Expressions Photo & I Love Photo Gifts

Big Announcement Coming Soon!

Jill — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:58:52 +0000

We apologize for the lack of keeping up with the BLOG, but we are undergoing a lot of changes here at I Love Photo Gifts! We hope to be able to make a major announcement in the next week or two about the store, so please stay tuned and bear with us during this exciting time!

Personalized Luxury Photo Chairs

Jill — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:15:58 +0000

I am in love! A chair is just a chair, until you make it YOURS of course! While surfing the web for something completely not related to this subject, I came across these chairs and thought WOW!!! So, my first thing is how the heck did Goggle get me to these when I typed in something about “reviews”, hmm, so unclear on that! But anyway, how awesome are these:

OK, many of you may think I am nuts for liking these, excuse me LOVING these, but the quality looks amazing and the pictures are just yummy! Now can you imagine Fido or Sparkles the cat on one of these babies? Unfortunately, they are only offered in France, and until I can learn to speak French, I cannot even read their website, but you know if I can get them they will be in the store ASAP!

Did I say how much I love these?!?!

Pillow Fight..I Mean Sale!

Jill — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:44:12 +0000

We have added a whole new line of Photo Pillows to our collection of great photo gifts and are thrilled to be able to offer one heck of a sale! This sale is only for our BLOG readers and hasn’t been posted anywhere else, well maybe Twitter too-I am addicted to that site!

Anyway, to activate the additional 10% discount that will be added to our already 20% reduced pillows use the following code at checkout:

pillowfight

Discount only applies to the pillows that are currently on sale! You have to see them, beautiful linen and suede pillows in some really great colors and sizes! Hurry, sale ends on August 14th!

Another Great Clothing Shop - yes, even for pictures!

Jill — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:25:51 +0000

This super cool shop has some of the most adorable onesies I have seen yet! These would make a great part of your next portrait session for your little one to really be able to “show” what he or she is about! With so many great sayings there is something for ever baby!

And did I mention the adorable packaging! Well, you will have to check that out on their website at Baby Fish Mouth!

I love that name for a shop! Stop by say Hi!

Inventory is not fun…

Jill — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:12:24 +0000

….so be sure to stay tuned for some deep discounts on some great albums and frames! I am just beginning to sift through the inventory we had at our retail store, which we closed earlier this year, and I forgot just how much we had!

We have a lot of fabrics and styles that have been discontinued from vendors such as Rag & Bone Bindery, Molly West, Danielson Design and more. These will be offered in our clearance section so be sure to check back often as we will add to the clearance section often in the next couple of weeks…need to make room for some new great stuff!

Because clothing should be fun!

Jill — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:06:03 +0000

My portrait clients know I love bright colors on kids! To me it seems fun unique kids clothes are hard to find…but today I was introduced to an adorable site called Tote and Tee.

I just have to say if a portrait client showed up with their daughter in these knee highs I would go crazy!!!

And this personalized tee is perfect for your little man!

So if you are looking for something personalized, fun and funky then check out Tote and Tee! And be sure to check out the cool personalized lunch boxes for back to school! Super cute!

Our favorite type of collage!

Jill — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:43:31 +0000

We have not had the thrill of doing any vintage photo collages lately, so when this customer came to us with this project and free creative reign, it was just awesome! We tried something a little different with this collage by incorporating a vintage damask background, which we think just completes the collage perfectly!

It is beautiful to see a couple married for 40 years, and I am thrilled that we were the lucky ones to create this lasting heirloom for the family. The collage will be printed on luster paper and given a linen texture for added elegance and then be mounted and UV coated, this will last for generations!

Picture Frames for the Earth Friendly!

Jill — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:16:32 +0000

Can you imagine a picture frame made from magazines? Sounds weird, but looks great! This 4″ x 6″ frame by Urban Outfitters is a perfect gift for the person who is eco-friendly!

Check out the Recycled Magazine Frames here!

Love M&M’s? Love Pictures? Then you gotta’ see this!

Jill — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:17:21 +0000

Part of my job is shopping, and every time I think no one can come out with anything else that is photo related I get reminded of how creative people..and companies…can be!

M&M’s is now offering pictures on their M&M’s! I LOVE this idea!!!!!

Check out the Personalized M&M store here to see how you can get your own made up. Great gift idea, party favor, or just because you love M&M’s!

C’mon everyone - get the pictures off the computer!

Jill — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:41:50 +0000

So, I had a call yesterday, yes, on a Sunday…from a customer who was frantic about her pictures. She was getting ready to place an order for a Photo Purse and when she went to attach the image to her order she said her computer completely shut down and when she restarted it the screen was blank!

After talking to her for about 15 minutes, I came to the conclusion that it sounded like her computer just crashed and said “lady I have had enough, I cannot hold anymore data!”.

I could hear her tears when I asked, “So what were you storing on your computer, Linda?” (names have been changed to protect the guilty!)

Well, I want to say I was shocked with her response, but I wasn’t….she had EVERY image she ever took of her 2 kids, who are 5 and 3 years old. EVERY IMAGE!!!! Even with an everyday point and shoot that is some massive file sizes.

So, now sadly she has no images of her kids…..NADA!

I recommended she send it out to someone to see if they can retrieve the images from her hard drive…but it is a pricey endeavor to do this, but obviously needs to be done or 5 years of pictures are forever gone.

PLEASE….when you take pictures…please do the following:

-Download the images from your camera card into your computer

-Delete any you do not want

-Upload them to an online printing company, then get a 4×6 of EVERY image.

-Burn the images to a CD

Then you will ALWAYS have them! I am an old fashioned girl….pictures were meant to be printed! In 100 years no one will be able to open a CD or a DVD, they can scratch..melt…or just become absolute…hey, remember 8 tracks?!?!? Yes I am THAT old…..

…but pictures…if kept in a cool dry place will be here FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

……I am passionate about this…..so please…if the pictures matter to you now….think how much they will mean to someone in your family 50 or 100 years from now…..think about it….and then get printing!