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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We have a sweet bunny bear that our honey just can't live without. This would be perfect!
what a neat idea!!
Love it!!
My four year-old's "best pal" Tigger should be honored with a custom portrait.
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
I love this!
how cool!
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.
This is so precious!
Cute, cute, cute!
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.
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.
wow! very cool!
Cute!!
My girls would love this!
what a cool idea!
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.
What a great idea!
Her artwork is fantastic!
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…
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 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??
I love it and desperately need it for my future nursery!!!
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.
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!
I LOVE these!!! Yes please!
What a wonderful idea! Choose me =)
So fun!
What a great idea! Love it!!
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 :)
My daughter would LOVE one of her precious Boo Boo!
So cute!
We would love to win this one!
Great idea!
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…
Here's hoping…
So perfect- just bought a new stuffed animal too!
What an awesome keepsake.
My boys lion would be so cute!
pick me, please!
I could use a painting to brighten up my life!
I LOVE this idea!!!!
My son would just flip to see one of his toys as a painting.
oh how fun!
What a great keepsake!
LOVE those! Ooo we just NEED one!
Wonderful idea!
I love that idea.
Jennifer is very talented and I would be honored to hang your custom art on my daughter's wall! BEAUTIFUL!!!
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!
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!
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!
Precious idea.
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.
Such a cute idea!!
What a wonderful 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….
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!
Gorgeous paintings! Would love one!
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!
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