We’ve all been there. Every year when 1st February rolls around, I have a mild panic attack realising that Valentine’s Day is imminent, and I have no clue what to get my significant other. We’ve been together more than 10 years, so we’ve already been through the full cycle of traditional Valentine’s Day gifting.
From memory, the first year I bought him a leather briefcase – he had a new job so it made sense – then moved on to posh pens, trips away, meals out, cufflinks, even socks in desperation the year before last! Whilst these are all lovely gifts in their own right, what I was really missing was that ‘personal touch’. I felt like my gifts were a bit of a box ticking exercise, so last year I went on a hunt for what I really wanted, something that had some meaning to my other half.
I also wanted to support a local business if I could, and ideally, I wanted to buy something online, given that I was working full time and had zero time to dedicate to wandering around shops.
By coincidence I stumbled upon a locally founded business Canvas Republic, who produce custom canvas family portraits. The prices seemed really good so I opted for a medium sized square picture. Hubby absolutely loved it! He put it up in his home office and it looks great. I never do much with our digital photos so it was nice to have one professionally printed at last.
It’s a great way to capture memories and a perfect personalised gift for friends and family. You can choose from a selection of different sizes and finishes, and can even have the canvas framed too. All canvases are produced using a 12 colour fine art printing process, and hand finished in the UK by experienced Guild approved canvas framers. Each finished print comes with a 100 year colour guarantee.
The folks at Canvas Republic have offered a discount exclusive to Harrogate Mumblers, if you want to check them out and buy something enter MUMBLER at the checkout to receive a 25% discount off any print over £10.
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