working together. 
Photo Lampshade
This photo lampshade from Mommy Moment is a great conversation piece. We all need a little light in our homes, so why not make it personal?
Dollar Store Picture Frame Tray
Try out this super simple, inexpensive photo display project from Little House of Four. Grab a picture frame at the dollar store and add a photo or make a photo collage with a pretty paper/wrapping paper background. Get clever with the handle ideas. Maybe you have old drawer pulls from a remodel project or even consider using leftover paint. Low financial commitment with this project and easy to ‘do over’, so feel free to experiment and find out what works for you. 
Do you have cool photo displays that you have created? Please share so the rest of us can get our cherished moments out of our electronic devices and into a display the we can enjoy.
