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Sunday, January 25, 2015

Take your Photo to an Amazing Painting with Paint Your Life!


Do you have a photo that you would love to keep as a family heirloom? Have you thought about having it painted? Now you can! I was given the opportunity to have the folks at Paint Your Life take my photo and turn it into a fabulous oil painting and what an amazing job they did!  

The process is super easy:  you decide what medium you want to use:  oil, pencil, chalk, watercolor, acrylic or pastel. Decide  on the size you want and which picture you want them to use. You can also chose your frame, and many other choices. You can even put people from different pictures together if you want! I scanned this photo of my Mom and Dad to www.paintyourlife.com:
I love that they give you the ability to see the final product every step of the way and YOU have the final approval. They will redo it until you are 100% satisfied! I had them redo different portions at least 5 times (yes, I'm fussy)! They didn't give me a single problem!

I chose to have the background lightened and a few cosmetic changes made that my parents had done through the years. This painting was very important to me because my Dad passed away this past May and I wanted something amazing to give my Mom. 


Each picture is 100% hand painted and signed by the artist! It came out great! The light you see on the painting is from my Mom's room lighting and not part of the painting. It's not easy to instruct a senior citizen on the fine art of sending pictures! :)

With weddings, graduations, Mothers and Fathers Days and birthdays coming up, NOW is a great time to have your painting started! They are truly fantastic gifts and something that will be treasured by future generations.

You can find Paint Your Life on their website HEREYou can see many examples of their work and with all of the options available, I am sure you will find something you want to have done! 

Disclosure:  I received this product to help form my opinion and facilitate my review, however my opinion remains my own.
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19 comments:

  1. What a neat idea. A painting from one of my favorite family photos would make a great present.

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  2. Wow that really came out amazing. I would love to get one of those of my daughter.

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  3. What a great idea! I would love to have something like this to pass down from generation to generation. I will definitely keep this in mind!

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  4. I have never seen anything like this before. What a wonderful service particularly if you have a really old picture that needs to be preserved. Thanks for the review.

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  5. Sorry about your loss and I think your mum will definitely keep this and cherish it, I love how it has turned out. Thanks for sharing

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  6. Personalized painting would really be nice gifts. It can really capture moments and preserve it in a masterpiece.

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  7. That's a great idea! I'm lucky enough to have a brother who is an AMAZING artist! I have all of the drawings he did of us on show in our house ;-)

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  8. What a sweet gift and sorry for the loss of your dad. I've always loved the thought of having an old picture turned into a painting...turned out great!

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  9. That is amazing! They did a spectacular job! What a great gift and way to make a special photo even more special! Thank you for sharing this, Monica!

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  10. My mother-in-law actually did something like this when her nephew got married a year or so back. The bride and groom absolutely loved it and it was super unique.

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  11. Oh, whoa!! I had no idea you could even do this!!! What a fabulous idea...I am definitely going to do this in my life!

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  12. This is a great idea to give love to others. Especially when it comes to efforts. :)

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  13. Wow that is beautiful. I had to check out the prices because I thought there was no way to afford something like that. The cost is really reasonable. I have a picture of my great gandmom I would love to get done

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  14. This is amazing to turn your photo in to an awesome piece of artwork by painting. It looks so perfect almost like the original picture. Will give a try for sure.

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  15. This is absolutely wonderful. I would love to get a painting of my Mom and Dad together. I have just the picture too. Hmmmm You gave me a wonderful idea thanks very, very much!

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  16. That's a great gift idea for someone. It would be really special to have a painting from a favorite photo.

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  17. WOW! This is great for family portraits that's displayed at the living room. I love the frame too!

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  18. What a great idea, my mother would love something like this. I'm going to share this with her.

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  19. Oh this is a great present for moms and dads or for those who love making their photos into painting! Cool!

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