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Lucky Forward
8th of June 2005 (Wed), 14:41
I'd like to bring some of my 8.5 x 11 prints in to decorate my office...err...cubicle walls. I don't want to go to the trouble of mounting and framing them, especially since I'd like to rotate them every few weeks and keep putting up recent work for display. By the same token, I'm reluctant to put thumbtacks through my prints or put tape on them.

Are there any solutions like some kind of plastic sleeves you would slide your prints into, or any other inexpensive ways to display photos on a temporary basis?

Curtis N
8th of June 2005 (Wed), 14:45
Any office supply store should have clear plastic document sleeves, generally with 3 holes for a ring binder, for 8 1/2 x 11 paper. This might work for horizontal shots, not sure about vertical.

Qurlyjoe
9th of June 2005 (Thu), 13:55
I found some cheap 8.5x11 inch frames at http://www.cornersframing.com/index.html that work very nicely. I can just pop out the glass and change the print in two seconds. They can hang in either portrait or landscape orientation.

Actually, I found them at a brick & mortar store, but it was a Corners store.

PacAce
9th of June 2005 (Thu), 14:43
Any office supply store should have clear plastic document sleeves, generally with 3 holes for a ring binder, for 8 1/2 x 11 paper. This might work for horizontal shots, not sure about vertical.
Yup, that's how I do mine (vertical and horizontal). I have metal walls so I just use little magnets on the corners to keep them up. :)

soupdragon
9th of June 2005 (Thu), 23:41
Blue Tack or Drawing Pins are quite economical.

RAitch
10th of June 2005 (Fri), 07:41
Or really cheap... if your cube walls are a material, you can bend a couple paper clips and stick the straight end into the wall. Use the remaining parts to pin the picture.

SWPhotoImaging
10th of June 2005 (Fri), 08:06
I buy low-cost precut mats in standard sizes (8.5x11, 6x9, 5x7, 4x6), and keep a dozen or so at work. I use post-it flags or post-it notes to "tape" the picture to the back of the mat non-destructively, and the mats can be stuck to the wall or cubicle material by pins, clips, or whatever, without damaging the photo. These are easy to swap out with other similarly proportioned prints, by pulling off the post-it stickies and popping a different photo behind the mat. Looks way better than just a photo with no mat to frame it.

Barb42
10th of June 2005 (Fri), 11:41
if yo have the soft wall you can pin things on, use binder clips to hold the art (in plastic sheet coverings, if you like) and then pins to hold the binder clips. I do it all the time and it works great - with no damage to the prints. Looks really cool too, kind of industrial.