Like about half the country, I started collecting a set of the new state quarters, a decade-long project by the US Mint from 1999-2008. But I was frustrated that companies were taking advantage of this opportunity by charging 25 bucks for a display case consisting of essentially a piece of cardboard with a picture of the United States with some holes cut in it. I decided I could make my own for just a few pennies. I could, and I did, and I wanted to share how to do so in a DIY article.

Since I thought this project would appeal mostly to younger kids, perhaps with help from their parents, I made a simple design with bright colors (that also match the colors in the US Map image I provide) and large, simple text. Yes, I do have one big word at the top--"ancillary" but, hey, there's some education happening at the same time :-)

I once again used a Spry horizontal menu bar with drop-down/pop-up menus. I used this article to try two new things to me: (1) After an initial single-page pass, I divided the page into multiple pages and used DreamWeaver templates with one main editable region per page; (2) I made use of the media suggestions in the "CSS: The Missing Manual" book to create better-looking printed pages.