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Family pics are always special and I love to have them around my house. It’s sometimes hard to find the right spot to display family pics without them being front and center and getting too cluttered looking.
But, I’ve got a few family framed pics that I used black frames with and decided my hallway would be the perfect spot to showcase them. And, I received THE most special gift from my friend, Debbie, which really made this gallery wall come alive. She is such a sweet friend and created this labor of love for me, all about my house renovation and the journey with my parents. I got teary-eyed when she brought it over to me.
It’s a house renovation picture collage and she took pics off my blog and framed them all together for a journey of this whole house renovation, with some of the lovely blog friends who came over to help us paint, all the way down to the scripture verse that my mom shared with me the day we closed on the house. Now, that’s a teary-eyed moment.
So, when I got the collage, I knew it would be perfect to add to my family wall, along with the pics of my parents when they were young and some other old family pics that are special to me.
The devotional that my mom shared with me on the day we closed was right in the middle. So special! Thank you, Debbie!
So, with the collage in the middle, I added all my family pics to this picture gallery wall and it will be a reminder every day when I walk past, how blessed I am to have the family I was born into. So blessed!
On the opposite wall, I added this little 11×14 canvas print of mine and my dad’s hands, working on the dining room project. Many of you suggested along the way, that a good way to remember this journey would be to frame my dad’s hands. So, I chose this one of both our hands, working on this house for me. I’ll never forget the journey and hard work that got me where I am today. For that, I am so grateful for the love of a father. He has hung in there with me, every step of the way, just like my Heavenly father does as well.
The opportunity for the canvas print came from Staples and they asked me if I’d like to try one of their new Easy Canvas Prints and of course, I said YES! I knew just the pic I’d get printed on my canvas. It’s a wonderful reminder of the specialness of this house journey.
And Staples wants to give ONE Easy Canvas Print to one of my readers too! Turn your favorite photo into a work of art for your wall.
All you have to do is leave a comment telling me if you already have a special picture that you’d like to get on a canvas print??
The winner will also receive a free 8×10 photo enlargement from Staples to try out too. Staples is a great stop for photo services, in case you haven’t tried them.
Leave one comment and I’ll chose a random winner in a few days and you’ll get a gift certificate to try out the Staples Easy Canvas prints and a free enlargement, redeemable at your local Staples Copy and Print center.
Thanks, as always for stopping by to see me!
Note: This is a sponsored post from Staples and I received a certificate for a free Staples Easy Canvas print and a free photo enlargement. All opinions are mine to share.
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Choosing which pics to use is the hard part. I have an awesome pic of my son with his newborn in black and white that would be perfect for canvas.
Thanks, love your blog.
I love the picture of your hand beside your dad’s hand. My grandparents were more like parents to me than grandparents. They are both in heaven now. I wish I had a picture of their hardworking hands. I would like to put a picture of them on a canvas.
What a sweet friend you have!! I often have thoughts of doing nice things like this but rarely complete them due to my crazy hectic life!! Very impressed with her. I have a beautiful black and white picture of my mother and my daughter taken on a bench outside the Newport, RI Mansions on a special “girls” Christmas trip the 3 of us took When my daughter was about 6. She is now grown and in college in beautiful Newport at Salve Regina. We sadly lost my mom this past June. I have wanted to do something with this photo for my daughter for Christmas. (one of those “on my very long list things to do” )Would love to put it on canvas for her. Blessing to you and yours in your beatiful new home this Christmas. Thanks for sharing the journey!!
I would love to have a canvas of one of my very old family pictures.
That is such a sweet photo!! I have a pic of me and my grand daughter feet at the beach!! It’s one of my favorite!!
I love your photo wall! There are a couple photos I’d love to have: one of me and my son or one of me & my grandson. Both were taken a little over a year ago. We took a friend with a camera to a nice area on the ocean and did a photoshoot so I would have pics to remember them!
Wonderful wonderful wonderful. It’s all wonderful. Wonderful friend, wonderful collage, and most wonderful canvas of two wonderful people’s serving hands. I don’t have a picture right now but I have a special one in mind that I will take over the holidays with my children. Now I just need to win that canvas!
most beautiful and meaning hallway family portrait wall ever! Just enough – not too much and one of a kind! I would put a picture of me and my daughter that I have on canvas … from when we were both younger! Precious! Love those hands – the hands that built the house! Perfect!
What a great effect! I love the pic of your dad’s hands and yours:) And the photo collage, and your mom’s scripture…. What a great display. And, YES, I would love to try the photo canvas–I definitely have a photo I could use (but I doubt I’d stop with one;)
I have the perfect picture–my sweet grandson sitting in his Papaw’s rocking chair when he little.
Yes! I would love to get a print of a photo from our wedding. Thanks for the giveaway!
Your pictures are adorable, Rhoda. And in the perfect spot! You got yourself a heckuva beautiful house there!
The canvas photo is so precious! I wish I had a photo like that of my father (he passed away over ten years ago, but I still miss him every day) when he helped me with things! So pretty!
Love your gallery wall. We just moved to a new home in October and am looking forward to organizing family pictures this winter to hang on the walls. We took a special trip to London & Paris in 2009 and I would choose a picture from that trip. Thanks, Rhoda!
I have a picture of my son around 18 months (he’s now 15) with my Dad that would be great to have made into a canvas! I’m enjoying all of your home update blogs, just loved your den, too cute!
Take care,
Kara
I love your canvas. Beautiful. I would choose a photo of my friend and her dad. She lost her dad and this would be perfect.
My grandaughter is terminal and MUST capture all of her pictures that I can. So important to have those memories. 🙂
I would like to have a picture of my parents put on a canvas print.
I would love to have one of these. I have so many pictures that would be perfect. I would probably use a family photo.
I have saved and chosen a bunch of photos that I have yet to do anything with… This would be soooo nice..
I love your wall Rhoda, and the note from your mom made me cry… 🙂
Those pictures are so special…..I just got a few photos of my grandparents and would love to do something special with them 🙂