So This Is Christmas

Merry Christmas is such an infectious feeling I like to feel that way all year around.

So if you are visiting just before Christmas, just after Christmas or even here on Christmas day I am sure you will find something of interest for you and in the spirit of Christmas.

It may be said that Christmas is no longer a celebration but this must be spoken by people that have never had trouble closing their eyes on Christmas Eve in an expectation of what maybe left for them on the carpet under the tree.

I continue to look forward to the surprise on my Grandchild's faces to this day at Christmas events.

Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

The Canvas Print : Spruce Up Your Home Interior With This

By Jonathan Roman

When the term "canvas prints" is mentioned, what come to mind first are mounted artworks. The amazing blend of vivid and lively colours of pop-art and abstract paintings brings a burst of life and style even to the dullest room. Not much into art? Try photography. Imagine your favourite photo - of your child, your best friend, your weeding day - mounted on a glossy canvas for everyone to see and admire. You can practically put into canvas anything you want - your child's doodle, a caricature of yourself, a photo of your favourite college basketball team, your first artwork - it's your call.

Canvas prints are the newest fashion in home decoration today. Cheaper than a commissioned painting, but still with elegant look, canvas prints becomes even popular in the interior design world. Options include using digitally-printed canvas prints or traditional offset-based canvas prints. Printing companies provides various mediums for canvases, including water-resistant, cotton, matte and glossy canvases.

A canvas print refers to the reproduction or re-printing of an artwork or a photograph on a canvas. This can be done either through wide-format inkjet printers or dry sublimation. When the ink dries, experts paint on protective coating to keep the photos from fading and scratches. Then the print out is stretched by hand to fit a customized frame. While this is a complicated process, many printing companies offer canvas printing services at a very affordable price. Just send them your photo or artwork, and they'll do the complete works for you, from fixing red-eyes and blurs to the actual framing. Digital editing and photo enhancements can also provide special options like colour posterization, sepia tint, and can even turn your photo in a pop art style. You'll have a personalized canvas print in no time.

Photographers and artists especially prefer to use canvas prints, as canvas is the perfect material to mount their works in. Canvas-printed pictures are resilient, capable of producing high-resolution images with vivid colours, and come in different artistic designs. These can even last longer than regularly printed pictures.

If you're into marketing and tired of using the same old posters and brochures to advertise your product, you might want to use canvas prints. Know your target audience, come up with a unique and interesting campaign and put it on canvas. Eye-catching and refreshingly different, it will sure attract people's attention.

Picture canvas prints are also perfect as gifts. Custom-made gifts are much appreciated so why not give out a dazzling portrait of your friends on their next birthday?

Keep your canvas prints looking shiny and brand new for a long time by following these simple tips: avoid getting your canvas wet; avoid using acidic materials; don't place your prints in direct sunlight; and use brush or soft cloth to remove dust and lint in your canvas.

From home decors, to gallery-worthy art or photo collection, to marketing tools, to all-occasion gift, the potential of canvas prints are truly infinite.

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