Every man has that “dream” item on his wish list… The kind of thing he knows he’ll never really have. Usually, practicality stops us from achieving these dreams. If you have a wife and two kids you likely won’t run off to live on a sailboat. But, there is one thing you can do to give him a ‘taste’ of the dream and maybe even some motivation of something to work for. Make dad a fantastic gift of a picture of his dream printed on beautiful artist canvas so he can admire it every day.
Is dad into classic cars? Is he the kind of guy who always heads to car shows? Maybe you even have bits and parts of an old classic car in the garage he’s restoring. A photo of that favorite, classic automobile on canvas will be the perfect gift. A muscle car, an antique, a monster truck, whatever his heart desires. He can even hang the canvas in the garage. It will hold up just fine that environment…that is assuming he doesn’t hang it with greasy fingers!
Does the idea of living on a sailboat make your ears perk up? Is that something you’ve heard dad ‘joke’ about? He must love the water then, so make him artwork to decorate his office or even to accent your home with a maritime theme. What about a beautiful sunset with a sailboat silhouetted on the horizon? That will brighten the look of any room and when he looks at it, he can imagine that generic sailboat shape as his own. Who knows, maybe someday it will be! After all, the kids will grow up and start their own families, and retiring in a sailboat… that sounds pretty nice.
As a kid, did he dream of playing for the NBA? Dig out some of his high school sports photos from the basketball team, football team, whatever he was passionate about. Not only will it be fun for the whole family to see what dad looked like in his glory days, but it will be great for him to reminisce about all those big ideas he had as a kid.
Another great idea for a photo on canvas is a picture of his favorite place, or somewhere he’s always wanted to go. It could be the perfect beach vacation spot or maybe an exotic, far-away country. As you save up to go there someday, get a beautiful photo of it printed on canvas to decorate your home. Our sister site, www.ReallyBigCanvas.com has a huge collection of photos from around the world, you are sure to find the location you’re looking for.
Finally, one last ‘dream’ you can give dad on canvas… His family! Of all the unattainable or impractical dreams he may have, a happy family is the most important of all. Dad would be the most proud on Father’s Day to get a gift of his loving, smiling family. Make a copy for home and let him take this one to show off at his office!
Whether you use it for motivation or substitution, a photo of dad’s dream toy on canvas will make a great Father’s Day gift.
The people from Canvas Press are eager for everyone to see their beautiful products. They contacted me and, after picking a picture, I quickly received a 16×20″ canvas of my choice of photo. My choice (our wedding day) was converted from a digital image into the beautiful, gallery-worthy canvas you see below.
I had to think long and hard about the picture I wanted to make into a big shot for our family’s home. Initially, I thought that a picture of my children would be the best. But which one? And when I really started to think about it, I realized that we had NO pictures from our wedding larger than a 4×7. (long story about a photographer who changed locations and then didn’t develop pictures anymore and, well, we never got any pictures past the proofs that belonged to us… So this was NOT a copyright infringement! Trust me.) I selected the above photo with a black border for the gallery wrap and intend on hanging it above our bed. It will be STUNNING. I am absolutely thrilled with how it turned out and positively weepy that we finally have a beautiful piece of art from our wedding day. Thank you to Canvas Press! This will be treasured by my family for generations.
I’ve been wanting to get a large canvas for a while now. I don’t know what could be better than a huge picture of something adorable!When Canvas Press contacted me about doing a review of one of their canvases, I was so excited. It was a very simple and fast process to upload the picture online and complete the order. I got the 16 X 20 size with a 1.5″ gallery wrap.
When I got the package in the mail, I was really impressed with the way they packaged it. Very safe and secure and in absolutely perfect condition when it arrived to my house!
When I was ordering it online, I wasn’t sure which border option to select, so I just picked one I thought would work best. I was really pleased when Canvas Press called me and told me they thought another one would work better for this picture and size. I really appreciated them going the extra mile and calling me to make sure it looked good… I figured they knew what would look best more than me so I trusted them to pick the best border style!
