Christmas, birthdays, Mother's Day, Father's Day, an old school friend's summer wedding: no sooner is one gift-giving occasion out of the way than another comes round. Choosing the perfect present can be a joy. It can also cause a lot of needless stress.
To ease the burden, here are some gift ideas made possible by our affordable custom-made frames.
Holiday snaps in a multi-aperture frame
If you've recently been on holiday with a friend or loved one, turn the photos into a gift. Thirty or forty prints look great in an album with fun captions. Or pick a handful of favourites and arrange them in one of our multi-aperture frames.
You can print all the photos at the same size, but it doesn't matter if they vary: you can customise the layout and dimensions of every aperture. Easier still, upload the photos to us and let us do the printing through our Multi Aperture Print and Frame service.
Professional portraits, framed
If you have children, professional photos of them make a lovely gift for your other half or the grandparents. Look for a photographer with plenty of experience of children, which takes very different skills from working with adults, and choose the best one or two shots to frame.
Enter the exact dimensions of the image and we'll make the frame to fit to the millimetre. We offer single and double mounts, also made to size, and a wide range of frame styles, colours and finishes.
You may have thousands of photos of your children, but a professional portrait preserves one special moment.
An upcycled vintage frame
We'd all like to spend less, waste less and do more for the environment. So upcycle an old frame for your next Christmas or birthday gift.
Look in your attic or basement, or your local charity shop, for an old frame that could become something chic with a little care. Many old frames are sturdily built and have beautiful rococo detailing.
The simplest and cheapest method is to sand the frame down and paint it a bright colour. Then choose an image to go inside. We can supply a single or double mount cut to your image's exact dimensions, in the shade you choose.
Framed artwork
If there is an artist in the family, or you're a budding Van Gogh yourself, a framed painting makes a perfect gift. We make custom frames for flat work such as drawings and watercolours, and canvas frames for paintings.
- Wrapped canvas (the painting continues round the sides): choose a Canvas Floater Frame. The whole painting stays visible and appears to float within the frame.
- Stretched canvas that would sit well in a normal frame: choose one of our Canvas Picture Frames.
Framed memorabilia
Photos and posters come to mind first, but what about a football shirt? A 3D cast of your children's handprints? Sun-bleached shells from a beach holiday? Dried flowers and wooden lettering?
With a customisable box frame you can create your own textured artwork, frame a treasured possession or mark a life event with something more solid than a photo. Our box frames are made to your exact height and width, with an inner depth of between 30mm and 57mm.
The finishing touches
Little details turn a fun present into a thoughtful one. With a framed gift you don't have to wrap it and hand it over. You can choose the spot, hang it and unveil it when the moment comes.
When you order you can add useful extras:
- Brown kraft tape for sealing the back of a frame.
- Foamboard to pack out a frame or act as backing.
- Canvas clips to fit a stretched canvas into a picture frame.
All that's left is to decide where to hang it, and whether to cover it with fabric to make the unveiling more of a surprise.