Made my new displays

I am finishing up my new displays. I have a couple of display cards to finish and it will be done! I really like it and can't wait to use it. The nice thing about it is I can make my displays into any "shape" I want. They can be long and line up a wall, be turned into a triad or a quad display, put back to back, or whatever. They are also light and I can remove the display cards and insert new ones or take old ones out. The only thing I need to do is to put something on the back to help keep out water from rain so it doesn't wet my cards. I can even fold them up accordion style so they are ready to set up in an instant or fold up so I can move them quickly. I may need to put some weights to hold them down in a wind if the sides of my canopy are up or they are out in the open. I am really happy with the way they turned out. I have pictures in my gallery. Not sure how to post them on this post.

I'm just finishing up my display board too!

To post pictures, look at the little bar of icons above the text box - starting with B (bold), I (italic), etc... you'll see a little icon of a green box with a little floppy disc in front of it. Click on that, choose your photo from your computer, choose your Resize (640 is good) then click "Host It".

It will give you a list of URLs that you can copy/paste. You want the "Image" one.

Sorry it's sideways. I have the same setup for my airbrush tattoo designs. I used the
320 size (blogs) because the larger one kept cutting off the tops. I have a total of 12. On the front of the whole thing is a panel for information.

I've been wanting to put a board together. How many of you take these to parties or are u using boards just for bigger events? Right now I am using binders with photos one for boys and one for girls.

I mostly do events, fairs, festivals, etc. Not many private hires in my area.

I started with binders and when I got into airbrush tattoos I saw that they used larger boards which made sense. I have found that larger displays draw people in and more than 1 person can see what you have.

If I had a private home event, I would probably use binders due to room. If it was in a place I could use my boards, I would.

The boards I made are easy to make and I can get the supplies around me. I used PVC pipe and fittings for the frame, page protectors for the display cards and packing tape to put it all together. It made 11 of the inside panels in one afternoon. I made sure to put the openings of the page protectors open towards the center so I could remove and insert cards. I taped each page protector together with packing tape (on both sides) and then taped the two sides together on the front side to hold it all together. My display cards I ran off the computer and cut out the pictures from my previous boards to save on ink. I filled in the empty spots with messages from me about my business and blank sheets.

For birthday parties, I have a bunch of loose 4x6 cardstock pics in photo sleeves. Each kid grabs the design they want and brings it over to me.

I'm just in the process of making a display board for big events, which has 16 slots (with photo corners) for pictures, and it's all swappable.

I'm interested to find out how you made the actual stand with the PVC. I need to make one for Thursday and this is exactly what i was looking for.

You can use either 1/2" PVC or 3/4" PVC. 3/4" is sturdier. You will need for one display: 2 - 10' long pieces of PVC, 2 elbows, 2 T's, and PVC glue. Optional: 2 caps for the ends of the legs to keep out dirt.

Just a note before you start: you may want to put all the pieces together first before gluing so you know how it goes together. After the first one, I just started gluing because some of the ends of the PVC went in and it was hard to take them back out to glue them together.

To begin, cut one of the 10' pieces of PVC in half. These will be your left and right pieces. Then cut 2 - 2' pieces from the second 10' piece. These will be your top and bottom pieces. Depending on how tall you want it (the main part will be a little over 5' tall) cut two smaller pieces from the 2nd piece of PVC for the legs. You can make these as long as you want them. Mine were 8 1/2" tall. Make sure to sand off the edges of all the cut pieces to make them smooth.

To assemble:

On each piece of 5' PVC, glue in place one elbow piece. This will be the top of the display frame. Push PVC as far in as you can. Put PVC glue into the end of one of the elbows and insert one of the 2' pieces into it. Again, push it in as far as you can, even if you have to push it against the floor. Then put PVC glue into the other elbow and insert the other end of the same 2' piece. As soon as you have both ends in, check to make sure they line up evenly so your display isn't crooked when you insert the bottom pieces. Then push this side in. The frame should look like a big U now.

Next, flip it over and take one of the T's and glue it to the bottom of one of the sides you just completed. The T should be placed so that it is straight up and down so that you can make a crossbar at the bottom. I hope that made sense. One end will go on the 5' piece, the other will be for the leg and the middle end will be towards the center of the display. Put glue in the end that will attach to the 5' piece and when you glue it in, make sure the center hole is as parallel to the top as possible. Push it in. Next glue the middle opening and place the 2nd piece of 2' PVC into it. Glue and place the other T into the other side of the display, again, making sure the middle is turned to the center and is parallel to the top. Then glue the middle opening of that T and insert the last end of the 2' piece into it. Push in. To know if it is even, lay it on the floor flat and see if it lays level with the floor with none of the corners sticking up. You want to make sure you try to get it all even as you do each step because it will be next to impossible to fix as the glue dries quickly.

Last, glue the open ends of the T's, one at a time and insert each of the leg pieces in, push them in place. If you bought caps, glue them in place too.

That should be it. If you are only making one, you may want to make removable "feet" for it. If you want to do that, don't put the caps on the legs of the display. You will need 2 more T's and four (at least 6" long) pieces. You might want to play with the size a bit to see what length will work to keep it up. Take one of the T's and insert one of the pieces of PVC. Do the same to the other side. The middle piece should be open. Do the same for the second T. Insert the open ends of the T's into the legs of the frame. If you are happy with the way they work, glue the foot pieces into the T's, but not the middle going into the legs. That way you can take them off to transport them.

Other than that, if you make 2 or 3 displays, you can just connect them with each other (I used small bungee cords) and you can fold them into a V shape or a triad and that will hold them up without the feet.

You can also make table top displays by adjusting the height of the middle poles and using all elbows instead of putting legs on them, unless you make one, then you'd want the feet option. If you make table top ones, I would suggest using the 1/2" PVC. This might be good for smaller, inside events. I wonder if you could make a kind of flip chart out of it by using shower curtain rings and something for the center so they could be flipped so that guests could look at them? Hmmmm, I feel another experiment coming on......

Oh and the black display I painted. Bad idea. I thought by using the paint that bonds to plastic, I wouldn't have to worry about flaking paint. I didn't flake, it just scraped off. I had to use black duct tape to fix it. For now I am just going to leave them white.

I like it!

Thanks, I'm going to try to make mine today.