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Kids Gift Idea: Photofiddle
By Stephanie | December 19, 2009
Take a picture.
Send it to Photofiddle.com and they will transform it into a spectacular piece of art.
Put it up on your wall and you will smile every time you look at it. Every.Single.Time. It will warm your heart and warm your house.
Oh, wait. Was this supposed to be a gift idea? You better order two because I guarantee you will want a copy of the picture too.
Prices range from $15 to $1,000, depending on what size and type of product (Gallery Wrapped Canvas, Standard Frames, Premium Frames, 3 Section Split, Art Print, etc.) you choose.
Children love looking at pictures of themselves and the people they love (and, truth be told, so do adults) so giving a gallery wrapped canvas photo would truly be an elegant and incredible gift idea for any small child, tween, teen, parent, or grandparent. Absolutely Anyone.
Pssst…TODAY ONLY…you can get a FREE Upgrade to 2 Day Shipping, plus Delivery by Christmas. Enter code XMAS2NDDAY before midnight.
WIN IT! One winner will receive a $50 gift certificate to Photofiddle.com. To enter, leave any topic-related comment on this post prior to Sunday, December 27th at 11:59 p.m. (Don’t forget to follow the rules…all generic comments like “Enter me!,” “Love it,” and “Cool stuff!” will be disqualified.).
FOR A SECOND ENTRY: Blog or Tweet about my Christmas Gift Guide (or about this giveaway)…and leave a second comment telling me that you did.
* I received product samples for review purposes.
*UPDATE* The winner is #74 Kellie Conklin. Congratulations!
Topics: contests, gift giving | 104 Comments »
December 19th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
omigosh, these are ADORABLE and would make the perfect gift. I’m heading over there now to create something, thanks!
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December 19th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
I’ve been wanting to make an entire wall of the kids for so long. I will definitely be checking them out. Thanks!
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December 19th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Photofiddle is amazing! I’ve had a couple of pictures done on their site (not ordered just in their file) while I try to figure out which one I want to order =)
autumn398 @yahoo.com
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December 19th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Such a fun site to play around on. When we have a family photo taken that I really like I’ll definitely be ordering from them.
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December 19th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
So neat – simple steps to spectacular results!Another fab idea for the grandparents.
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December 19th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Gorgeous! I’m not the artsy type, so this would be a big help.
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December 19th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
I have a wedding photo I would like someone to fiddle with and make it perfect!!!
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December 19th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
This would be a great gift for a grandparent… or maybe we would just do a nice family photo and keep it for ourselves!
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December 19th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
That would make a great gift for someone! I went and checked out the site and I love the canvas wraps. Would love to get a pic of our family canvas wrapped like that.
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December 19th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
What a cool website! I can’t wait to play around with our pictures! Wonderful gift idea!
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December 19th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
A house is not a home unless you have family pictures hanging up. These look wonderful!
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December 19th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
What a neat site! I love having our pictures hanging all over the walls… and the girls’ favorite books are the ones I’ve made for them on Shutterfly with their own photos!!
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December 19th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
I’ve never heard of that company. I’d use my certificate to surprise my hubby with a good “daddy” photo.
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December 19th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
I think the picture was beautiful as is!! The photofiddle is pretty, but baby faces that cute dont need adjustment! :)
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December 19th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
It is hard to beat a piece of art made from a photo of your kiddos! The photofiddle site is new to me…I’ll have to check it out.
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December 19th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
Cool website. I have seen similar things before, but never knew any place to order them. Great gift for yourself!
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December 19th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
That looks pretty fun! I love photographs of people I love. I have such fun subjects to take pictures of too.
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December 19th, 2009 at 10:22 pm
I have a lot of pictures of my son but I honestly have NOT printed any for to put up in my home. Something like this would do the work for me.
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December 19th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
I always love seeing things like these on your walls, and I’m always jealous. :) I’d love to get a little something for our walls!
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December 19th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
I have to admit that I am guilty of not displaying hardly any photos in our home! No excuses, I really don’t know why! I have two beautiful sons;
outward and inward, and couldn’t love them any more than I do. This company looks fabulous. Many thanks, Cindi
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December 19th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
“Tweet!”
http://twitter.com/cmh512/status/6852570389.
Thanks, Cindi
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December 20th, 2009 at 7:02 am
These look really neat! They would make great grandparent gifts, too, I would think!
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December 20th, 2009 at 8:01 am
Your photos turned out so well! I had a photo “fiddled” last year and adore how it turned out, using the fantasy art style. Everyone comments on it!
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December 20th, 2009 at 8:01 am
I tweeted your guide: http://twitter.com/MommaStaciA/status/6861723902 Thanks!
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December 20th, 2009 at 8:07 am
I would love to win this so I can give a picture of my kids to my mom.
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December 20th, 2009 at 9:39 am
This site provides such gorgeous options for photos! My parents would really enjoy a photo of their grandchild processed in this way!!!!!
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December 20th, 2009 at 10:20 am
wow- this looks really neat! I think this would be a great addition to our wall (i can’t imagine parting with a picture like this as a gift! :))
Thanks for your awesome giveaways!
