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Question: What are some good cheap ways to hang photography photos!? And examples!?
I want to put some photography photos I took into my apartment but can't afford matted and frames for all the large prints!. 8x12 and up!. I was wondering what are some good ways that look professional to display my work!. I heard of foam board backing but wish i could see a gallery or something of it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Christmas Tree Shops have some decent-looking frames for very cheap, sometimes even 2 dollars for an 8x11!. I've also seen many many nice frames put together from there!. but the problem is there located mostly in the east, i'm not sure where you live but these are the locations of the stores:


Connecticut
Delaware
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont

if not you could get one of those picture holder things that have a pretty background design on the back of themm and they have lots of strings to hold them on!. like this one : http://s223!.photobucket!.com/albums/dd159!.!.!.


or buy one large painting at a yardsale for cheap, and make a collage of all of your pictures and hang a few up of them up ion various places of your apartment!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

Go into a framing store and ask them to dry mount your picture onto foamcore board!. Its about 5mm thick, and available in black or white (I always use black) You can tell them how much excess you want (to create a border) so you can have an inch of black showing around the photograph, or less or more depending on your needs!.
Its cheap, quick and easy, and looks good hanging on the wall (and you dont have to worry about light glaring on the glass like if you had framed it!)
They also put a little steel clip on the back for you to use to hang it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com