Printing a graduation photo on elegant canvas makes for a unique gift that will glow with quality and class, not to mention set your grad apart from the pack. So, as you watch your grad marching down the aisle to “Pomp and Circumstance,” don’t be the one still thinking about how he or she will want to commemorate their special day. Photos are always top on the list. We know that gift-giving is a big concern for friends and family when honoring a grad so it’s the absolute last thing to “skimp” on or allow to end up looking average. Personalization is the way to go. It helps a graduate remember the experience and how wonderful it felt to finally graduate. They’ll feel honored for their big achievement and that’s the key to a great grad gift.
Common graduation gifts are engraved items such as clocks, jewelry, diploma frames and useful items they’ll take with them into the real world. These are no doubt fine gifts that have always pleased graduates, however they often lack the aesthetic appeal and sentimental nature of a photograph. Getting the right photo of your grad is the easy part. Seniors have portraits taken before school ends so these are readily available by the time your grad crosses the stage, and they were most likely taken by a professional which means you’ll have a high-resolution file allowing larger prints without the loss of sharpness.
The answer to uniquely honoring your graduate and providing them with a memorable image lies in the weave of canvas and it’s various custom options. Printing a photo on canvas offers endless possibilities for classy looks, large sized, life-lasting durability and complete fade-resistance. These dynamic options for transforming that average grad portrait into a timeless, life-lasting masterpiece are best explored at Canvas Press. You’ll find everything you’ll need to assemble a photo-gift that will delight and amaze any graduate. Consider these ideas for making yours stand out.
Add School Spirit
A portrait on canvas allows for a thick color border of up to 3” as one of several options. Use the school’s main color to border your portrait.
If you have several great photos, create a collage on one canvas. It can be blown up to some rather impressive sizes and arranged any way you like.
Add the school emblem to your canvas. All that’s needed is the image file and most schools will make a high-res version readily available to anyone wishing to honor a grad.
Personalize It
Our canvases can be printed in nearly any dimension so leave a large white space on the front around the grad’s portrait to allow for signatures and comments by friends and family. Have it waiting for them at the after party so everyone there can sign it.
Another great option is adding printed text to the canvas. What would you like to say to your grad? “Congratulations, you did it!” or “Class Of 2010”… The list goes on! Pick your font and size.
As the leader in Canvas Prints, we create personalized gift prints everyday and offer a level of quality that’s second to none. We also know that families and friends want to give thoughtful, personal, celebratory gifts that are fun, classy and budget-friendly. That’s why we’ve designed dynamic options to choose from and outstanding customer care that rivals any in the industry. With one of the fastest turnaround times in the business, you can quickly and easily have your grad’s gift designed, personalized and ready for amazement on the big day.
Alison of No. 16 Photography has some unique and creative photography. When she contacted us about doing a large restaurant project we were excited to help and see what amazing shots would be included. Here are a few pictures of the finished results and a testimonial from her, we’d like to thank her very much for the kind words!
I couldn’t be more pleased with Canvas Press’s quality and service!
As a professional photographer, I do an extreme amount of research before committing to a product. Past reviews, incredibly helpful and pleasant customer service, and extraordinary offers and pricing convinced me at once that Canvas Press was the right choice for my photos.
My first order with Canvas Press included three custom sized black and white images. When I received them, I was incredibly happy to see that they were just as the way I had previewed them on the easy-to-use website. When I was contracted to do 33 photo canvases for a restaurant, I knew that Canvas Press could handle it and guarantee the quality I desired. ALL 33 canvases were perfect. Canvas Press’s safe shipping of all 33 canvases was and is unsurpassed.
There is no doubt that I will continue to use Canvas Press for all of my photo canvas needs. The quality of canvas and use of inks is superb. Each canvas that I have ordered is clear, sharp and rich in color. The stretching of the canvas itself on my gallery wrapped projects is just as superior.
I thank you for all your wonderful help and support. Your customer service reps are the best I’ve ever dealt with. The friendly staff is always so very helpful with any and all of my questions and/or concerns.
This summer I ordered 10, 8×8 canvases of different locations all around the world. Each of the places was one of the destinations that my husband (at the time I ordered everything fiance) and I visited. Instead of numbering the tables at our wedding, we used the canvases set up on easels as table names. With the left-over canvases, James and I made a collage on our kitchen wall, and it is the first thing everyone notices when they walk in. We love it! Thanks for always making great products, and being part of our special day. -Natalie
This was a great idea Natalie! We love to see how our canvases end up being used. Thanks also to Whitney Lee Photography for the amazing shots and sharing the images with us.
