This is a collaborative post: If you’re like most people, you probably have lots of photos on your smartphone. Whether you’re always snapping photos of your kids, getting pictures of you and your friends enjoying nights out, have lots of holiday photos from your adventures or your phone albums are filled with photos of your pets doing funny things, you might be wondering if there is anything different that you can do when it comes to storing all your snaps. While keeping them on your phone can be a convenient way to keep them all in one place, most people don’t go through their phone photos a lot and when there are lots of screenshots, selfies, and other photos to get through, it can be all too easy for the special ones to get lost. So, if you want to give your favourite photos more of the attention that they deserve, here are some of the best ways to store and display them.
Photo Frames
Photo frames are one of the simplest ways to store and display your best photos. You can get individual frames to create a photo wall in your home or large frames that you can use to blow up and display some of your favourite high-quality photos of your family, friends, pets and anything else. If you have lots of photos and not enough wall space, one good idea is to get a multi-frame product where you can display lots of different smaller photos in the same frame to create a grid effect which will look fantastic anywhere.
Photo Canvases
For those special photos that you really can’t wait to put on the wall, photo canvases are a stunning option to consider. These modern wall art options can come with or without frames and involve printing your photo onto a high-quality canvas material before wrapping it around a wooden frame to make it easy to hang. You can get them in a variety of different sizes whether you want a small canvas to put in the hallway or front porch or a larger than life canvas to create a stunning feature in your front room, bedroom, or dining room.
Photo Books
If you have far too many photos to display in frames or as canvases around your home but still want to do something special with them, photo books are a great idea. This personalised photo album option from Photobox allows you to print your photo into a book and even add text and give your book a title, making it the perfect option for documenting different events in your life such as a wedding day, special family holiday, or the first year in your child’s life, for example. You can easily use Photobox to create a photobook straight from your phone. Just download the app which is available from the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store, and you can upload your photos and create your album there and then.
Photo Accessories
Photo accessories make great gifts, but they are also a good idea for buying for yourself if you want a new way to display photos around your home or hang onto your memories in a way that doesn’t involve scrolling through the albums in your phone. You can turn your photos into a huge range of different products including keyrings, fridge magnets, placemats and coasters, cushions, and many more items that you use around your home on a regular basis so that the photo is always there for you to look at while serving a useful purpose too.
Digital Photo Frame
If you want to save on paper or just want to display all of your photos in one place without taking up a lot of space, a digital photo frame can be an ideal space-saving idea to consider. These frames are electronic, and you plug them in to display wherever you like in your home, before uploading the photos that you want to display to them. When turned on, the digital photo frame will show your photos one after the other, and some even allow you to add special transition effects. If you have hundreds of different photos and want to display them in your home but simply don’t have the space, this can be a great way to do it.
Scrapbooking
If you like arts and crafts, then scrapbooking can be a fun way to store and display your photos. You can make scrapbooks with just about any photos that you like, and the sky is the limit when it comes to the designs that you can make. You can find empty scrapbooks to fill along with a huge range of different supplies at various craft shops, and then all you need to do is get to designing, cutting, and sticking.
Photo Paint by Numbers
If you like painting, then a new and increasingly popular idea when it comes to what to do with your favourite photos is to turn them into a painting by numbers project that you can do. Even if you are not an artist, painting by numbers is a very simple craft idea where each paint colour is allocated a number, with the numbers printed lightly on different areas of the picture showing you which one to use depending on where you are painting at the time. Today there are various companies where all you need to do is send your favourite photo in and choose the size and number of paint colours that you want to have it turned into a drawing that is ready for you to paint and display in your home. Along with being a fun craft project if you are looking for something to do at home, this can make the perfect personalised gift for anybody who loves art.
Photo Jigsaws
If you want to turn your photo into something fun that you can do with your family, why not consider turning it into a jigsaw? Many photo gift companies offer photo jigsaw gifts and all you need to do is upload the photo that you want off of your Samsung S23, choose the number of pieces, and wait for your new personalised jigsaw to arrive in the post. If you want something to do with your kids over the holidays or a new activity to do with your partner for a cheap home date idea, then you really can’t go wrong with this – and putting together a photo of your family or pets can be much more fun than just a generic image.
Photo Calendar
If you want to get more organised in the new year then you are going to need a calendar that you can write on what you’re doing each day, note down birthdays, and keep track of things. While there are lots of calendars that you can get from various stores, a personalised calendar with your family photos can be a great idea – and a fun way to display your photos in your home with a different one for each month, too.
When it comes to storing your photos, you might want to be a little more creative than just having them on your phone. Try out some of these ideas for keeping your photos in a safe place while making sure that they’re on display.