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!
Congratulations to Jon and Sarah! You are the lucky winner. Enjoy your paintings.
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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!
what a great idea. my daughter has a few favorite toys.
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!
Oh, my daughter needs a portrait of Bobby. He is her bear that she has had since she was 'in my tummy'. She turns seven next month.
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.
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.
Her artwork is fantastic!
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.
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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!
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.
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.
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!
too much fun!
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.
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 :)
what a great style she has…love her use of color.
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!
Totally cute idea. Really smart and pretty.
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 sweet 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.
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