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Love this. Paul Frank camera wallet

From ELSEWARES …
This reflective and tranquil image is taken from a vintage graphic which is sealed with resin and set in sterling silver. Part of the artist’s “Curios” line which captures the essence of early 20th century illustration and photography.

Super cool in black – the Holga acrylic pendant necklace from Etsy seller Nelly Joy.

Glass camera buckle from kiku handmade’s etsy shop. The image is screen printed onto glass and these buckles can be customized with your own image, too. Check out the kiku handmade website for more info.

Lots of cute camera designs on buttons, wallets and tees. From Emily Ryan Lerner at buyolympia.com.

Just spotted this polaroid charm on love made visible. So cool!

Just saw this in Daily Candy – you can have a gold pendant made with a silhouette from a photograph you send in (just in time for Valentine’s Day). Too bad it is ridiculously expensive. vicente agor procure

Etsy shop photoglassworks has some nice little hand-crafted photo necklaces.

Love the vintage-inspired fabric on this photo clutch from urban outfitters (also comes in an iridescent mock-croc). Holds 16 4×6 photos.

Fun little stocking stuffers for your favorite shutterbug – the click! camera pin from Fred Flare.

Super fly meets super spy with a cute and quirky mini plastic camera pin! No one can resist smiling when you sport this neato piece! Button on top makes the perfect flash! Pin is 2.5”x1.5”x.5” This item offered in assorted colors.

Get your photos made into custom jewelry. [Thanks Jessica!]

SUPER cool camera duffel bag ($24) from Fred Flare – love those vintage camera designs!

Jessica sent me a bunch of cool goods with camera designs and thank god she did! My computer died on Friday and I’m just getting fototiller back up and running – so I’m so happy to post her finds. Thanks Jessica!

(BTW – Jessica is one of the nicest bloggers around; be sure to check out her blog Funky Finds!)

1. Shutterbug tote bag – canvas bag with felt applique from iHook’s Etsy Shop ($18)
   
2. Shutter bug patch – these felt patches are $3 each at Moxie Madness’s Etsy Shop
3. Hot shot! camera ring – Fred Flare ($10)

New line of Weegee at the International Center of Photography store.

Great posts over at poppytalk: the change-it-up fotote and albums from rag-and-bone bindery.

There are a lot of places to get a customized bag with your favorite pic on it, but they are often oh so boring. I like these personalized denim bags from pixel girl shop for their hot color contrast stitching and the dark (washable!) denim. Send them a photo, and they’ll make it black and white and use the colors of your choosing to make a bag for $40 for or $48 for two photos. Not bad!

I’m not usually one for photo keychains, but I like these from CB2 and Plum Party.

Instructions for making your own glass and soldered photo charms.

Jen Smith is a local (western Mass) photographer and jeweler who has combined her talents to make beautiful photo jewelry. I saw some of her pendants and rings this weekend in a shop in Northampton and they are finely hand-crafted works. She also doescustom pieces if you are looking for a unique gift idea. (And check out the pics of her beautiful studio.)

Just saw these bittersweet genevieve wallets over at poppytalk. They’re made using found photographs – pretty cool!

Want a rock-star belt buckle with a photo of your choosing? Barbie’s Basement Jewelry of Toronto will make custom versions of the above buckle as well as their other products and designs (including pendants, rings, pet tags and key rings). (They do ship to the US, too!)

Fototiller reader Jessica wrote in about this cool little camera bag featured on the making time blog. Made from pattern in Stitch idees – Cafe Sister 2006 Vol 3, (ISBN4529042383). Does anyone know where to get the Stitch Idees series?

These shutter speed note cards from rock scissor paper are the coolest camera cards I’ve ever seen! Ok, they are the only camera cards I’ve seen, but still super cool. I love, love, love them. Great vintage camera designs (even a leica!). Available in mixed and single design sets (flick and flash, camera lens, film canister, and enlarger).

Was reminded of db clay’s camera series of very cool photo-transferred wallets while browsing design spotter. The designers have developed a new method for printing photographic images onto gaffer tape wallets. Current designs include mad deer, this sky, and parking lot. Also available online at elsewares.

Another great mom’s day gift. Flexible plastic bracelet that holds a tiny photo (3cm x 2cm) and comes in aqua, black, cactus and pink. Available from urbane.

