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These ideas will come in handy for friends of photographers, photographers themselves, and in general for all those who like to click - a few DIY gifts for which you only need a pack of your favorite photos:

1. Photo collage

This idea is suitable for a romantic anniversary, February 14th, wedding party decoration.

Create a heart for your beloved (beloved) from your joint photos. Under such a heart with the most unforgettable moments, by candlelight, you can confess your love or make an offer - any girl will simply melt.

In general, “photo walls” are now very popular - they decorate both apartments and offices:

2. Photo magnets

This idea will appeal to Polaroid fans. As a result, you get such small magnets with square photographs -

Especially convenient is that the Polaroid camera itself is not needed to create these magnets. So, how to do :

Create some "Polaroid" photos in Photoshop using a special frame. You can pick up any sizes, here, for example, they took a very small scale (about 2 by 2 cm). Print the resulting photos with a frame in a photo workshop. Cut out the photos and stick them on a layer of cardboard for strength, and then on a magnet (Magnetic tapes for creativity are suitable - they are sold in hobby stores).

This idea can be very interesting to beat:

Use such magnets as an alternative to souvenirs from other countries: make magnets with photos of your trip and give them to friends;
- create interesting series: from the best moments with your loved one, the first photos of your child;
- make a magnetic photo puzzle: cut a large photo into squares (you can even into different parts) and stick it on magnets.

And here is another simple idea for creating photo magnets or buttons - from bottle caps.

3. Photocube

A photo cube can be made in two ways: glue a real cube (from a children's designer, Rubik's cube) with square photographs or glue it directly from paper or photographs. To do this, in Photoshop, you need to draw such a layout (only 2 times more), place photos on it (think about where the “top” and “bottom” of the cube will be) and print it in a photo workshop.

Make several cubes in the same style, but different sizes, pay attention to the color scheme, for example, black and white will fit into almost any interior.

4. Photo albums. scrapbooking

Scrapbooking is the art of creating beautiful memorable albums, our portal has already been dedicated to this topic. What's stopping you from trying to make an album like this yourself?)

Favorite photos, lucky tickets, a bill from a cafe, dried flowers, lace, buttons are pasted into such albums - a real book of memories! The idea is very versatile - it can be a wedding album, children's album, travel album or even just "Summer 2011".

5.

A boring gift, you say ... But you just don't know how to cook it! Photo frames should be presented with photos! Now there are so many social networks - go to your friend's page, choose his most wonderful photos (his children, his beloved dog, from a trip), print and decorate beautifully, here are a few ideas:

For children's or romantic photos, you can put lace or lace napkins in the photo frame:

You can play with the color of the passe-partout:

Or vice versa to make a stylish black and white series:

There is a nice master class on our website - which are made in 10 minutes from beautiful pebbles and shells brought from vacation. It turns out here is such a memorable unusual souvenir -

Now in many photo salons you can print calendars, mugs, and in some places even chocolates with your photos - fantasize, because personalized gifts are always the most beloved and unique.

In our progressive era of global computerization and the development of innovative technologies, an ordinary photo card is becoming almost a "rare" product. However, many are interested in the question: is it possible to give a photo? Indeed, unlike electronic media, a paper glossy photograph evokes sentimental feelings and romantic feelings and, most likely, will be an excellent present for a loved one.

  • According to the norms of etiquette, offering your own photo as a gift is not comme il faut (does not meet the rules of good form). Social decency prescribes to give a photo card of "yourself beloved" in the event that you were asked about it.
  • You should not give a very large or, conversely, an extremely small picture. It is also unethical to make a person ask for your photo twice.
  • If you were made happy with the presentation of a photograph, then in return you should present your “self-portrait”, in this case, “playing with one goal” is considered bad manners.

But this is what concerns the code of impeccable manners, and in addition to ethical rules, there are many folk signs that strictly “regulate” the choice of gifts, especially for those closest to you. So what do the signs say about whether it is possible to give a loved one a photo?