We just received our order and they all look great! We could not be more pleased with how well our photos turned out and the quick shipping.
We had shopped around here at home to try to find a good price to print photos onto canvas but no one came close to the price or quality you had to offer. I even searched online and you guys had the best deals for what we were looking for.
Last Christmas our family took a vacation to Australia to visit my brother for Christmas and New Years. During our trip we went on multiple sight seeing tours and did lots of exploring. One day of exploration we went out and sampled wine at local wineries in the area and took some great photos. Our family is big into family pictures. So for Christmas this year my mom and I decided to get my dad some pictures of our previous trip. Lately dad has been redecorating our dining room with “food-themed” photographs and was trying to decide what photo to enlarge. We took the liberty of picking out one of his favorites and putting it on canvas, which we have wanted to try for a while.
We did one of us three boys at a winery Down Under and two of other photographs that I took at the wineries.
The three photos are together on the mantle in our dining room. Dad is still deciding exactly how he wants to arrange them but I thought it does a good job of showing them off.
Thank you for the excellent work! We are already picking out more photos to put to canvas!
Christmas and Halloween seem to get the lion’s share of everyone’s holiday decoration budget, but there’s no reason to leave out Thanksgiving, especially when photo to canvas prints make such unique and beautiful decorations.
While the images of Christmas – Santa, reindeer, angels, stars, and evergreen trees – and those of Halloween – jack-o-lanterns, ghosts, witches, and black cats – are quite particular, those associated with Thanksgiving are somewhat less so.Halloween shares its pumpkins with Thanksgiving – though they have generally become pies by then – and Christmas shares its turkey and lavish family dinners.Crisp days, autumn leaves changing color, and football – either participating in friendly family games, or watching the pros on TV – are things we associate with both Thanksgiving and the fall season.The only things that Thanksgiving doesn’t seem to share with the rest of the season are the images of our pilgrim forefathers.
With so many possibilities, Thanksgiving really should get more decorative attention.Thanksgiving reminds us of family, friends, and food, and the memories that combination can make also serve as great ideas.A few examples:
Norman Rockwell’s ‘Thanksgiving’ painting of the family seated at the table in the foreground as the grandmother presents the golden turkey and the grandfather prepares to lead grace is a true American icon.Why not re-enact the painting with your own family?A white table cloth, an oven-roasted turkey, and enough people are all you need.A photograph like that would be not only a one of a kind Thanksgiving decoration but a treasured family photograph.
Another family picture idea: dress up as pilgrims.Costumes are available or easy to make if you’re a bit crafty with a sewing machine and a glue gun.It’s something that will make a great memory year after year.
Football season – and football weather – is another great idea to explore.Some families play touch football before Thanksgiving dinner – to work up an appetite – or afterward – to work off the pumpkin pie.A photo of your family scrambling around in the fall leaves would make a beautiful printed canvas; even better if you have family team jerseys.If your clan is more the ‘weekend warrior’ and ‘armchair quarterback’ type, snap of shot of everyone on the couch in the living room watching the game.
Once you have the digital photos you want to transfer to canvas, send them to Canvas Press and we’ll take care of it from there.Your holiday printed canvases will be not only beautiful, but durable and easy to care for.Gallery wrapped canvases need no frame, so there is no glass that might break while hanging or storing.While the quality of your printed canvas will be such that you may want to display it all year, if you do want to use it just for seasonal decoration, just keep it in a cool, dry place where it’s safe from moisture.When you bring it out for the holidays, your stretched canvas will need only a light dusting – if that – and it’s ready to hang.
If you want to know more or get some guidance on a project, visit www.canvaspress.com and let us show you how Canvas Press can make your holidays brighter.Email us at the website or call (888) 784-5553 and we’ll be glad to help.
We had so much fun with our summer photo contest on Facebook and we hope you did too. We’re bringing it back now for a Halloween Photo Contest! Send us your cutest costumes and scariest pictures. Kids, pets, families, even photo art of creepy places like abandoned buildings or cemeteries… Show us your creative side.
