Thursday, June 30, 2011

Easy Canvas Prints: Review and Giveaway!

When I got an email from a rep with Easy Canvas Prints asking if I'd like to review their product, I was pretty excited. When they also agreed to do a Giveaway for you guys, my readers, I jumped on the opportunity. If you'd like a chance to win your own photo canvas, keep reading!
After a looooong deliberation, I settled on the last professional family photo we had taken...and sadly, it was several years old. We had a shoot at a local historic home, and it was one of my favorite sessions ever.

I loved how easy the site made it for me to complete the order in 4 simple steps:
1. Choose the Canvas Size
2. Upload My Photo
3. Select Canvas Borders
4. Apply Image Effects

The only negative that I could come up with is that I wish the preview area for the photo was a bit larger. I couldn't really tell how dark my image was (I went with black and white), and it could have turned out darker than I would liked.



























My 11 x 14 canvas is sturdy, good quality canvas, and wrapped tightly and firmly without being stretched too much. I went with the "Image Wrap," which wraps your photo around the borders of the canvas.
























I'm a happy camper. For now, my canvas is resting on our built-ins in the Addition, but I want to create a black and white gallery wall in the Family room with my new canvas and some old "heirloom" ancestor photos.

















Easy Canvas Prints is going to give one lucky reader a FREE 8 x 10 Canvas!


Here's How You Can Enter. Please leave a separate comment for each entry!

1. (mandatory) Leave me a comment telling me what kind of photo you'd like print on canvas.
For Extra Entries:
2. Facebook this Giveaway with a link to this post
3. Tweet (copy and paste) the Following: Win a Free 8x10 Photo Canvas from Easy Canvas Prints via @SerenityNowGirl & @EasyCanvas #Giveaway http://bit.ly/jM624X
4. "Like" Easy Canvas Prints on Facebook
5. Join my Weekend Bloggy Reading party this weekend and link back to me or include my party button within your post for an automatic entry!

Giveaway open until 10 pm (ET) on Sunday night. (open to US residents only)

I hope you'll come back tomorrow to link up YOUR best post of the week to Weekend Bloggy Reading. Recipes, crafts, home decor, book reviews, funny stories, you name it. Come prepared to showcase your blog and find some great weekend reads.
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38 comments:

  1. Mom in High HeelsJune 30, 2011 at 8:18 AM

    What a great photo of you guys! You looks so cute.
    I would have a photo of my boys put on canvas and give it to my mom who worships the very ground they walk on (well, Han Solo can't even crawl yet, but you know what I mean). As I am an only child, they are her only grandchildren and it would THRILL her to no end to get a canvas of them. Wow, that was wordier than I intended.

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  2. mommyoffourJune 30, 2011 at 8:24 AM

    I love this! I would want a photo of my kids at the beach on canvas. I have the perfect one taken a few weeks ago.

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  3. Mostly Food and CraftsJune 30, 2011 at 8:36 AM

    OOh - I love this - I would love a pic of my two kids on canvas.

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  4. Kelli WJune 30, 2011 at 9:05 AM

    I would probably do a family photo just because we haven't really taken one since Eli was a few months old!

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  5. AnonymousJune 30, 2011 at 9:33 AM

    Wow! Great giveaway! My hubby and I have been thinking about getting a few prints done in sepia of the rivers that run through Columbia, SC...the scenes with the big boulder rocks are beautiful!

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  6. the cape on the cornerJune 30, 2011 at 9:52 AM

    is it wrong to say my cat? ok, probably something from one of our trips, either hawaii or spain. i think. hopefully that is a choice i get to make...thanks for offering this!

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  7. StellaJune 30, 2011 at 11:58 AM

    Great photo! The kids grow up way too fast. I think our family is due for a recent shot, so I'd make sure to get a good one on our cabin trip next month!

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  8. DeniseJune 30, 2011 at 12:58 PM

    I love the look of photos on canvas! I would put photos of my grandson, and my 2 dogs. The black and white looks wonderful.
    And I "liked" easy canvas prints on FB.

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  9. CharityJune 30, 2011 at 1:11 PM

    Your canvas turned out great! My hubby and I had portraits done last year, and I really need to get one enlarged - a canvas would be really pretty! :)

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  10. CharityJune 30, 2011 at 1:11 PM

    I tweeted! :)

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  11. Lyndee @ A Recovering Craft HoarderJune 30, 2011 at 1:18 PM

    The family photos are always my favorite. Guess I'd have to get a family photo taken.

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  12. AnonymousJune 30, 2011 at 1:18 PM

    I would love to have a canvas photo of our family. It's been awhile since we've had one done. Love the canvas look :)

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  13. "GB"June 30, 2011 at 1:43 PM

    You have a beautiful family! I would love a canvas photo to give to my mom of graduation. She would be so excited. Thank you for the opportunity!

