Vintage Wedding Photo

I have always loved my Grandma and Grandpa's wedding photo. They were married in 1928.  Late last year my parents gave me the photo.  It's such a great picture of them.  I think my grandma looks so elegant in her dress and headband.  Check out the huge bouquet of flowers with the draping ribbons.  This is the only time I've ever seen my grandma with short hair.  I remember her brushing out hair that reached all the way down her back and then twisting it into a braid before she went to bed.  During the day she would wrap it up into a neat bun that she piled on top of her head.  This photo of her as a young bride gives me a glimpse into her past and lets me see her as someone besides "Grandma."

My mom just told me "Her dress was blue velvet and she had made it herself. I still have a piece of the ribbon from the bouquet. She also carried a blue hanky that I carried at my wedding and two grandchildren of hers carried at their wedding. It is so fragile now that I have it framed along with the flower ribbon."

A week or two after they gave me the photo they had this frame laying by their front door because they were going to get rid of it. The frame was an ugly brown, made out of plastic, but it had a beautiful domed glass insert.   For some reason it also had this picture of a raccoon in it....

I tossed the frame into the trunk of my car and there it sat for a couple of weeks because I forgot about it.  When Tony put his cap and gown in the trunk for graduation, we told him the raccoon picture was his graduation present and made him pose at school with it.  My son has a good sense of humor and played along with our joke.  LOL!

I finally brought the frame inside and decided to paint it.  I mixed Aqua Smoke with a hint of black and got a really great gray/aqua color.  The photo doesn't do it justice, but take my word for it - it's a great color and beautifully offsets the black and white picture.  Then I popped Grandma and Grandpa's wedding photo into the frame.  It's a whole new look.

The framed photo is headed to the lake house.  It's going to look wonderful in my bedroom.

Product Review - Easy Canvas Prints

How would you like to turn one of your own photos into a gorgeous canvas print?  Easily?  Well I have the solution for you in three words -  Easy Canvas Prints.  And easy is an understatement.  Their canvas print designer is simple to use.  They accept a wide variety of file formats so just upload your photo, choose canvas thickness, size and border.   You can pick color, black and white and even sepia finishes. The canvas is then stretched in-house by their canvas professionals.  If you'd like to have them frame your print, they also offer a wide variety of color and style options. 

I recently had an 8 x 10 canvas print made and I was delighted with it.  I wish I could have gotten a better photo of my canvas so you could see how truly great this is!

All canvases come with a Beehive or Sawtooth hanger so you can easily display them on your wall immediately upon receiving your work of art.  Easy Canvas Prints are durable and should last for decades if properly cared for.  You can even dust them with a soft cloth. 

Production time to have a canvas made is generally 10-12 days.  Easy Canvas did an excellent job of keeping in touch with me by email, sending an order confirmation and then by emailing again when my canvas shipped just 9 days later.  They even included a tracking number for easy postal tracking along the way.  If you're anything like me, I couldn't wait to receive my print.

Easy Canvas offers a wide variety of size options from 8 x 10 up to 24 x 36 and they have affordable prices for all.  Their website is easy to follow and full of helpful tips and information.  They also have a wide variety of retouching options, so if you have a photo you like that needs a little extra TLC, they can help!  I would suggest using a high photo resolution when you upload your photo file to their site so you get a crisp and clear canvas.

Easy Canvas Prints offers a new dimension in photo display.  They are perfect for treasured memories like weddings, anniversaries, vacations, children and even pets.  Visit their website and create a special memory now.  And get this, for a limited time Easy Canvas is offering my readers a 50% promo code by clicking here.  This is a fabulous deal.  Hey, Valentines Day is just around the corner.....

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I was provided an Easy Canvas Print of my choice for review purposes and asked to give an honest review.  All opinions are my own.