Custom Toy Portrait Giveaway
Oh. I love today's giveaway. Jennifer Maher is offering custom toy portraits for a lucky winner — one 8"x10" and one 5"x7" — a total value of $165. Isn't that fantastic? Two original works of art — they could inspire a whole gallery wall. How does it work: snap a photo of your child's favorite toy and Jennifer will magically transfer it into high art. For reals.
I love Jennifer's style and I love the idea of capturing one or two of my child's favorite objects — capturing a snapshot of their childhood — in a painting. Talk about an heirloom! You know you'll be handing these pieces of art down to your own children as they put together nurseries for your grandkids. And Jennifer's prices are totally reasonable for custom art. Take a look.
To enter the giveaway, leave a comment below. The winner will be announced on Monday. Good luck!
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posted by Gabrielle of Design Mom at Thursday, March 18, 2010
557 Comments:
LOVE it--my baby's room is in desperate need of a cute painting.
I've got a vintage bird music box just waiting to be immortalized.
Oh this is such a cute idea! Love it!
This is so brilliant. We have a favorite bunny that has been both of my children's favorite bedtime bunny.
Lovely giveaway! Thanks!
You'll think I am crazy for entering this giveaway as my kids are 18 and 14. BUT the older they get, the more I am gathering up things from their childhood and reliving the sweet innocent days. I still have their most favorite toys, and it would be wise to have them preserved in a painting rather than keeping them until they are musty!
so cute!!!
I love this pictures!!!! there are great!!!
Oh my goodness! What a wonderful giveaway! My mind is racing with all the possibilities!
Those paintings are so precious!! my little boy, Wynn, has a stuffed turtle he loves and it would be so cute in his room!!!
I love these. I've done a few photo portraits of my son's lovey, but I'd really love to have a painting too.
This is such a sweet idea!!! I love it!!!
I am smitten! We need this! We have two animals Ollie (the otter) and Rose (the bunny) who are members of our little family through and through. I am convinced we own the most loved otter and bunny ever! A painting of them would do the role they play in our family justice. Ohhh I hope I win!
I love those so much!
love this! we need to capture my daughter's "pinks" before it completely disintegrates!
My son's beloved dog Alfie would look adorable as a painting :)
i love her style. tks for sharing!
What a GREAT idea! I'm just beginning to think about a nursery - our son is due in July and these would be perfect!
Fingers CROSSED!
What a great idea! I would love a custom painting for my daughter's room.
Bun Bun needs to be immortalized soon because I'm not sure there is much longer before she disintegrates into nothing from being dragged everywhere!
Great idea! And what wonderful pictures!
I have a son who turned 7 yesterday and is still in LOVE with the yellow bear he's had since he was 2. This would be the best present I could ever give him. I'm getting a little teary just thinking about how much he'd love this!
We have a sweet bunny bear that our honey just can't live without. This would be perfect!
Love it!!
My four year-old's "best pal" Tigger should be honored with a custom portrait.
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I love this!
how cool!
This is so precious!
Cute, cute, cute!
so adorable. These are gorgeous
MUST MUST WIN this!
Oh please. Let me win. PURTY PLEASE.
Charlie (the bear) has been with us since Jack got stitches at age 2. He is a family member. He needs a proper portrait!
Oh, this is so awesome. What a brilliant idea.
enter me. we have a favorite hippo that we would love to have a portrait of.
My girls would love this!
what a GREAT idea. my boys' {and I} would love to win this!
I LOVE this! This is so unique and lovely!
Brilliant. But I am not sure which if my daughter's 10 baby dolls I would choose.
Oh my goodness!! I really want this. I little man would love to have his bear remembered forever. It goes everywhere and then to have a painting of it in his room?!!! What more could he ever want! I love it!
I love it and desperately need it for my future nursery!!!
This is so sweet! I would have the portrait made of my daughter's beloved bear who she has had all 7 years of her life. He is tried and true!
What a cute idea!
So fun!
I want my home to be filled with original art- I haven't started collecting yet (you gotta love being on a student budget), so I'd love to start with this. My daughter is obsessed with her little monkey and I'd love to put up a portrait for her to see always
What a fabulous idea for an artist! I love it...and want it :)
So cute!
We would love to win this one!
When I was pregnant with our second daughter we got our first born a baby doll which my husband named Barbara (because he was amused to hear a 17 month old try to roll that off her tongue). Since them Barbara has become a part of our lives. We have photos of her in the fall leaves, she dresses up with the girls for holidays, she goes where we go, etc. Eventually I know she will lose her place in our lives. Our ladies would love a portrait of Barb. I would love it as a long term keepsake. Toy portraits, what a wonderful idea.
Great idea! Thanks for the giveaway.
lindsjbrown@hotmail.com
gorgeous! my kids have many much-loved toys to put on canvas...
What an awesome keepsake.