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  14. HollyJune 30, 2011 at 2:46 PM

    I was just thinking about the canvas prints everyone was getting a while ago and searching for a deal. Free would be even better! I have a photo of my three kids at the beach that I would use.
    That's a really nice photo of your family. Can you believe how fast they grow?

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  15. MeganJune 30, 2011 at 3:00 PM

    Very cool! Thanks for sharing! I just found your beautiful site and now I know I'll stop back by again. Happy blogging, decorating, & living-
    Megan
    http://cottagebluedesigns.blogspot.com/2011/06/kids-and-books.html

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  16. LeeJune 30, 2011 at 4:12 PM

    Your family canvas is great. Thanks for the review and giveaway. I would love one of my college kids!

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  17. Richella ParhamJune 30, 2011 at 4:48 PM

    That's a beautiful photo, Amanda! You're so pretty and very photogenic, and of course your girls are, too--it's interesting to see them when they're so small! Natalie looks just the same as now, just so little. . . and Michaela Byrd is such a darling baby! T looks a little like "Oh, golly, I'm outnumbered here," but also a little like "I'm so proud of all my girls." :)

    If I had wrapped canvas, I'd probably choose a photo of my boys from their younger days. It's so rare now to get a photo of all three of them together! Question: do you supply the company with the negative, the digital image, the actual photograph, or what?

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  18. JenilynJune 30, 2011 at 5:13 PM

    What a great photo! I would love a canvas of my baby girl's 1st birthday photo shoot. She'll be one in less than a month!

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  19. SallieJune 30, 2011 at 6:14 PM

    What a beautiful family! I would love a canvas print of my youngest son and his bride on their wedding day.

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  20. Clifford JefferyJune 30, 2011 at 8:20 PM

    Awesome giveaway!!! I would def. do a pic of our three kids. We do not have any of the three of them together.
    cliffsgirl2001 at yahoo dot com

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  21. Clifford JefferyJune 30, 2011 at 8:20 PM

    I like ECP on facebook

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  22. Heather NashJune 30, 2011 at 11:27 PM

    I would definitely put my first "family" picture with my newborn princess.

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  23. Heather NashJune 30, 2011 at 11:28 PM

    I shared this on FB

    hnash10@gmail.com

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  24. Heather NashJune 30, 2011 at 11:31 PM

    I tweeted this giveaway...HeatherNash10

    hnash10@gmail.com

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  25. Heather NashJune 30, 2011 at 11:32 PM

    I LIKE Easy Canvas Prints on Facebook

    hnash10@gmail.com

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  26. Kim @ NewlyWoodwardsJune 30, 2011 at 11:52 PM

    I love the photo you chose. Your little ones are so LITTLE! I gotta try the canvas craze. I was thinking of getting a canvas of a scenic view from each trip we take, so I should get started. :)

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  27. Crystal @ Ordinary DaysJuly 1, 2011 at 12:07 AM

    What beautiful pictures! I would love to have one of my family photos done on this. So pretty. :)

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  28. RobinJuly 1, 2011 at 2:39 AM

    First time at your blog and you have a giveaway that I would love to win!
    I would have a family picture put on the canvas in black and white.

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  29. RobinJuly 1, 2011 at 2:43 AM

    I "liked" Easy Canvas on facebook for another chance to win this great giveaway.

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  30. RobinJuly 1, 2011 at 2:44 AM

    I posted your blog and the giveaway link on my facebook page.

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  31. Jess12July 1, 2011 at 10:58 AM

    I would use this for one of our engagement photos!

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  32. bamascrapperJuly 1, 2011 at 11:17 AM

    I have a picture of my sons with my nieces and nephew I made this past Christmas. I think it would make a great photo for a canvas.

    WendyGreen70@gmail.com

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  33. bamascrapperJuly 1, 2011 at 11:19 AM

    I like Easy Canvas Prints on FB!

    wendygreen70@gmail.com

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  34. White Sugar Brown Sugar by Rachel GarlinghouseJuly 1, 2011 at 2:55 PM

    Sharing on FB!

    Rachel supagurlrae@hotmail.com

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  35. White Sugar Brown Sugar by Rachel GarlinghouseJuly 1, 2011 at 2:55 PM

    The picture I would submit to have put on canvas would be a picture from our recent beach vacation.

    Rachel
    supagurlrae@hotmail.com

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  36. Amy @MoMommaJuly 1, 2011 at 11:08 PM

    We have a 16x20 canvas of our first son, now it's time to make one for son #2! I would love to win the giveaway!

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  37. Paula@SweetPeaJuly 2, 2011 at 6:50 AM

    I have a great picture from a wedding this spring that I'd use if I won.

    I love how your picture turned out and think that it will look great mixed with old ancestor type pictures. I've been wanting to do some kind of gallery wall going up our steps with family pictures for a long time. I should get started!

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  38. Paula@SweetPeaJuly 2, 2011 at 6:52 AM

    I just tweeted this!

    My sister-in-law talked me into doing Twitter at the beach. I haven't quite figured it out just yet!

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