Update: you can purchase these online for shipping in the US here for $7.50.

awesome. unconventional. doesn’t want pink flowers or chocolates for mother’s day. here we go – your momma is…

… a total rocker

Smoy brooklyn photo cuff ($25) and plush home leather studded frame ($98). (Sadly, rocker mom’s will have to wait a while for the studded frame as it takes a while to ship, so print the pic and give it to her in the meantime).

… the coolest geek

Hard copy? Forget it. Digital locket holds a USB memory drive; load it up with pictures of her favorite offspring. And the digital keychain keeps pics close at hand ($40). (Note: still looking on where to purchase the digital locket, but it was too cool not to post.)

… a super hero

She can do anything. Get her the actionsampler camera ($30) to capture her action packed days. With one shot she’ll get a series of four images on one print. And she can put her super hero pics in the wonder woman album ($11 from chronicle books).

Lockets used to be cool. These days, it’s hard to find ones that stand out from the crowd. Here are some picks for mother’s day.

Clockwise from top left: anonymous heart and oval locket ($22), juicy couture queen of couture locket with two picture slots ($95), modern photo locket from iluren ($180).

From left to right:

orly baruch locket ($368), lois hill granulated locket ($356) and orly baruch double charm locket ($198), all at nordstrom. locket hook necklace (and 10% donation of sale to PETA, $50), silver and glass locket that holds two photos from uncommon goods ($42), catherine popesco locket from splendor boutique in chicago ($58).

Check out photojojo’s 5 great photo gifts for mom, written by Priya from love made visible. Some fun finds. And stay tuned to fototiller for more mother’s day gift madness today.

More camera bags that aren’t black! Or at least aren’t all black. I first read about the conico bags on shiny shiny. Conico makes all styles of camera bags to house your digital point-and-shoot. I especially like the re-ignite collection, (sampling shown here). There is a compatability chart so you can look up and see if you are lucky enough to own a camera that can wear one of these bags.

Colorful camera case from moma store. No more boring black camera bags!
“This attractive case is designed for carrying digital cameras, and roomy enough to hold keys and a card case. Two detachable straps—a wristlet and a cross-shoulder strap—make it easy to transport and leave hands free. The black and red cases are made of pebbled leather. The pink case is fashioned of a denser pebbled Italian leather. Flat magnetic closure.”

Glam it up! Smoy chelsea cuffs now available in glitter.

Red camper bags, designed by Maura Gramzinski, are made from vintage, original slides from 1939-99. Seven styles to choose from, each with it’s own naked lady “are you paying attention” slide. Not only are slides recycled, the rubber handle is, too. Got a box of slides collecting dust? Get your own custom bag made. And if you just want to recycle your slides, you can email for info on sending them in for a new life as a bag. Available online at indie shopper, snazzy girl and etsy.

Simple, modern lomo bag for toting your camera (it has a hanging interior pocket that keeps it safe and easily accessible). And what a cool design!

Some more photo finds from up to you in Toronto (and available to be shipped worldwide). A fun little photo frame postcard made of high recycled content. This frame can be folded together as a free-standing single picture frame, free standing multiple picture frame, or as a single or double hanging picture frame.

Also, the presse-citron zig frame that unfolds to hold countless pictures or postcards, Smoy photo cuffs and a novelty stereoviewer card. (Thanks Dimitra!)

Some cool retro camera glasses from ICP available at their online store.

No space left on your walls for your picture frames? Let your fotos fly with these hanging frames. From left: photo mobile from exit9 , hangout mobile frame from cb2, and the photo ball, available online at quincy shop.

If you’re like me, you covet cameras like Hasselblad, Leica and Zeiss. Until I can afford one of these, I may just have to do with an Optrixx trick lens. The lenses, which contain a multifaceted prism, are available in 5 cool designs of these classic cameras: Hasselblad, Kodak, Leica, Nikon and Zeiss Ikon. You can also take pics through them with your digitial camera; the resulting image displays the subject reflected hundreds of times. Hasselblad, Nikon and Kodak styles available online at mxyplyzk in the odds & ends section. Still looking for where to buy the Leica and Zeiss styles.

Some fun (and maybe just a bit on the kitschy side) camera inspired finds at fred flare. From paul frank industries, comes the snap! camera bag, available in limited quantities. Also check out the camera photo album and the paparazzi tee.