I LOVE this idea!!!!
My son would just flip to see one of his toys as a painting.
oh how fun!
LOVE those! Ooo we just NEED one!
I love that idea.
OH MY HEAVENS. my daughter would go CRAZY seeing her "muh" on the wall. i love this idea. so creative.
OH MY these are just amazing, I really love her work!
What a cute idea!
What a wonderful idea.
I love creative people--they make our world a better place--(or our nursery walls)!
What a great idea! LOVE it!
We love Steve the giraffe so much he has been in family pictures, and goes everywhere with us. I was so worried about losing him I got a second Steve (Steveposter), and on a whim we found a smaller version, Baby Steve, and finally we added Mickey Mouse to the group. We never go anywhere with out them, it would be great fun to have a painting of the one who started it all.
I think this is so cool!
oh my what a beautiful and brilliant idea. i am so in love. thank you for sharing her talent with all of us!
i would absolutely love to win the 2 portraits. then i would have to buy a 3rd for my 3rd babe. oh and then in about 5 months a 4th for my coming-in-august-babe. oh my oh my.
What a wonderful idea!
Yowee and pink girl would be so lucky!
Oh, dear. There is a stuffed cat in our house that this is begging for and a boy who would LOVE it more than words.
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pick me, pick me!!
What a lovely idea.
Wonderful - what a talented and unique artist!
What a fantastic giveaway! I would be so thrilled to win this, and in fact, I think I would use it for one of my old toys :)
Ok, this is by far the best giveaway ever!!!! My daughter is totally attached to "Puppy" - he goes anywhere and everywhere with her. Would love to embody him in a work of art!
I love these! Have been thinking about getting Bunny's portrait for my son for awhile now.
I love the idea of using items in a nursery to decorate the walls! Count me in!
Wow, this is amazing. I already know one of the toys I'd take a picture of! :)
Oh my, can she make a little boom box look cute in a drawing? Why can't my little boy like original things like a little giraffe? Oh well, i will never forget the memories and dances we have made with the boom box..
what a neat idea!!
Oh, HELL yeah. Baby Lion immortalized on canvas? BRING IT.
(thanks, Gabby!)
Oh, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, this idea!
I love her style too!
I keep my fingers crossed
we are moving into a new house and baby number 2 is going to be here in a few months, so this would be perfect!
What a fun idea!
Oh how adorable! I would beyond ecstatic to win a painting like that! such a fun idea!
My daughter has a little cow that looks very loved-there is no stuffing left in the neck. This would be a great way to capture its love.
Gorgeous! And I already got misty-eyed, thinking of my kids having kids. Oh brother.
I would love this. One of my daughters has befriended my childhood toy "Lambie," while the other daughter has her own lambie. I would love to do portraits of both.
wow! very cool!
Cute!!
what a cool idea!
What a great idea!
I've been wanting something like this for one of my favorite toys from childhood that has stayed with me.
Love these! What a great idea!
love this idea.
My daughter's horse Ally...
I love this! My 2 yr old daughter cant spend a nap or bedtime away from "ni-Night". My brothers baby blanket (he's 19 now) We're sadly watching it denigrate with every wash. I should take some high quality photos of it before it dies and have them transferred to canvas.... So that when she's too big for whats left of him we'll have some great art.
Does she paint blankets??
There's a lambie in my house who needs his portrait done...
That is such a lovely idea!
My daughter lifted a toy kitty (well, a couple toy kitties, but she loves this little orange one the best) from my mom's house. I would love to have it immortalized for her - these are amazing heirloom pieces of art.
I LOVE these!!! Yes please!
What a wonderful idea! Choose me =)
What a great idea! Love it!!
My daughter would LOVE one of her precious Boo Boo!
Great idea!
Here's hoping...
So perfect- just bought a new stuffed animal too!
My boys lion would be so cute!
pick me, please!
I could use a painting to brighten up my life!
What a great keepsake!
Wonderful idea!
Jennifer is very talented and I would be honored to hang your custom art on my daughter's wall! BEAUTIFUL!!!
Such a wonderful concept! Those cute stuffed animals work great for a portrait. Mr Bunny would love to pose!
I would love this for my kiddos!
Precious idea.
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Such a cute idea!!
oh my, now THIS is fabulous!
My daughter would love to see Pink Bunny in paint! This is fun.
My daughter has two owls that she puts in her swing...pushes in her double stroller...and sits at the front door so that they can see outside. I just love how children interact with their toys and what a precious way to capture those memories, for us AND for them! Very creative....
Gorgeous paintings! Would love one!
My son has a bunny that would be so perfect for one of those amazing portraits!
it would be tough deciding between my daughter's "gigi" (giraffe) or "woofwoof". to be fair, we'd probably have to include them both... :)
Beautiful idea! I have a couple I'd love to have remembered this way...
what a cool idea!