Signs

  1. There is an old belief that forbids giving a photograph as a gift not only to a loved one, but even to friends and good acquaintances.
  2. Giving photographs very often leads to partings and long separations.
  3. If you give a lover or lover a joint picture, then the relationship will not “evolve” or even end.
  4. The photo contains the powerful energy of the giver, which can affect the recipient in different ways.
  5. You can not give a framed photograph (a sad association with a tombstone).

How to "get around" superstition?

But there is also good news. There is an effective “antidote” against all superstitions, namely, to sign the photo on the back. Any signature on the back deprives signs of strength, they cease to come true. This way of giving is not only safe, but also productive. After all, you can immediately “kill two birds with one stone”: give your loved one both memorable and tender words of love.

How to present a photo in an original way?

When people are interested: is it possible or not to give a photo? - they usually mean traditional photographs printed on paper. But modern photo studios offer unique services for obtaining exclusive products.

Professional photographers can print photos on a T-shirt, pillow, candy box, mouse pad, etc. Such an original gift will surely surprise and delight the recipient, he will appreciate your imagination and sense of humor. And most importantly, no signs work on such a wonderful and unusual gift.

Photographs are a unique thing with which you can save and then renew in our memory the most memorable and pleasant moments of our lives for many years. Gifts with photographs are given with or without reason.

There are a lot of options for using photos in gifts. And if you need to choose a good gift for a loved one for the next holiday, you can use the ideas of making gifts from photos.

Today it is possible to realize the most daring and most unusual fantasies with the help of photo printing or photo engraving services, and create a truly unique memorable gift.

You can also make a gift from photographs with your own hands. Such a gift will be truly valuable and unique.

When making gifts from photographs, you can use not only a family photo album, but also an archive of social networks.

Ideas for creating gifts from photos are innumerable. We will try to tell you about the most original and interesting gifts.

DIY gifts from photos

  • With your own hands, you can make an album using the scrapbooking technique from photos, complementing the photos with pleasant little things that are filled with a special meaning.

The meaning of the technique of performing such an album is that the photo album will not only be designed in an original way, but a certain theme will be traced in it. The theme of the album can be a certain life event or a hobby of the person for whom the gift is intended.

In this job, every little thing counts!

A bright assortment of photographs, memorabilia, cheerful and warm wishes and inscriptions will make you smile and remember the good and bright even on the most gloomy and rainy day. If such an album is intended for photographs of a baby, his first pictures, small booties, a pacifier, tags from the hospital, prints of arms and legs will become a decoration.

Those who spend their annual holidays at sea can be given as a gift a photo album decorated in a marine style with pebbles, shells, applications with images of seagulls, waves, a ship, as well as notes about pleasant and interesting moments of travel.


To create such a gift, a cube of the required size is made from cardboard, and then pasted over with photographs.

Such a gift will be a worthy alternative to the usual photo frame for everyone. But unlike her, the photo-cube holds six beautiful photos.

The easiest way to make a photo cube with your own hands is to make a layout on an A3 sheet in Photoshop, then place the necessary photos on the layout, print and glue the sides.

  • An original gift from photos with your own hands will be a photo mosaic.

To make a photo mosaic, you will need to print the desired photo on A4 paper or larger. On the reverse side of the sheet, we line it into equal squares, and then number each square. We cut the photo along the lines and paste it on a rigid base in squares in order, while leaving small gaps between them.

For the base, you can take thick cardboard or foam board, magnetic tape is also suitable for this. In this design, you can make a whole series of magnetic, and then stick this beauty on the refrigerator.

A kind of photo-mosaic is a photo-puzzle. It's a little more difficult to make. Indeed, to make puzzles, you will need not only to line the paper, but also draw concave and convex elements on the squares, along which the puzzle will be assembled, and then carefully cut out each fragment. Such an unusual gift from photographs can be presented to a friend or beloved boyfriend.

  • Figures from photos

From photos you can make an original three-dimensional collage in the form of large numbers. Such a present will certainly become the main creative of any birthday and a stunning decoration for a photo shoot with guests. Such an unusually large figure from photographs will tell a fascinating story that is dedicated to this date.

A great option would be a smile from photos. To do this, you need to select photos from your archive with the smiles of friends and loved ones. The figure can be three-dimensional or flat. A flat figure can be made in the form of a poster, and a voluminous one can be cut out of a corrugated cardboard layout and then pasted over with photographs.

