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Personalised photo prints: turn your favourite pictures into a framed keepsake

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Personalised photo prints: turn your favourite pictures into a framed keepsake

A photo print is the simplest personalised gift there is. You take a picture you already love, and we turn it into something for the wall instead of something left on a phone.

Most of us have thousands of photos and almost none of them printed. A framed photo print fixes that for one picture, or ten, or a whole family. We make each one to order in our studio in Hessle, working from the photos you send, and you get a proof by email before we print anything. Here are six ways to give a photo print, with the real prices from the shop, and every design works as a print on its own or framed in black, white or grey.

1. The whole family in one frame

The Family Photo Collage Print holds up to nine photos in a single frame, so you can tell a whole year, a whole holiday or a whole family in one go. You upload the pictures and choose a photo colour option, and we lay them out and send the proof back for you to check. A5 as a print is £10, framed from £15, and the largest A3 in a grey frame with a mount is £31. It's a good one for a birthday, a big anniversary or a leaving gift, where a single photo would never be enough.

2. Ten photos in the shape of a heart

The Heart Collage Photo Print arranges ten of your photos into a heart. It reads as one shape from across the room and as ten memories up close, which makes it a kind gift for someone you want to say a lot to without any words. Send us the ten pictures and a short note about who they are, and we build the heart around them. Same sizes as the family collage: £10 as an A5 print, from £15 framed, up to £31 for the framed A3.

A personalised photo print with ten photos arranged into the shape of a heart

3. A smaller photo gift for a parent or grandparent

Not every photo gift needs ten pictures. The Mum Heart Photo Print holds three photos in a heart, which is often plenty for a mum, a dad, a nana or a grandad who just wants the little ones on the wall. Three well-chosen photos, a heart, done. It starts at £10 as an A5 print, £14 framed in an A5, and up to £30 for a framed A3.

4. A photo and the place it happened

The Engagement and Wedding Map Photo Print pairs your photo with a map of the spot that matters, the proposal bench, the venue, the street you met on. The photo gives you the faces and the map gives you the where. It's A4 as a print for £14, framed from £19, and up to £31 for the framed A3. A natural fit for an engagement, a first anniversary or a wedding gift, and it sits nicely alongside our other wedding and anniversary prints.

A personalised photo print pairing a couple's photo with a map of a place that matters to them

5. The dog on the wall

Pets count. The Personalised Dog Print is made from your own photos of your dog, up to three of them, so it actually looks like your dog and not a generic breed drawing. Tell us their name and a bit about them and we work it into the design. It's £14 as an A5 print, £18 framed in an A5, and up to £40 for the framed A3 in grey with a mount. A good gift for the person whose dog is basically a family member, which is most dog owners.

A personalised dog print made from a customer's own photos of their dog

6. A hand-drawn version of a favourite photo

If you want something a step away from a straight print, the Custom Faceless Portrait is drawn by hand from a reference photo you send, in the faceless style where the outfits, the hair and the pose carry the likeness. You add a few notes for the artist and we draw it from there. It's £22 as an A4 print, from £29 framed, and up to £41 for the largest framed size. It takes a real photo and turns it into artwork, which makes it a thoughtful option for a milestone birthday or a remembrance piece.

How we make a photo print

A photo print is only as good as the photo, so send the clearest, biggest version you have, straight off the phone or camera rather than a screenshot. We work from what you send, tidy it where we can, and email you a proof so you see the whole thing before we print. Nothing goes to print until you are happy with it.

The frames are solid wood, made in the UK, in black, white or grey, with an optional mount to give the picture some room. The front is 1.2mm acrylic rather than glass, so if a frame gets knocked off a shelf or hung on a child's wall, it won't shatter. Every print is made to order here in Hessle (HU13) by the two of us, Lee and Sam. Because each one is personalised to your photos, it can't be returned for a change of mind, which is exactly why we send the proof first.

Where to start

Pick the photo before you pick the print. Once you know whether it's one picture or ten, a pet or a place, the design almost chooses itself. You'll find these in our best sellers, across gifts for her and in the family prints collection, and if you'd like a hand matching a photo to a design, just ask before you order.

For more wall ideas, our guide to personalised family name prints for the hallway pairs well with a photo print, and if you're weighing up a small studio against a marketplace, why buying personalised gifts direct is worth it explains how the proof process works.