Personalized Photo Gifts Ideas

Cheerleader Team Photo Blankets

A Cheerleader team recently enquiredabout Photo Blankets for their team.  They wanted something with the team photo on it for each of the girls.  With tweleve girls on the team, the detail in the Photo Beach Towels and the smaller knitted and woven Photo Blankets would be marginal.  The extra larger knitted or extra large woven would work as would both sizes of the Fleece Photo Blanket.

The detail in the blanket was an important part of their decision.  Beased upon this, they decided to order the large Fleece Photo Blanket.   Of all our photo blankets, this one has the most detail.  They submitted a photo with good contrast and lighting and wanted the school’s name and year added across the bottom.

The team mom told us the girls were thrilled with the results and now have something to remember their time together on their cheerleader team.

Jim

Collage Photo Blankets

I’m amazed at the creativity of some of our customers. We’ve received several collages created by customers that show an obvious talent with graphics. But it’s not as hard as it seems. It really takes more time than skill. Most graphics programs allow you to combine several photos and then save the result. This result is a digital collage.

The most popular item for a collage is our Fleece Photo Blanket. The reason is the detail is just so amazing on the fleece blankets. The dye sublimation process is almost photographic in quality. It is on a fuzzy blanket instead of paper, but it’s close.

We’ve also created collages for customers on photo puzzles (as previously mentioned), photo canvas and other photo blankets including our large knitted photo blanket.

My recommendation, which I always share, is to contact us about the product you want to use the collage one.  We can then get you the image requirements so it will fit the item perfectly.

Jim

Memorial Photo Blankets

It’s not something most of us like to think about but I see signs of it all most every week.  Most of our Photo Blankets our bought for happy occasions…anniversaries, graduations, birthdays and such…but I also see many used as memorial photo blankets.  Surprisingly, many are for our four legged family member and I don’t just mean dogs.  We see a lot of horses and cats too.

Just this week we made another memorial photo blanket for a young girl and her horse.  They were sitting together in the field.  While they know the horse won’t be around too much longer, they do have a nice photo and will now have a great, heirloom quality photo blanket to always remember those days together.

During the emotional time when you lose a loved one, it’s likely not your first though, but saving and cherishing your memories is important.  Many customers have found having a blanket they can literally wrap themselves up in, is a comforting way to keep a loved one nearby. 

Jim

Wooden Photo Puzzles

While custom photo puzzles are a popular gift idea, a bride recently used them in a very unique way.  She created a photo collage for each of her bridesmaids and used them to create a wooden photo puzzle as a gift for each of them.  The collage was made up of photographs that were meaningful to her and her friends and included the text “Best Friends”.

With a little knowledge and a graphics program, it’s something anyone can do.  She order the 10x 14 wooden puzzle so created an image that was 10″ x 14″ at 200 dpi.  She layout out the photos and text exactly as she wanted them then saved the image as a high quality jpg file.  She then used this file when she placed her order. 

The puzzles are printed using dye sublimation so they came out looking just like the collage she created.  The wooden puzzles have the advantage of being made from a high quality pressed wood.  Our wooden photo puzzles are much more durable than puzzles made from cardboard and they come with an impressive, glossy finish.  The result is a fantastic gift that will be remembered for years to come.

Jim