Corrina Thompson » craft http://www.corrinathompson.com Digital Storybooking & Photography Mon, 09 May 2011 23:06:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Wallet-size Pictures http://www.corrinathompson.com/2010/03/03/wallet-size-pictures/ http://www.corrinathompson.com/2010/03/03/wallet-size-pictures/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:38:35 +0000 Corrina http://www.corrinathompson.com/?p=196 No related posts.]]> In September, I created a deck of cards to use as 2.5 x 3.5 wallet sized pictures.

wedding frame

I have several small picture frames I wanted to fill with pictures from my wedding. For the past few years,  I have searched for this size but could never find anyone who did them, besides portrait studios. Now I find that several of the 1 hour photos, as well as some online companies, offer the wallet size prints. I checked out several different sites and compared prices. The prices are about the same across the board except for one I found for 25¢. The only downfall about the cheaper one is that you have to order 4 of the same picture. These other sites may offer cheaper prices but what about the quality? To me quality is always worth the extra money and in this case there wasn’t much of a price difference. With Heritage Makers, I personalized, cropped, and rotated my own wallet sized images, as well as added a message on the back. The cost per picture is about 42¢ plus tax and s/h. (a deck of cards retails for $24.95 for 54 cards)

The result, picture frames filled with high quality ‘cards’ the way I wanted them.

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]]> http://www.corrinathompson.com/2010/03/03/wallet-size-pictures/feed/ 0 Alternative Project Ideas http://www.corrinathompson.com/2009/09/15/alternative-project-ideas/ http://www.corrinathompson.com/2009/09/15/alternative-project-ideas/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:00:15 +0000 Corrina http://www.corrinathompson.com/?p=110 No related posts.]]> There are so many uses for the products I sell. For some time, I have wanted to experiment and explore some of these alternatives. Finally I got my ideas together and finished designing the projects. A few weeks ago I was able to get them published. My order contained a playing card deck, a scrapbook page and an invitation. All of them turned out better then I expected. This is my first scrapbook page I have published and I was amazed by the heavy paper and clear image quality. I made this scrapbook page as a poster to frame and hang on the wall. The invitation was made to replace a 5×7 photo to show through the top of a keepsake box. Since I have kept some items from my deceased grandmother in it, it was fitting to include a picture of her and a heart warming quote on the invitation. The card deck I made for three purposes. First, as some new business cards. Second, as pictures from my wedding to fill frames with 2×3 pictures. The playing cards have a nice glossy finish that gives the small pictures a nice professional look. The third project is for a glass block craft idea. I haven’t tried to cut the cards and glue them to the blocks, but that was my plan for them. In this card deck, I also made a dishwasher dirty and a clean card. I have some old magnets that I want to cover and was hoping the cards would create nice personalized recycled magnets to proudly display.

I have other craft ideas in process and am pairing them with the products available. Once I complete them I will post the results.

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