How & Where To Choose A Leather Photo Album

May 4, 2012

Some of the most attractive and safest photo albums are a leather photo album that consists of acid free archival material in both the album cover and the album pages.  This post is the last in a series that I have written on the best and safest ways to store your precious images of your children and grand children.  For either a refresher or a complete understanding of this subject, you may want to reference these two previous posts by clicking on these titles:

1. How To Store Pictures Of Your Children
2. Do You Need A Photobox To Store Your Pictures?

Although photo storage may not be as exciting a subject as those in some of my other posts, this information is still is very important to fulfilling the complete picture of enjoying your personal photography involvement with your children.

When I was a young girl, many times we would go to my grand parents for a Sunday dinner  which almost always consisted of my Grandma’s fried chicken, homemade biscuits, gravy, mashed potatoes, cranberry jello relish, and her own homemade chicken noodles.  I even remember her rolling out the egg noodles in her country kitchen and then hanging them on a linen towel over the back of a kitchen chair to dry the Saturday before.  And to top it off, she raised the chickens and the eggs, and the potatoes had been grown in her garden.  Any milk came from their cows; not much was store bought in those days.  I sometimes think that kids today are missing a lot by not seeing all of this happen. Read more

Have You Thought Of A Photo As Canvas Art For A Gift?

February 21, 2012

A Photo As Canvas Art For Mom At Christmas

Many years ago, I recognized even as a child that things in our family were happening and changing all around us and that no one in my immediate family was recording these changes in the form of images. So I decided that there were some of these happenings that were too important to let get away.

At that time I could have never even dreamed of the possibility of someday giving a photo as canvas art to my mother as a gift. The only pictures on canvas we were exposed to were those by an artist who painted the images by hand in watercolor or oil mediums. And, during those days, I am convinced that my parents  would have considered photos on canvas as a gift something way too extravagant. Read more

Remember

May 31, 2010

On this Memorial Day my son will be flying back from Liberia, Africa to return to his home in Toledo before flying out to the Middle East later in the week. He is in the Air Force Reserves after serving 4 years on active duty maintaining giant USAF C5 aircraft in California.

While not on active duty at the moment, I think often of when he will go back on active duty, which in turn reminds me to think – especially today – of the young men and women who are serving in two wars, and of those who have given the ultimate sacrifice that we may be able to live in safety and enjoy our families, particularly our children.

Remember those who gave their all that we might be free to celebrate their sacrifices today.

Remember, keep taking lots and lots of photographs of your kids. You will be glad you did!

Time Is Running Out

March 19, 2010

As I have mentioned in previous posts Canvas on Demand has a special running this month where they will give you an additional 12% discount during the month of March, 2010, by using the coupon code “CODAFFNEWS0310″. Just enter the code when you go through checkout.

Over the years I have collected a number of these photos on canvas as I have found photographs I feel are exceptional and show the true essence of the child I am photographing. Whether simple canvases with wrapped edges, or framed like a normal painting, these prints on canvas create items with which you can decorate your home with a personal touch.

We find that they are great conversation starters, and that our children always check them out, and sometimes converse with us, remembering the event in the image.

One thing I have experienced is that “empty nest” feeling as each of our children, one after the other, leave home for college or work never to return on a permanent basis. As I work and relax in our home I can look around and see images I have taken printed on canvas which evoke a feeling of peacefulness and contentment.

Many times I have been glad that I took the time to get so many photographs, and that I had them printed on canvas. These canvas prints make decorating your home and their rooms not only easy, but personal and attractive. In addition, they can become family treasures to be passed down from generation to generation.

I encourage you to use the coupon code CODAFFNEWS0310 today and have one of your very best photographs printed on canvas.

Remember, keep taking lots and lots of photographs of your kids. You will be glad you did!

Turn Your Pictures Into Photo Art

March 15, 2010

Well, last week we were working on taking photographs of our toddlers and preschool children, and by now we have a number of great shots, right? Following along and taking a lot of pictures has given us a number to look through, evaluate and decide which are “keepers”.  And, “keepers” should have a destiny, right? Their rightful place is to become photo art.

The kids are growing up so quickly, changing almost daily, and almost as soon as we turn around they are into something new, or have changed in some way we can’t quite put our finger on, but we know they are not the same as they were yesterday.

As we look through our folder full of photographs we notice that one or two really stand out. It was framed just right, the color was brilliant, they looked healthy and happy and we got a wonderful photograph that captured the essence of our child.

So, what now?

I have a suggestion to offer: Turn your photo into art. You can even make it look like a painting from your photos.  Canvas On Demand is where I have all of my pictures into art on canvas printed. They have been my favorite for many years now, and unless they change the quality of the product they produce or their great service, they will continue to have my business!

For example, look at the photograph on the right of a toddler at the beach which has been printed on canvas and then framed to be hung in the child’s room. Imagine how safe and secure your child will feel with your photo on canvas  prominently displayed in your home, and even in the child’s bedroom for all to see! Imagine, decorating your child’s room with a photograph you took printed on canvas to look just like a painting from a picture! You can easily do this in Adobe Photoshop CS5 by using an artistic watercolor filter on your final JPEG picture.

Or, if you just took your preschooler to Walt Disney World and took some wonderful photos that you could have made into canvas art, you could celebrate the experience there by hanging a canvas print on the wall of your child’s bedroom.  Imagine as they grow how many times they will look at that canvas and remember the great fun they had there with you, and you will too.

Or, if you like the “Quiet Sharing” watercolor image displayed here, you can get more information on how to purchase it on canvas by clicking on this image at the beginning of this post.

Once your children leave home you will have a work of art, your photos into art, hanging at home to remind you of when they were growing up. Years later you may decide to give the canvas to them, creating a family heritage from your photographs! They will remember and thank you for the rest of their lives.

Remember, keep taking lots and lots of photographs of your kids. You will be glad you did!

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