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Erin's Graduation Poster Boards

By graduationparty, on May 8th, 2012%

Graduation Poster Boards

These poster boards are casual in that the unmatted photos are placed on the boards in a haphazard, crooked way with some photos overlapping others. The boards are dressed up with die cut words & letters at the top. Most scrapbooking stores will let you use their die cuts if you buy the cardstock there. They all have letter die cuts and many have graduation and/or congratulatory messages. The salespeople at the store will help you if you haven’t used die cuts before.

For these die cut letters & words, two sets were cut. One in gold and one in maroon which were the colors of the grad’s college. The maroon letters were placed on the boards first. The gold letters were then placed on top, shifted a little so some of the maroon showed through on the left hand side and top of each letter or word, creating a shadow effect.

The photos were placed on the boards in a chronological order with baby pictures on the right hand side and graduation pictures on the left.

Graduation Posters – An alternative to poster boards

By graduationparty, on November 13th, 2008%

Collage Poster

For high school and college graduation parties many people create and display graduation poster boards or tri-fold boards filled with pictures of the grad and his or her family and friends.

Instead of creating a poster board why not create a poster – a single photo poster or a collage poster. These are especially good options if you have a lot of digital photos and not a lot of time. Most online photo processors offer posters and many local photo labs do too.

Multiple poster sizes are available from 11″x14″, 12″x18″, 16″x20″, 20″x30″ and up. Prices are fairly reasonable especially when you consider the cost (and time) involved in creating a poster board – the cost of the poster board itself, printing and/or copying photos, colored mats for the photos and other embellishments.

If you decide to create a poster make sure the quality (ie: resolution) of your photo(s) is very good. The bigger the poster, the better the photo resolution should be. A small photo may appear to be clear but if the resolution is too low the picture on the poster may print grainy especially when it’s enlarged. The lower the resolution and the . . . → Read More: Graduation Posters – An alternative to poster boards

Tri-Fold Graduation Photo Board

By graduationparty, on September 30th, 2008%

Tri-fold presentation or foam boards are great for displaying photos at your graduation party. They come in a variety of sizes and a few different colors. Bigger ones are better (36″ x 48″ is the best size) as they will hold the most photos. Tri-fold boards can be purchased at any office supply store like Office Depot or Office Max.

Tri-fold Graduation Photo Board

Most people make one tri-fold graduation board but you can make more if you want. The key is to collect and organize the pictures you want first. Choose fun (and clear) pictures that represent key events in your grad’s life. Once you have your photos selected you’ll have a better idea of how many tri-fold boards you will need. Of course you don’t have put all your photos on tri-fold boards. You could create one tri-fold board and then display the remaining photos in other ways – on regular poster boards, in scrapbooks or under clear plastic tablecloths on your tables. Most people put most of their photos in scrapbooks or photo albums and only keep out enough unique pictures to create one fun and creative tri-fold board.

You don’t have to be super-creative or artsy to make a . . . → Read More: Tri-Fold Graduation Photo Board

Displaying Pictures at your Graduation Party

By graduationparty, on June 20th, 2008%

Displaying pictures at your Graduation Party is the number one thing to do. School pictures, senior year pictures, childhood pictures, graduation pictures, family pictures, team pictures, any kind of pictures. The more pictures the better!

Displaying pictures gives people something to do and something to talk about. It brings back memories and allows people to reminisce.

There are many, many ways to display all the pictures you’ve accumulated over the years.

Traditional scrapbooks are very popular. These can be very, very fancy or very simple depending on your scrapbooking skills and how much time you have or want to put into it. Scrapbooks are nice because they last forever and are something you can start well in advance of your party. If you’re already a scrapbooker then you probably have your favorite place to go for supplies. If you’re just a beginner then a great way to get started is to buy scrapbook page packs at your local scrapbooking store. These are prepackaged scrapbook supplies that include themed scrapbook paper and embellishments. Scrapbooking supplies are also available online at GraduationParty.com.

Digital photo books are a great alternative for people who don’t like to scrapbook or who don’t have the time. There are many online . . . → Read More: Displaying Pictures at your Graduation Party