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Win a PhotoFiddle Gift Certificate

Posted on 8th December 2008 by Kristy in Contests,cool products,giveaways

I love adorning my walls with photographs. As much as I appreciate artwork, I like to see the smiling faces of friends and family when I look at my walls. But with a little help from PhotoFiddle, you can have the best of both worlds.

PhotoFiddle is in the business of creating art from photos. They can take your favorite picture and transform it into over 50 styles, including oil painting, watercolor, charcoal drawing, pop art print, and much more. You can upload a photo and see it in every available style before you make a decision. And if you’re not satisfied with any of them, they will create a custom piece at no extra charge. They have received positive press from The Washington Post, USA Today, The Today Show and more.

So when PhotoFiddle offered me a custom canvas of my very own, I was ecstatic. I searched through all of my digital photos, looking for just the right one. I wanted to have a family portrait, but I couldn’t find anything that I thought was canvas-worthy. So I sent in one of my dad, Pumpkin and my niece. It wasn’t very high quality though, so I finally found someone to take a picture of Hubby, Pumpkin and me. I cropped it and sent it in, but the quality was too low on that one as well. But when I sent in the original, it turned out nicely. I asked them to remove some items from the background, and they got that done in short order.

The PhotoFiddlers were quite patient with me while I got my photographic ducks in a row, and they answered my questions quickly and fully. I received updates on the progress of my canvas, and an email with a tracking number when it was shipped. Two days after I got that email, the FedEx guy was at my door with my new masterpiece.

When I opened it, I was in awe. It turned out beautifully. Check it out:

I opted for the color sketch style. I thought it was the most fitting style considering the picture- my family as our everyday selves. Had we been all dressed up and proper looking, I might have gone for the oil painting style. But we’re rarely seen all dressed up and proper looking. :)

I’m very pleased with my experience with PhotoFiddle. Their customer service was great, and my canvas is the new highlight of my living room. So I’m pleased to announce that the folks at PhotoFiddle have been kind enough to allow me to give away one of their gift certificates!

How to Enter

The prize up for grabs is one $50 PhotoFiddle.com gift certificate. There are several ways you can enter:

    For one entry each:

  • Make a comment on this post telling me why you would like to win a PhotoFiddle gift certificate. Don’t worry, there are no right or wrong answers, I’m just curious.
  • Twitter about this giveaway. Include your Twitter username or profile URL in your comment for verification purposes.
  • Stumble this post. Include your StumbleUpon username in your comment.
  • Subscribe to my feed via RSS or email. Let me know that you did so in your comment.
    For 3 entries:

  • Blog about this giveaway. Include a link to this post and a link to PhotoFiddle.com. Include the URL of your post in your comment.

Each entrant may have up to a total of 7 entries.

This giveaway runs now through midnight on Monday, December 15th. (Just in time for Christmas!) The winner will be selected by way of a random number generated by Random.org. The winner will be contacted via email, so double check your email address when leaving your comment. If the email bounces or the winner does not respond within 24 hours, an alternate winner will be chosen. The winner’s gift certificate will be delivered by email straight from PhotoFiddle. Good Luck!

Comments (47)

47 Comments

  1. I think it would be fun to make a unique gift for my kids to give to their grandparents!

    Comment by Valerie Mitchell — December 9, 2008 @ 1:24 am

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    Comment by Valerie Mitchell — December 9, 2008 @ 1:26 am

  3. email subscriber

    Comment by Valerie Mitchell — December 9, 2008 @ 1:28 am

  4. blogged it entry #1
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    Comment by Valerie Mitchell — December 9, 2008 @ 1:28 am

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    Comment by Valerie Mitchell — December 9, 2008 @ 1:31 am

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    Comment by Valerie Mitchell — December 9, 2008 @ 1:31 am

  7. My son is really growing up so fast, he’s two and it seems like time is just flying by. I’d love to have a beautiful canvas of him, to remind me of his toddler years

    Comment by Lindsay — December 9, 2008 @ 3:08 am

  8. I have a beautiful photo of my daughter standing with a certain President-Elect of the United States. I’d love to “fiddle” it into a family treasure.

