Design Crafters

Use your family photographs for photo holiday cards or for lots of different holiday gifts. In this post, we will talk about ways to find digital photo resources online. In part 2, we will talk about how to use your inkjet or laser printer to make masterpieces.

Digital photos are becoming the standard in photography. Though some folks still have the kind of camera that uses films, digital cameras have dropped in price so much, that most people prefer to use them. In addition to costing very little to buy the actual camera, consumers can save hundreds of dollars in film costs by uploading photos to the computer for editing.

Once the digital photos are taken and the memory stick or USB cable is used to upload them onto the computer, there are several options available for creating keepsakes.

Shutterfly’s website offers several different services that take your submissions and create lots of cool gifts. You can order photo books, ornaments, calendars, t shirts, mugs, address labels, stickers…the list goes on endlessly. Other sites to try include American Greeting’s PhotoWorks  and Kodak Gallery.

There are also some cool, non traditional photo gift sites:

• Design Mosaic: this site takes your digital photos and uses them as smaller parts of a larger photo of whomever you choose. Hard to explain, cool to see, worth checking out.
• Personalization Mall: takes your picture and puts it on anything…really…I saw pictures on golfballs.
• Smilebox: has a free slideshow maker that allows you to add music. Very cool to make slideshows and give them away at the holidays!

These are just a few of the resources available to help you make your photos absolutely amazing and very meaningful gifts. This year, share snippets from your life with your family. They will definitely appreciate it!