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December 20th, 2009 at 10:42 am
I ordered a canvas from photofiddle after your review a couple years ago. My husband LOVED it for father’s day. We just sent a family portrait to my mother-in-law from them for Christmas. Thanks for helping us discover a really great gift idea!
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December 20th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
I never know exactly what I want to put up on my walls. I like art. I like visually appealing, different looking art. But I also love my kids and their faces. This would be a perfect combination!
Your babies are so lovely, Steph. As always.
Nell
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December 20th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
I would love to win that, but I don’t think I could part with the photo. I know that’s bad, but these fiddled photos are so cute especially when it’s my daughter. :)
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December 20th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
I love Photofiddle, and I’m definitely impressed by the professional quality of the large prints and canvas prints. I am planning on giving my Mother in Law a large canvas for her birthday of all 10 of her grandchildren together. :)
And your girls are cuties!
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December 20th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
What a great idea. Our son’s grandparents would love one of these, as would we, but they don’t get to see their grandson often.
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December 20th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
This is so fun! I absolutely love the whole pop art look that you can do at photofidde!
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December 20th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
i tweeted too! :)
http://twitter.com/workoutmommy/status/6882232193
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December 21st, 2009 at 12:13 pm
I gave a framde picture on canvas to my mather in law of one of my girls. It is gorgeous!
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December 21st, 2009 at 8:41 pm
These are so cool, and it would be awesome for lots f other things, too – to commemorate a first house, or remember a beloved pet, etc.
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December 21st, 2009 at 9:01 pm
I love Photofiddle. I have a picture of Paige done in Charcoal that is hanging in my office. This fall I took a picture of Johnny on the football field and it would be a great addition to the walls in my office as well. So many fun things to do to a photo…who knew?
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December 22nd, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Wow, I love how these look! I would love to get this done to a picture of my nephew.
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December 22nd, 2009 at 12:25 pm
This is AWESOME!. It’s so classy!! When you do something so nice with pictures of your kids it makes you feel so good.
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December 22nd, 2009 at 8:14 pm
When my husband and I first starting decorating our house after we moved in, we had “art.” Nothing crazy fancy of course, but art. Now, after being here for 6 years and having 2 kids, the art has slowly been replaced by pictures of our girls – and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Like you said, you just look at those pictures and treasure them so much more!
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December 22nd, 2009 at 8:14 pm
Tweet! http://twitter.com/thxmailcarrier/status/6951736865
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December 23rd, 2009 at 2:14 am
I like how ‘fiddling’ with the picture brought out different aspects of them
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December 23rd, 2009 at 9:50 am
tweet
http://twitter.com/letomama/status/6969708962
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December 23rd, 2009 at 2:05 pm
I do photography as a side job and this would be a great opporunity to get some of my pictures off my computer and on the walls! :)
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December 25th, 2009 at 3:22 am
So many gorgeous photos of your family! This would be a great way to release our photos from the digital camera!
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December 25th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Sending grandma something from Photofiddle would make a great gift any time of the year. Thanks!
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December 25th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
love to have of the grandchildren what be just precious
mverno@roadrunner.com
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December 25th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
This would be great to turn my daughter’s picture into a work of art. :) macd82 at gmail dot com
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December 25th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
love this site
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December 25th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
This is great for my grandaughter, I’m sure she’ll love to reflect on such a piece of art.
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December 25th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
I love stuff like this! I have to edit every photo I post on facebook! I had a throw made out of a family picture once and it was a big hit, this would be as well!
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December 25th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
Oh I get lost everytime I make pieces of “art” on websites.. Photofiddle is the same… I try pop art then oil.. then sponge…
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December 25th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
I’ve used Photofiddle before and have been pleased with their work. I have a great photo of my 3 nieces that I would have done like this.
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December 25th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
We have a lovely photograph taken on a sailboat dinner cruise as the sun was setting that would fit perfectly with the Impasto Classic Style! :)
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December 25th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
I didn’t know about Photofiddle, but I did have a local company print a picture on canvas. It turned out so well and I want to make more for gifts and for myself.
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December 26th, 2009 at 5:26 am
I love the idea of having one of my photos made into artwork for my home.
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December 26th, 2009 at 7:43 am
I am an artist and would like to try this with some of my art.
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December 26th, 2009 at 7:55 am
I have seen these, and your right, if one is ordering as a gift, two are in order…one to keep and one to share. I think this is a thoughtful holiday gift for any occasion.
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December 26th, 2009 at 8:38 am
I would love to give this as a gift to my mother in law and have a picture of all her grandchildren.
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December 26th, 2009 at 10:23 am
Never heard of Photofiddle but it sounds like a fab site for my daughter to visit to transform pictures of her new daughter!
thanks!
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December 26th, 2009 at 11:47 am
I really look forward to creating many wonderful works of art with my kids pictures. I finally got a new computer and retrieve all my pictures off my old one. Photofiddle sounds wonderful.
