A gift for Little M…EasyCanvasPrints.com

When Brendan from EasyCanvasPrints.com asked if I would like to review a Canvas Picture, I was beside myself. (Is my little blog big enough for review requests?!?!?) Once I stopped turning cartwheels, I devised a sneaky little plan.

You all know my sweet Little M….right? Well lets just say she likes the things she likes and when she doesn’t like something she REALLY doesn’t like it. Lately she has not been interested in having her picture taken. (YIKES! What’s a lesson planning Mom to do?) I decided to take this offer for a Canvas Picture and use it to my advantage! ”Little M! You are so lucky. Since you have done such a great job of letting me take pictures of all the wonderful things you do, you are getting a thank you gift!!!”

Easycanvasprints.com offers so many great ideas in their idea gallery, but when my Mom suggested that I have Little M design her own art piece I knew that would be the perfect way to reward her for all of her “blog patience”.

what you need: markers ~ scrapbook paper ~ camera ~ canvas pictures

Little M started by using special scrapbooking markers…what a treat! She drew a unicorn carrying as many family members as she could fit.

Once her masterpiece was complete, the rest was so EASY!!! I uploaded my picture and I was so relieved when the check out process included a bar letting me know what the quality of my picture was.

I was done with the entire check out process within 10 minutes and all we had to do was wait for Little M’s special Canvas Picture!

I received an email with an expected date of arrival…which was good because Little M asked me every hour if was here yet!

The package came a day early (YEAH!) and we love it! Little M carried it around, showing off her Canvas Picture to everyone.

The beautiful picture now hangs next to her bed, a lovely THANK YOU for my little artist.

Tips: 1. I had Little M draw two pictures and then let her choose between the two. That way she was able to experiment with the markers first. 2. These canvas pictures would make great Christmas gifts for Grandma! (I liked them on Facebook as a reminder!)

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Lesson Planned by Jillian on July 11, 2011.