Create Personal Gifts By Putting Photos on Mugs

Photographing your kids in rewarding in itself. The more you photograph them the better you get at it, the more used they become to the camera and you have more chance of getting that perfect shot: sunny happy smiles in sharp focus with lovely soft light, the kind of picture that is heartwarming to look at; a shot that you’ll want to share with all your family. Of course you can e-mail it to everyone. You might want to have it enlarged onto canvas for a really lasting memory. But for an affordable and personal gift to give out to your family, you can’t beat putting photos that you love on to mugs.

Having a photo printed on to a mug is easy and affordable. You can search the internet and find many sites that offer this service. Look for a site that offers a selection of styles of mug and shows samples of their photo printing quality. The cheapest option will be a standard mug, but a fine bone china mug would be a great choice to celebrate a special occasion like a christening. Keep in mind though that bone china usually doesn’t reproduce color in such intense shades as other ceramics, so choose a photo that will look elegant in more muted tones. You can also put text on the mugs and choose whether to have the photo as a wraparound or just on one side of the mug.

It would be a lovely idea to make a mug with a picture of your child each year, so that eventually you have a set showing them at yearly intervals, growing up before your eyes as you sip your coffee. Or if your child is already school age you could look out photos from each year of their life and produce a set all in one go as a special present for Grandma. In fact you’ll probably be tempted not to give them away at all and keep them for your own mug of morning coffee.

I think my favorite version of the photo mug is the collage mug, where you can use five different digital photos on one mug. It gives the mug a more graphic feel and this way you can have portraits of all the family on one mug, perfect for far flung family who don’t get to see you often. They’ll be able to share their breakfasts with you every day! This would also be a brilliant option for displaying a series of baby through toddler, to school age portraits of your child. The possibilities are endless. You’ll never again be short of ideas for really special and personal gifts. Just let your imagination go wild and keep taking photos of your kids!

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Posted by Kit Heathcock | Filed Under Display Your Photographs, Share Your Photographs 

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