Gifts from photos to order

If for some reason you do not want to make a gift from photographs with your own hands, you can always order it from a special company.

A successful and romantic gift for your loved ones from photos can be a pendant with your photo outside or inside. Such a gift can be given to both a girl and a guy. The pendant can be made from precious metals or from cheaper materials, but beautiful ones.

At the same time, it is better if the shape of the pendant is oval or round, and it is better to hide the photo inside, away from prying eyes.

A pillow with your own photo can be a great birthday present for your loved one. Such a touching gift will be carefully kept and will always remind you of the giver.

A pillow with a photo can also be a gift for your beloved grandmother. It is enough to find the right photo, which has all her grandchildren and order a print. A cute little thing will be an elixir for grandmother to cheer up.


Such an unusual gift from photographs can be given both for a birthday and for a wedding.


A very unusual birthday gift can be the release of a personal magazine with bright photos of the hero or hero of the occasion, complemented by congratulations, interesting stories and wishes from relatives and friends.

In such a magazine, you can place articles that tell about hobbies, successes and achievements of the hero of the occasion. Such a gift will be a memorable and expensive gift for the hero of the occasion.

From photos you can make a photo calendar for the next year, an unusual modular picture. A popular gift with a photo is a mug.

Options for unusual gifts from photographs are quite diverse, but the most important thing for such a gift is well-chosen photographs. The brighter and more valuable the frame, the more dear the gift with this photo will be to the heart.

It happens that after visiting several stores in search of a gift, we still cannot decide on our choice. An excellent choice in this case can be gifts, one way or another related to photographs. They will be appropriate for an anniversary, an anniversary of some event, and a school graduation.

A good photograph of the birthday boy, taken in the style of portraiture, stylized after an old work, will be a great option for a memorable gift. Such a photo can be transferred to canvas, placed in a beautiful frame and get a beautiful portrait - a worthy gift, for example, for an anniversary.

Children are offered photo puzzles for their birthday, collecting which, you get a picture with the image of a birthday person, which can also be hung on the wall.


A friend can be presented with a photo collage, in which the hero of the occasion is depicted in various manifestations of his nature, smiling and sad, formidable and naive. Interesting and versatile, the way you see him and want him to know and remember about it.

A good and appropriate gift is a photo album, which can be presented with pictures already attached that tell about a person’s life. Now on sale it is not difficult to find excellent albums for every taste and budget. In some cases, you can order a photo album in the form of an old tome, with the inscription "The life of a gentleman ..." and fill it with photos. Surely, such a gift will be appreciated.

The theme of gifts with photos is impossible without various souvenirs with printed images: cups, pens, towels, pillows, clothes, calendars, laptop stickers and so on. A variety of photo printing will allow you to embody any whim, moreover, on any surface.








So, if you haven't chosen a gift yet, use these ideas.

There comes that very significant day, which happens once a year. The day when gifts are given. A day when close people congratulate you and sincerely leave their wishes. Since so many important factors go into this holiday, the gift must be special.

Do not hesitate if you are planning to make a birthday present with your own hands. To date, there are a lot of techniques with which you can make real art objects, design attributes, decorative crafts.

A gift tailored to the preferences of the birthday boy

Nevertheless, the process of choosing a gift sometimes becomes difficult, not only because of the large number of master classes offered, but also because it can be difficult to choose a gift without taking into account the individual characteristics of the birthday person.

Pay attention to what hobby a person close to you is interested in, what he is interested in, in order to know approximately in what manner to fulfill the intended gift. It is important to consider who you give, i.e. father, brother, grandfather, more strict gifts made in style and prestige, but for mother, sister and grandmother, tend to tenderness, grace, superiority.


Top most popular and sought after gifts

Let's make an interesting alternative to store-bought gifts using simple materials, let's try to create exquisite decor items that are no less beautiful than a store-bought version.

To begin with, we will choose the top most popular and sought-after gifts that are traditional in nature and at the same time can look unique depending on your imagination. Gift Ideas:

  • Handmade candles;
  • Paper flowers;
  • Soft toy;
  • Crafts using origami technique;
  • Frame;
  • Card.