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December 26th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Oooh I love photofiddle! I have had some gifts made from wedding photos for friends, and now that we’re all on to “baby stage” it’s time for me to think about using photofiddle again! Thanks for the reminder!
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December 26th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
great site, so many cool ways to manipulate pics!
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December 26th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
These are really cute, such a great give away. You could make such creative gifts with this!
barb
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December 26th, 2009 at 7:32 pm
This would be a great gift idea for my parents. I know they’d love a print of my son!
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December 26th, 2009 at 7:32 pm
Beautiful :)
ktgonyea at gmail.com
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December 26th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
I have a photo of my two kids that I would love to have printed on a canvas to frame. Thanks for the opportunity.
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December 26th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
Those are great! I just got some frames, so this would be great to put in them! Thanks.
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December 26th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
They have some really different ideas for photos; Light Pegz and Black & White or Color sketches. Very neat!
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December 26th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
I have the perfect picture in mind! It would look great hanging on my dining room wall!
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December 26th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
How cool! I have a ton of pictures in mind for this. I hope I win!
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December 26th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
I tweeted this giveaway: http://twitter.com/ag1414/status/7082252700
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December 26th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
I would love to get a Lichtenstein style picture of my nieces!
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December 26th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
Awesome website, I have the perfect picture to use for this! It’s fun seeing how photos can change and take on a whole new dimension! thanks for the giveaway.
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December 27th, 2009 at 12:23 am
This would be great to use with the pictures of my grandkids!!!
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December 27th, 2009 at 1:28 am
What a funky look. I love it. Thanks for the chance.
mogrill@comcast.net
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December 27th, 2009 at 1:50 am
Thank you so much for introducing me to Photofiddle. I have been looking for a site online that will do large collages. My family is wanting to make a large print and have it framed for my Grandparent’s 50th Wedding Annivesary.
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December 27th, 2009 at 3:33 am
I love all the different options! What a great gift idea!
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December 27th, 2009 at 8:16 am
I would love to use this for one of the pictures of my son and his new wife. Would be a great Valentine’s present.
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December 27th, 2009 at 9:47 am
I really like their charcoal sketch option, I would love to have a charcoal sketch of my kiddos.
Thanks for the giveaway!
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December 27th, 2009 at 10:06 am
I would like to do this with my kids. I have a picture of the two of them at Valentine’s day that would look cuter if I fiddled around with it.
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December 27th, 2009 at 10:56 am
Photofiddle sounds great! I never heard of them before but would love to try it for some pictures.
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December 27th, 2009 at 10:56 am
http://twitter.com/kngmckellar/status/7095861442
tweeted
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December 27th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Seeing a treasured photo turned in to art work would be an amazing thing. It’s really incrediable the amount of unique items you create at photofiddle.com.
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December 27th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
I would love this to get a picture of my nephew done!
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December 27th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
I love the pop art options! neat site!
Thanks for entering me! Great Contest!
Janna Johnson
janna@FeedYourPigBlog.com
jannajanna@hotmail.com
http://www.FeedYourPigBlog.com
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December 27th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
wow there’s so much you can do at photofiddle. I’d love to do this as agift for my sister and her new baby.
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December 27th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
i like the color sketch design..they have such neat ways to change a photo and make it really special :)
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December 27th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
I have never heard of Photofiddle until this blog and it looks like an amazing product that would be very fun and interesting to do.
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December 27th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
What a wonderful way to capture my/your child for a lifetime of enjoyment! I just put up a wall of photos and would love to put up some like the ones above!
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December 27th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
They have a lot of different sizes to choose from on their site. Too cool! I love those Gallery Wrapped 3 SECTION SPLIT prints.
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December 27th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
I really like all the choices you get with Photofiddle. They take a photo and make it much more.
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December 27th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
I have such a time trying to find just the right pic to use on stuff like this. Plus, with so many choices of design, as a Libra, I would have a breakdown. I think that if I win, I’m going to do some pulling out of a hat type stuff.
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December 27th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
I hit your retweet button – http://twitter.com/choochoo428/status/7107072573
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December 27th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
I like Photofiddle’s work especially done in charcoal!
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December 27th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
tweeted
http://twitter.com/Ardy22/status/7110620133
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December 27th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Photofiddle has so many beautiful styles. I would love to have an Oil painting of my daughter and a Pop Art of my dogs.
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December 27th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
THis would be great to use on some of my pics.
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December 27th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
http://twitter.com/MACMOMof3/status/7112433015 Tweeted
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December 27th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
I love the oil painting treatment – it makes an heirloom of a family picture. Thanks for a great giveaway!
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December 27th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
I tweeted here http://twitter.com/janetmom2maya/status/7112595004
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December 27th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
My favorite past time is taking pictures of my two little girls. (Ask my husband, when we had our first daughter I took 6000 pictures of her the first year!!) I would LOVE to see one of my photographs I took of my girls in a Photofiddle art masterpiece!!
Rx2Mama@gmail.com
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December 27th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
This would be great! I’d love to surprise my husband with a nice picture of our children :)
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December 27th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
I love the Oil Painting style!
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