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Show Off a Special Memory for the Holidays with BestCanvas.ca-Giveaway

December 1, 2016 by Kathryn 79 Comments

There are always those people on a family holiday list that are a little harder to shop for. But luckily, there’s one gift that almost everyone will love: the gift of memories! With digital photography being all the rage, too many pictures sit forever on a computer instead of being enjoyed. So this year, surprise a loved one by turning a favourite photo into a beautiful piece of wall art at BestCanvas!

I recently had the chance to create my own piece of BestCanvas.ca art and since I’d just received the photos from our wedding, I knew at once that I’d be using one of them for my creation. I decided to create a canvas with a gallery-style floating frame in white. Jeremy and I went through the pictures together and eventually decided which one we’d frame. I uploaded the picture, chose my size and frame colour, and waited for my masterpiece to arrive.

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Turn Memories into Art with Canvas Factory-Giveaway

April 20, 2016 by Kathryn 135 Comments

One of my favourite things about a family vacation is looking through all the great pictures afterwords. While they all bring back special memories, there’s always one or two photos that seem to sum up the entire vacation for me. And there’s no better way to preserve the memories of a great vacation than by having one of those photos transformed into a beautiful piece of wall art!

Recently Canvas Factory gave me the chance to do just that with one of my recent photos, and I immediately started browsing through the pictures from our recent trip to Orlando to see which one I wanted to use. There were a few that I liked, but I eventually decided on a photo of my boys and their Nanny in front of the Tree of Life at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. It was the boys’ first time in Disney World and I knew that was a moment I wanted to remember.

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Show Off Your Favourite Moments with CanvasPop.com Framed Prints-Giveaway

November 16, 2015 by Kathryn 136 Comments

My boys and I have been lucky enough to enjoy some pretty amazing vacations together, and I absolutely love looking back at the pictures and remembering all the fun we’ve had. I’ve started a tradition of picking one favourite photo from each vacation and having it printed and framed to hang on the wall so that I can relive the memories every day. So when CanvasPop contacted me about reviewing its beautiful 16×20 framed prints, I was thrilled.

CanvasPop.com specializes in customized canvas prints and framed art prints. The company’s quick service and attention to detail make it a great option for anyone that wants to showcase special moments in a gorgeous way. I chose one of my favourite pictures of the boys at the Mexico resort we’d visited in January and waited eagerly for my picture to arrive.

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Sharing Everyday Moments with Photo Art from BLACKS Photography

August 5, 2014 by Kathryn 66 Comments

There is nothing that makes me happier than capturing a great image of my boys. And often, my favourite pictures are ones I take during fleeting everyday moments. Taking a decent picture of Benjamin with the perfect smile or Zackary whizzing down the street on his bike isn’t as easy as it sounds and when I succeed in freezing one of those fleeting moments in time, I want to show it off.

Recently I had the chance to do just that by turning some of my favourite Instagram images of everyday moments into wall art and other photo products at BLACKS.CA. As I just painted and renovated my living room last year, I’m still perfecting its décor and I was so excited to have the chance to add some fun and meaningful artwork of my boys’ special moments to our walls.

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Raise Awareness for Clean Water and Join in the P&G #CleanWater Photo Challenge

July 18, 2014 by Kathryn 1 Comment

Clean water is something we often take for granted here in Canada, but considering a lack of clean water causes more deaths that AIDS and malaria combined in developing countries, we really should be thinking a lot more about how lucky we are to have safe water to drink. A few months ago I shared information about the partnership with P&G and Walmart Canada to provide one day of clean drinking water to developing countries for every P&G product sold in month of April, and even had the chance to interview Jason Priestley about his participation in the program.

Now, to help reach the goal of providing 25 billion litres of safe drinking water to others, P&G and Walmart are once again teaming up to support #cleanwater by providing one day of safe drinking water for every P&G product sold at Walmart Canada stores or at Walmart.ca between now and July 31, 2014. And P&G is celebrating the movement with a fun photo challenge that could win you some amazing prizes! [Read more…]