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Picture It! 18 Ideas For Your Custom Photo Reproduction

You want to decorate with something personal, but just can't find it. It may be as close as your photo collection whether it's in Grandma's old photo album or on a modern digital photo system.

You can order a custom artistic photo reproduction and have a one-of-a-kind creation as a focal point or an accent to any home or office decorating scheme.

Here's a list of 18+ ideas to help inspire you.

Now, think outside the photo album and decide what you want to convert to a permanent, personal work of art:

1. A treasured home: your first residence, an ancestral home, your dream home

2. A landscape: a snowy mountain top, a flowering meadow, a desert sunset

3. A seascape: a wave cresting with a surfer in the foreground, a sailboat heading into home port after a trip around the world, a full moon reflecting off of still glistening waters

4. A person's portrait: an ancestor, a hero, a beloved relative or entire family

5. A favorite animal: a pet, an elephant in a zoo eating peanuts out of your kid's hand, a giraffe in its natural habitat

6. A special event: a wedding, graduation, or awards ceremony

7. A historical building: the United States capital, the Westminster Abbey in London, the Parthenon in Greece

8. A wonder of the world: the Taj Mahal in India, the Great Pyramid in Egypt, the Mayan Ruins in Mexico

9. A sentimental building: the church where you got married, the hotel where you went on your ideal vacation, the theatre where you stole your first kiss or starred in a community play

10. A valuable item: an antique piece of furniture, an heirloom musical instrument, a collection of jewelry displayed on a Thai silk blouse

11. A sentimental centerpiece grouping: a classic novel with grandpa's reading glasses resting beside a burning candle, the notepad and pencil you used to hand write your first novel, a place setting of your mother's china pattern

12. A memorable scene: a nostalgic library setting with rows of books, a red-tailed hawk sitting on a tree limb, a set of alphabet blocks scattered around the floor with a special word spelled out.

13. A symbol of your life: the tree your parents planted the day you were born, your firstborn walking into school that heart-wrenching first day, the Statue of Liberty that welcomed you to the United States

14. Your favorite toy: an old train set, your first bike, a trunk full of miniature cars and trucks

15. Still lifes: the first bouquet of roses from your fiancé, a bowl of the first fruit from your orchard, the top of your wedding cake with a bottle of champagne and two goblets

16. Your favorite vacation destination: the Cayman Islands, Thailand, New York City

17. A work process; how a factory makes cheese, the steps for creating a porcelain doll, the evolution of your business locations from a start up to a major employer in your community

18. Words of wisdom: a meaningful poem, an inspirational quote, a list of affirmations

If you can picture it; it's possible to paint.

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How Many More Ideas for a Custom Photo Reproduction can You add to these 18?

What other types of photos do you have "lying around", and/or packed away somewhere in a box, that you would like to have preserved in and you could proudly display as a handcrafted piece of artwork?

Who do you know whom you could Surprise with and would Greatly Appreciate a Gift of their favorite photo reproduced as a custom portrait?

What other unique ideas do you have that could be created in a handcrafted artistic portrait that you might never be able to get in a photo?

E.g.:

- What about a portrait of your family ancestors who may have never been able to appear in a single photo?

- What about an artistic montage of your children at a variety of different ages all in the same portrait?

... and what other unique ideas like this may you think of for your custom portraits?

The possibilities are Truly Endless! Aren't they?!

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