Geometry is in fashion today, so the idea of ​​making a gift in the form of a mobile decor of geometric shapes, which will be a wonderful decoration for a chandelier, will be appreciated.



Decorative attribute - stars in the interior

A gift in the form of a laconic decor made of beautiful paper using the origami technique will be extraordinary and stylish. Recommend the birthday girl to use this attribute as a mobile on a chandelier or place it on shelves next to photos of relatives and friends.

Let's learn how to make beautiful stars with which designers of professional art studios so often decorate interiors.

We will need:

  • Thick colored paper;
  • Scissors;
  • Glue.

To create a drawing on paper, you can use a ready-made layout on which the future drawing will be carried out. It must be printed in advance. We make a blank according to this template.

  • 1 step. Cut out the star. We bend the edges along the dotted lines.
  • 2 step. We glue all 5 parts, as a result we get a five-pointed three-dimensional star.


Use parchment paper, old books, and blank sheets to create a modern style. DIY crafts for a birthday are good because they are part of yourself, your creation is uniquely not subject to any standards, the main thing is to be consistent and diligent in achieving a high result.

Interior items are especially relevant in the style of minimalism, if the area of ​​​​the apartment is not large. It's hard to imagine bulky details in a small room. Therefore, a gift with your own hands will be especially counted if you take into account this detail.

Paper "natural" flowers

Flowers have always represented joy and are traditionally given for almost every holiday. And what if you give flowers from paper? A good example of DIY paper crafts for Jenny Jafek-Jones' Birthday, which are almost indistinguishable from the living.


The birthday girl will definitely be delighted with such an amazing souvenir. Let's take a look at the step-by-step technique for creating a bouquet of roses using the example below.

Necessary materials:

  • Corrugated paper in two colors;
  • Scissors;
  • Threads.


Operating procedure:

  • 1 step. We cut the paper into strips 7 cm wide and 40 cm long. You can change these values, for example, by making the length longer, you will add volume to the rose.
  • 2 step. We slightly sip the finished strip along the length and begin to bend to get a bud. How this happens: we bend one corner of the strip, then we bend over it with our left hand, and turn it up with our right hand and so on until the end of the strip on one side. To visually understand how this happens, just remember how candy wrappers are wrapped.
  • 3 step. We wrap in a circle, making a rosebud.
  • 4 step. We correct the petals, making them look like a natural flower. We wind the bottom of the bud with a thread. The number of such roses can be unlimited. Of these, you can additionally make a composition using a basket, or make a stem and leaves by placing in a beautiful vase.



Some ideas for men

Make a DIY paper birthday present for a man using an easy technique to create a card. The variant of the male theme can be completely different. The option with the original template in the form of a formal suit or a jacket with a bow tie will be a win-win. Dilute the holiday present with warm words of sincere wishes.

It is said that one who has a ship in his house endows his house with prosperity and wealth. Mostly this meaning comes from the teachings of Feng Shui. Sailing ships have always been run by wealthy people, such an association has remained to this day. A gift in the form of a sailboat has a symbolically positive meaning, so it will be useful and will certainly bring good luck. Make it easy even from a photo.


Using cardboard, scissors, balloon sticks and glue, you can create a ship in minutes. As you can see, sails can be made from a toilet paper cylinder by cutting it into the desired shape.


Make a gift special by harmoniously combining one line of style solution in it. So, for example, the Scandinavian style is currently very popular.



In the photo you see how charming the interior items look, which are easy to do with your own hands.


Rowan bracelet

A supernova trend in the field of DIY crafts has become creativity using polymer clay. The gift is amazing. You can make figures, dolls, figurines in the form of animals and much more from clay.

Often, jewelry is prepared using this material. Consider a master class, we will make an original bracelet.

For work you will need:

  • Polymer clay in two colors;
  • Pastel crayons in black and orange;
  • Needle;
  • Sandpaper is hard;
  • Toothpick;
  • leaf molds;
  • liquid gel;
  • Stationery knife;
  • Lacquer special for clay;
  • Accessories for the bracelet: chain, rings, pins, carabiner lock, brushes, round nose pliers, foil and wire cutters.

