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- Personalised Photo Gifts Make Every Occasion Special - by Submitted on Dec 31, 1969 from Shane MartinUsing your own images to create bespoke photo gifts means that you can marry together the idiosyncrasy of a handmade gift with the high quality manufacturing techniques usually applied to goods which you purchase from a shop. It’s possible, for example, to create your own photo books which are a ...
Views: 1040 - Personalised Photo Gifts Which Truly Come From The Heart - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2011 from Shane MartinOnce upon a time there were very few things you could do with your photos once you’d had them taken – put them in an album, hide them in a tin or stick them in a frame. The technological leap forward encapsulated by digital photography has changed all this, allowing anyone to turn their photos ...
Views: 993 - Personalized photo greeting cards – Unique gifts for all occasions - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2011 from Shane MartinThere are almost too many occasions to mention when a photo card containing a personal message is the perfect way to tell a person that you care or are thinking about them. Fortunately, there are websites such as Bonusprint that make it very easy to create your own unique greeting card which ...
Views: 629 - Photo Books Are the Finest Way to keep Your Most Precious Photographs - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2011 from Shane MartinIn years gone by, producing a photo book as a permanent record of your most treasured or special images was something which was the preserve of a select few; people such as professional photographers, artists and those with access to printing and binding equipment. Thanks to the flexibility ...
Views: 1070 - Photo calenders are great birthday gift ideas - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2011 from Shane MartinThere are many sizes and styles of photo calendars you can choose to create with your own digital photos, if you visit one of the online printers where your calenders can easily be uploaded and printed. For example, Bonusprint is a High Street store that has a website where you can create your ...
Views: 543 - Photo Cards Make Sure The Message Is Personal - by Submitted on Nov 21, 2011 from Shane MartinIf you truly want a friend or family member to know how much they mean to you, and that they are foremost in your thoughts, then one of the most effective ways of doing this is to send them a greeting card. There are few things more thrilling than receiving a card through the post, or even ...
Views: 1255 - Photography Made Easy With Digital Photo Prints - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2011 from Shane MartinIn the past, photo prints were limited in number due to the practical difficulties involved. The physical film had to be developed and then prints made from the negative, an expensive and time consuming process which meant that most people were limited to just one copy of each photo, with ...
Views: 1286 - Printing pictures on canvas - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2011 from Shane MartinPictures on canvas Until you have enjoyed the great pleasure of seeing your own photo on canvas, it is hard to imagine the pleasure that canvas printing can give. There is a great danger when storing digital images that they can get lost through failed hard drives, stolen phones or online ...
Views: 1154 - Produce Your Own Art By Putting A Photo On Canvas - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2011 from Shane MartinIf you’re looking for a unique work of art to put on the wall of your home, then you’ll know how difficult finding this can be. Finding art that suits your tastes whilst also meeting your budget is difficult, if not impossible, particularly if you want something which isn’t mass produced. A ...
Views: 1225 - Save Money with online photo printing - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2011 from Shane MartinDigital photo prints Technology enables us all to share in the good things in life such as cheap photography and photo printing. There was a time when taking photos was the preserve of the rich but, nowadays, almost every mobile phone includes a camera that takes high quality shots. Of ...
Views: 521 - Send a Card that Only You Could Send - by Submitted on Oct 30, 2011 from Shane MartinSending a greeting card is still one of the most effective ways of letting people know that you’re thinking of them and really care for them. Despite the ease with which we can now all communicate via electronic means such as facebook, twitter and text messaging, there is still nothing quite ...
Views: 1351 - Send A Greeting Card Which Really Gets The Message Across - by Submitted on Oct 08, 2011 from Shane MartinWhen you really want to let somebody know you’re thinking of them, one of the best ways of doing so is to send a greeting card. A card arriving through the post, or even hand delivered, will always be especially thrilling, and photo cards are particularly appealing, since the right choice of ...
Views: 1207 - Send Photo Greeting Cards Which Are Truly Personal - by Submitted on Nov 28, 2011 from Shane MartinIf you want to get a message across to another person with the maximum possible impact, then one of the most effective means of doing so is to send a greeting card. Even in this age of electronic connectivity, when it’s quick and simple to send a text, facebook message or tweet, there is ...
Views: 1115 - Spiral Binding Photo Books Make Perfect Mini Scrapbooks - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2011 from Shane MartinPhoto books uk From wherever you are in the world it is possible to go online and create your own scrapbook of memories with personal photos and comments that will give you and anyone else who is lucky enough to receive a copy of your photo book a great deal of pleasure in years to ...