Accepting submissions from now until Sunday October 25 at Midnight. It is very important that you follow all of the instructions for submissions or your entry may not be accepted.
Each entrant may submit only ONE (1) image
Image must be in .JPG format
Image should be of good resolution, but no more than 5MB in size
Only images received through 11:59 pm CST October 25, 2009 will be considered.
Instructions
Email images to info@canvaspress.com with the subject line ”Photo Contest.” Include your name, phone number and a title or caption for the image.
You will receive a confirmation email within 12-16 hours of receipt that your photo has been entered. If you do not receive an email your attachment may not have been received, please try again or contact us for help.
If the winning canvas does not fit as a 16×20 gallery wrap, a canvas of equal or lesser value may be substituted.
The winner will be contacted immediately upon the contest closing time. If the prize is not claimed within 14 days, it will be given to the image with the next highest number of votes.
Starting Monday morning, October 26 the entries will be posted in a gallery on our Facebook Fan Page for voting through Sunday, November 1. The winner will be the image with the most “likes” and that lucky photographer will win a 16×20 canvas gallery wrap of the photo!
In order to vote for an image you must become a fan of Canvas Press on our Facebook page to interact with the photo galleries and tag, comment on or “like” images.
When you’re planning a pet photo for printing on canvas, you’re going to want to make it a special photo. Standard portraits of your dog sitting or even striking a show ring pose will certainly emphasize your dog’s beauty and are a great choice. For many dog owners, though, it’s their pooches personalities that they really want to shine through in a portrait, and less formal poses might be more appropriate for that. Something that can really add to a great portrait of your dog is a costume.
That may sound odd at first, but one of the many joys of having dogs is the fact that they will generally allow you to dress them up in silly costumes. Also, unlike many other pets, e.g. cats, rabbits, and iguanas, to name only a few, dogs actually seem to enjoy playing dress up. Well, some of them enjoy it. Some dogs just put up with it because they know it makes us happy, which is yet another wonderful thing about the canine species. In any case, dogs and costumes just seem to go together the same way kids and costumes do, and when you think of kids and costumes, it’s only natural to think of Halloween.
A Halloween portrait of your dog is a great choice for printing to canvas. If you have children, you can get them in on the act as well, but it’s fine even if your pup is your only ‘kid’. Pictures of dogs in Halloween costumes are almost as common as those of costumed children and a lot of work and creativity can go into these. My friend Bonnie had a Cairn terrier, and what costume idea could be better for a Cairn terrier than Dorothy from ‘The Wizard of Oz’? Bonnie even made her pup tiny red-sequined ‘ruby slippers’ for her paws. ‘Dorothy’ looked kind of lonely, though, so she asked a couple of other dog-owning friends over and before long, ‘Dorothy’ had been joined by a Chow mix ‘Cowardly Lion’, an Airedale ‘Tin Man’ in aluminum foil leggings and a funnel cap, a friendly mutt of a ‘Scarecrow’ and one pug in a Flying Monkey outfit. Once they got everyone settled down, it made a delightful – and very funny – picture. Definitely something worth going up on a wall.
Dog costumes are all the rage and can be bought at most pet stores. Clown costumes are always a hit, especially since most dogs are natural comics, and it’s rare not to see at least one English Bulldog in a pink tutu for Halloween. While you can spend a lot of money on the perfect dog costume, if you’re the least bit creative you can make your own. Ingenuity and a great idea can go a long way in costuming. Witness the Dalmatian I saw at a Halloween dog parade whose owner had turned her into a milk cow with a set of cardboard horns and an ‘udder’ made of pink balloons. One the other end of the scale was a five year old girl in riding togs – jodphurs, boots and jacket, the whole works – leading her ‘steed’: a spotted Great Dane in a saddle and bridle. Now that, I thought, would have made a perfect send-up of the classic ‘equestrian portrait’.
Planning a Halloween portrait of your dog is great fun. If your pooch is on board with wearing a costume, you’re only limited by your imagination. While we can’t dress up your dog for you, if you need help with ideas for your project just call us at (888) 784-5553 or email us from our website www.canvaspress.com and we’ll be glad to help.
