Updating Poster Art to Elegant Canvas prints: The Perfect Mother's Day

by Renee Auguste

2010-04-22 09:04:27

As Mother’s Day sneak up on you again this year, you find yourself with the tough task of trying to decide what the perfect gift would be for such a wonderful woman. The first thing you want to remember is the sentiment you put behind the gift, something that will touch her heart. May I suggest something easy, inexpensive and very classy? This is something that you can do from the comfort of your own home and still have the same impact as if you spent weeks planning and searching. How about helping update Moms poster art to elegant canvas prints?

You may have heard of the word Giclée and if you haven’t, let me give you a brief description of what a Giclée is. A giclée is a very upscale print and to be considered a Giclee print, the ink of the printer must be sprayed on to either canvas or watercolor paper. The results are gorgeous and very sophisticated pieces of art work made from your own photos. Which leads me back to: Mom and what to get her for Mothers day? Why not a canvas Giclée print stretched around 1.5 inch bars like you see many artist paint on.

When you look around your mother’s home, what do you see? Inexpensive poster art or blank walls? Why don’t you help her decorate her home with something that will pull on her heart strings? Find old or new photos of the family, take some close up pictures of her flower garden or even a favorite vacation spot! Transfer them onto your computer then go to CanvasPress.com. That is where you will design a beautiful canvas print for your mom. You can have the color punched up or have it digitally painted to resemble a real painting using the OilWorks option.

Once you have done that, choose the size canvas you want. If your file is high enough resolution, you can enlarge your photo any where from an 8”x 10” to a 54”x 120”. Make sure when you are ordering her new Giclée that you measure out the wall space it will be displayed on. You don’t want her to look around in dismay of where she is going to hang the life size canvas print of her cherished Great Dane.

Luckily, Canvas Press is there to guild you through from beginning to end. They can help you decide on a size or just the right photo and if you want to do a collage, they can set that up for you as well. Once you get the finished piece in just a few short days you’ll have to resist showing her right away! Presentation is key and you want to give her an extra surprise. Sneak in early, or if you are in the same house, after she’s gone to bed the night before go ahead and hang the canvas on the wall (tap the nails in softly, it doesn’t take much and you don’t want to make a lot of noise!). When she walks in the room she’ll be absolutely stunned.

The one thing we know about Moms is that they are sentimental and full of love for their children so giving them an elegant canvas print would be the perfect Mother’s Day gift.