Views: 1429 - Start The New Year With Wonderful Gifts - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2013 from Shane MartinCelebrating the end of one year and the start of another is something which has traditionally been done via the method of throwing parties and holding celebratory events. These are transitory in nature, however, leaving only the memories behind to look back on. If you create and give photo gifts ...
Views: 1158 - Touch Her Heart With Bespoke Mothers Day Gifts - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2012 from Shane MartinThe range of Mothers day gifts available is extremely wide, but many people still make the mistake of falling back on old favourites such as perfume and boxes of chocolate. Whilst these may be better than nothing, they do tend to smack somewhat of ‘making do’, whereas something like a bespoke ...
Views: 1345 - Turn One Of Your Memories Into A Timeless Photo Gift - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2011 from Shane MartinThe popularity of digital photography has had two major effects. The first is the sheer number of photos which everyone takes, since taking, storing and printing them is now so easy, and the second is the dazzling number of photo gifts which these images can now be turned into. Personalised ...
Views: 1240 - Turn Your Memories Into Art With Unique Photo Prints - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2012 from Shane MartinWhen you look through the prints of photos that you’ve taken, the chances are that there is one or two which really stand out from the crowd. It may be because of the personal impact of the content, or the artistic quality of the imagery, but whatever the reason, it’s images like these which ...
Views: 1001 - Turn Your Photo Prints Into Art or Gifts - by Submitted on May 16, 2012 from Shane MartinTaking your photos using one of the many pieces of digital equipment available means that the images captured are of the best possible quality, and also that when anyone prints photos the process is quick and simple and the results stunning. Over and above this, it’s possible to turn your ...
Views: 1004 - Turn Your Photographs Into Gifts Which Show You Truly Care - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2011 from Shane MartinThe rise of digital photography has resulted in two major side effects. The first of these lies in the vast number of photographs which everyone can now take. Taking, storing and enjoying the pictures is now so easy that people feel free to snap away virtually constantly. The second ...
Views: 1403 - Use Photo Cards to Make Sure Your Message Really Hits the Spot - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2011 from Shane MartinWhen you opt to send a greeting card to somebody, you’re explicitly acknowledging the fact that a physical card carries more meaning than an electronic greeting or message. This is because of the time you’ve obviously spent choosing the card, and the trouble you’ve taken to make sure it exactly ...
Views: 1338 - Use The Potential of Digital Photo Printing To Produce Personalised Christmas Gifts - by Submitted on Dec 26, 2011 from Shane MartinIn the years before the advent of digital photography, taking and printing pictures was a much more difficult process. The actual number of photographs you could take was limited by the number of exposures on a film, and once you’d filled the film up, the work was really only just starting. ...
Views: 1223 - Use your digital images to create memorable Photo Books - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2011 from Shane MartinWhen it comes to birthdays and anniversaries we all struggle to find the perfect gift. We all look to buy that one unique gift that no one else has bought. This can be an extremely difficult task trying to work out what the person you are gifting likes. A new trend that is becoming very ...
Views: 1162 - Use your personal digital images to create a stunning photo calendar - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2011 from Shane MartinWe all suffer from memory lapse now and again, usually forgetting an important date, occasion or holiday. To help us remember all the important dates we buy ourselves calendars at the start of each New Year to help us remember. Every year the same calendars appear in the shops, same styles and ...
Views: 866 - Where To Find Perfect Christmas Gifts For Your Loved Ones - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2013 from Shane MartinThere’s an old saying which states that It is better to give than to receive’. Although it is come to be seen as something as a cliché, there is actually a lot of truth in this statement. When you find just the right gift for a person really close to you, and can tell from their reaction that ...
Views: 1360 - Why a photo book is a great photo gift - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2011 from Shane MartinThere is much pressure these days to save money to pay back debts but there is equal pressure online to spend money unwisely. Christmas is coming and many people feel anxious at the thought of having little money to spend on presents and yet with a little thought you can create the most ...
Views: 928 - Why Just Give Valentines Day Gifts When You Can Create Them - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2012 from Shane MartinThere are many reasons why photo gifts make such wonderful Valentine’s Day gifts. First of all they’re different – this is one day which is often celebrated with the exchanging of clichéd and somewhat tedious gifts such as perfume, flowers and chocolates, and a gift which is made using an image ...
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