I love it! Here's hoping. . .
fantastic!
I adore these portraits!
That would be "Mother Cat". What a great idea, and beautiful artwork.
This is crazy cute.
oh my word...I would LOVE THIS!!! what a great idea.
Just found your blog and love all your posts.. but these are amazing, include me in!
this is amazing please pick me!!!!! My daughter has a sweet little floppy cow and this would be perfect.
This is such a great way to immortalize a beloved toy! (We have several candidates in our house!)
ah how pretty!!
What a cute idea! I love it!
I'm redecorating right now and am looking for something unique- this would be great!
What a great idea!! How lovely this would be!
Fingers and toes crossed that Carrie's MeMe will be immortalised
Cute idea; I would love to win!
Buzz and WOody- here we come!!
so, so sweet!
My little guy's turtle would be SO cute in his own little portrait. What an adorable giveaway!
What a fun idea! This is definitely one of those things that I never would have thought of on my own. But now that I've heard about it, it seems so obvious.
beccachristensen at hotmail dot com
Beautiful - simply sweet and beautiful.
Such a cool idea! Thanks!
So cute! Love that idea! Now, which toy to choose...
Very cute idea and I love the artistry!
I need to decorate the kiddos playroom. Great idea!
Oooh...these are beautiful!
Jen, they are FANTASTIC! Mousy is going on 40.....forget the kiddies, I want my Mousy painted!
I would love this!
Oh what an original giveaway and idea! I would have never thought of this - I hope I win!
Love them!
Love this! My little one has a pink teddy bear that I would love to have painted!
This is the most amazing idea for kids artwork I have ever seen! Wouldn't it be great if we had these kind of memories from when we were kids?
My babe has a little suck that she's totally attached too. I love the style of these paintings!
katie.muirhead(at)gmail(dot)com
What a great idea. I would actually have a portrait done of MY HUSBAND'S beloved stuffed Snoopy, that he has kept from his childhood. He would LOVE it! And then maybe I could throw the darned thing away!
Fabulous idea!
cool..that is a great giveaway!
The choice of toy is quite clear for my daughter, but I don't know what I would pick for my son. He was once quite attached to the stub of a crayon but he moved past that and hasn't bestowed love like that again.
What a great idea!
What a fantastic idea! Thanks for such a fun giveaway.
oh, i know exactly what i would have custom made! sounds like a great idea to preserve such a special friend. thanks!
aimee c.
Cute Cute Cute!!!!
Love this giveaway, our Ernie stuffed animal definitely needs to be immortalized
how sweet! i'd love to do this for my niece for her birthday. she'll be 5 and and "much too old," as she'd say, for her favorite lamby. but i don't doubt that she (and her mother) would love to have her hardly-any-stuffing-left animal artfully preserved.
Oh I would just love to win this for my new nursery! Adorable!
How cute! These would be perfect for my son's room!
I love this idea! We don't have any art in our nursery yet!
This is fantastic!! Jennifer's art is amazing. Our son's room is in much need of some great color.
What a perfect way to preserve childhood.
What a unique idea! I would love one.
I love this. We have two very well-loved stuffed animals in this house: Freddy the Teddy and Pinky the Bear. They are full of character and would make such excellent portrait subjects. Crossing my fingers!
Great giveaway! Thank you!
ooooh, pick me!
Very nice! I wouldn't have thought that portraits of toys could be so cute. I can imagine the rest of the nursery in each painting.
These are so sweet. This would really liven up our daughter's blank wall.
so stunning.
A painting of my daughter's "lamb friend" would just fill her with joy (and me too when I got to hang it on her nursery wall).
These are awesome - hope to win
These are fantastic! My nephew needs a custom portrait of Monkey, his sock monkey who never, never, never leaves his side. Literally never. Monkey takes a lot of baths.
NO. WAY. Two kids. Two lovies. Two pics. Too much greatness.
What a great idea, and how adorable!
Stunning
Oh, I'd live to win this! My daughter has appropriated my childhood teddy bear and I'm not entirely ok with it ;)
What a crazy fun idea! I'm really excited about this giveaway
That's a wonderful idea! Oh but which toy to choose? The peakaboo I had when I was a baby or the toe-sock creature, Ophelia Snuffles?
This is amazing.....please tell me I won.
I love these! Thanks for the contest!!
Oh my word. These would mean the world. What a wonderful keepsake.
Mr. Whiskers & Miss Kitty would each love their portrait painted. What a grand idea! Thanks for sharing.
My kids would love me forever!
OMG! i LOVE her work. i posted about her on my old blog last year. so cute!
This would make a great keepsake piece!
I know just the toy I would use for this!
beautiful what a great idea!
Oh my goodness - what a lovely idea!
My daughter would L0VE a portrait of her beloved "Froggie". These are amazing! Thanks for the great giveaway!
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