Work process:

  • 1 step. Rolling clay balls.


  • 2 step. We pass the pin into the middle of the ball to the border of the head.


  • 3 step. We make grooves near the pin head, like a berry.
  • 4 step. Next, rub the black pastel chalk on sandpaper and gently apply with a brush inside the beard, and fix it with liquid gel on top.
  • 5 step. We make blanks according to the width of the brush. We insert each blank with a pin into a lump of foil.

    • 6 step. Now it's up to the leaves. We roll out the remaining green polymer clay and use a mold to make leaves. You can decorate leaves with imitation veins with a clerical knife.


  • 7 step. To create the effect of naturalness, we rub an orange chalk and apply it partially on the leaves and quite a bit on the berries.
  • 8 step. The time has come to make our clay durable with the help of an oven. The time and temperature are indicated on the packaging, each manufacturer varies.


  • 9 step. We process the pins, cut off a small upper part and twist the tip forming a hook.
  • 10 step. We thread the rings into the leaves. We complete the work by defining evenly both berries and leaves along the entire chain. Rowan bracelet is ready.


For coffee lovers

It's not news to anyone that the percentage of people who like natural coffee is higher than the percentage of people who prefer another drink. Therefore, it will be easy for a real coffee lover to please a souvenir that reminds him of the taste and aroma of an invigorating drink.

For crafts you will need:

  • Cup;
  • Grains of natural coffee;
  • Cosmetic discs;
  • White thread;
  • Acrylic brown;
  • hot gun glue;
  • Other decor.

Work process:

  • 1 step. The mug should be glued with cosmetic disks with hot glue. Try not to skip places with ceramics, there is a chance that the grains will not hold firmly. This also applies to pens.
  • 2 step. Take the thread and wrap it around the disks in a circle.
  • 3 step. Now it's up to coloring the cup with disk and thread elements.
  • 4 step. It remains to fix the grains with glue in two rows so that there are no gaps with paint.
  • 5 step. The cup will take on a finished look after decorating with decorative ribbons or lace. Such a cup is more suitable as a decorative element that will remind you of pleasant moments.



Photo frames using quilling technique

Quilling is an amazing technique by which objects take on a completely different look. A good gift would be images using the quilling technique of the walls of the photo frame.


Combine colors especially skillfully so that in the end the gift looks harmonious and does not seem pretentious. A birthday for the closest is special, it is important for a gift to be remembered on a holiday, so it is advisable to say a few words about your creation that could describe what it means and what benefits it will bring to the birthday person.


If you want your gift to create a fabulous atmosphere or a romantic setting, then the best option would be a lamp or a night light. In this case, the use of an ordinary glass jar of non-standard shape, decorated with acrylics, rhinestones and small mirrors will be an amazing gift, while decorating the interior and giving benefits.



Top most original ideas

An original gift will definitely raise an already joyful mood and give color to the holiday. What can you do to surprise the birthday boy. Let's look at the top most interesting ideas:

  • Who would have thought that such creative candlesticks could be made from ordinary iron cans, which are later hung on the wall and create coziness and romance at home;


  • A real expensive item will be an ordinary tire covered with twine with glue.


  • Recycling plastic spoons can also be beneficial if used wisely for a good cause. So the remaining plastic spoons will become a decor for a pot of home plants. You can get such a creative container using an old jar, spoons, glue and spray paint.

  • Make a mega stylish lamp is also in your hands. You will need plastic bottle caps, a wire, a switch, and a plinth. It is better to ask a familiar electrician to assemble this design, but it will only take a few minutes. But you will take care of the ceiling. With the help of glue, the main material - covers, will turn into a real decorative attribute.

Giving a handmade birthday gift is not a difficult task, there are a lot of variations on the festive theme, choose any. For creativity to meet all expectations, count on your strength and patience. Remember, it is better to make a light souvenir, but of high quality, than a complex, but inexpressive one. A new incarnation of ordinary objects can turn your mind around, act for the benefit of your ideas.