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    Craft Wars: Two New Ways To Display Your Photos Without Boring Frames

    Grab your gel medium and a clothes hanger and get to work.

    You Instagram fiends have probably forgotten how nice it is to have paper photos you can touch and do physical things with. So if you haven't done it in a while, print out a few snapshots and consider incorporate them into your decorating scheme. What's even more fun than putting them in frames or albums is doing something special (read: crafty) with them. Two clever DIY bloggers offer suggestions for what to do with photos that's more interesting than stuffing them in frames.

    First, Christine from Black Oak Vintage demonstrates how to make photo transfer cards.

    Remove the photos. After drying overnight, soak the photos with a rag dipped in water and rub until the paper begins to disintegrate. Repeat until all of the photo paper is rubbed off and the original image appears as a transfer on the wood.

    Next, Jessica Jessica from Time for Tea Beads turns clothing hangers into photo displays.

    Pippa Armbrester is a quilt maker and designer. Follow her adventures in quilting and life on her website.