PHOTOCRAFT
Cool Things to Do
with the Pictures You Love
by Laurie Frankel,
Caroline Herter,
and Laura Lovett
Fall 2005
Bulfinch
$19.95
Hardcover
Available from Amazon here or your local or online bookseller.
From innovative frames, murals, screens, and mobiles to lampshades, pillows, quilts, wallpaper, and stationery, PHOTOCRAFT features 50 simple, stylish, and affordable ideas for preserving, manipulating, and displaying your favorite photographs.
Wouldn’t you like to live with your favorite images, rather than dig out those dusty old albums once a decade? Simple and inexpensive technologies now make this possible. PHOTOCRAFT is the first lifestyle/craft book devoted entirely to transforming photographic images into imaginative and stylish projects to enjoy at home or give as gifts.
Projects include:
Photo transfers
The Coolest Tissue Box
Photo Bracelets
Slide-Mount Pins
"We Love You" Bear
Festive Votives
Tile Coasters
"Antiquing" a New Photograph
Decouping Suitcase
Kids' Party Invitations
Holiday Gift Wrap
Note Cards
Family Photo Album
Create Your Own Brand
Accordion Frame
Pet Place Mats
Your Own Andy Warhol
Hand-Colored Photographs
Mirror Frame
Chair Rail Border
Metal Tins
Blueprints
Jewel Case Display
Silk Scarf
Painting with Photo Inset
Faux Tintype Jewelry
Flea Market Display
Growth Chart
Throw Pillow
Antique Shows Baby Quilt
Sylvia's Tote
Rearranged Photograph
The Emperor's Box
Kitchen Clock
Repurposed Window Frame
Tile-Topped Plant Stand
Vellum Lampshades
Hanging Mural
Folding Screen
Collage Under Glass
Shower Curtain