    Thanks!

    Comment by Jean D. — December 9, 2008 @ 4:06 am

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    Comment by Jean D. — December 9, 2008 @ 4:07 am

  10. I subscribe RSS via Google Reader (nape9393).

    Comment by Jean D. — December 9, 2008 @ 4:08 am

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    Comment by Jean D. — December 9, 2008 @ 4:13 am

  12. I would love to win to use this for a gift for a very special frined

    Comment by Jessica P — December 10, 2008 @ 1:11 am

  13. I love that they have canvas wrapped photos. I want to do that so badly as a fixture for my new home that I hope to buy soon. It’s the first art I want to put up!

    Comment by Andrea — December 11, 2008 @ 11:27 am

  14. I’ll twitter this right now. Username: andproulx

    Comment by Andrea — December 11, 2008 @ 11:29 am

  15. Just subscribed to your email.

    Comment by Andrea — December 11, 2008 @ 11:30 am

  16. I’d love to have more nice pictures to put up of my family around the house!

    Comment by Leah — December 11, 2008 @ 12:36 pm

  17. I think it would be neat to see what photos of my quilts would look like using this. Thanks.

    Comment by Anya — December 11, 2008 @ 1:08 pm

  18. I would use this! i have a picture of my grandparents on their wedding day that I would love to turn into an oil painting style picture.

    Comment by Maria — December 11, 2008 @ 1:59 pm

  19. I have a great photo of my son and daughter that I’d love to have fiddled into the pop art color design

    Comment by Michelle — December 11, 2008 @ 2:07 pm

  20. I’m also subscribed via email.

    Comment by Michelle — December 11, 2008 @ 2:13 pm

  21. My sister and I finally got around to having pictures taken of our 5 kids to give to my father for a gift. This would be an even better way to present it to Papa.

    Comment by Michelle — December 11, 2008 @ 2:32 pm

  22. I would love to win this. I would use the oil painting option and use one of our wedding photos!

    Comment by Shannon G — December 11, 2008 @ 2:48 pm

  23. I would love this certificate because I am torn between art and photos…this way I could have both in one! :)

    Comment by Catherine — December 11, 2008 @ 2:48 pm

  24. I would love to have one of my son’s photos turned into art for his playroom that we are working on!

    Comment by shari — December 11, 2008 @ 3:14 pm

  25. I subscribed to you via google reader!

    Comment by shari — December 11, 2008 @ 3:14 pm

  26. I have so many white walls that I need to spice them up and this would be just the thing for them.

    Comment by Gitte — December 11, 2008 @ 4:03 pm

  27. I’d really like this so I can get some fun artwork of our family for our home!

    Comment by Rachel O. — December 11, 2008 @ 4:56 pm

  28. I would love to win because we moved into our first house and the walls are bare! And I’d love to display my cute little boys!

    Comment by Jess — December 11, 2008 @ 5:27 pm

  29. For Christmas, my brother’s girlfriend has asked that I send her a copy of a photograph I took of him ages ago, when he was just out of highschool. She’s a super cool lady (the entire family hopes that my brother proposes to her) and I’d love to do something special for her.

    Comment by Marigold — December 11, 2008 @ 6:02 pm

  30. i need some new artwork up on my walls.

    Comment by Jayme — December 11, 2008 @ 6:56 pm

  31. I would like to win it because I am moving to a new house soon and I have nothing to put on the walls. Thanks!

    Comment by jenna — December 11, 2008 @ 8:47 pm

  32. I would like to get a picture of our family done because we haven’t ever had an official family portrait taken. I would like to have a good snapshot blown up and done as an oil painting! Thanks for the giveaway!

    Comment by Chelsey — December 12, 2008 @ 1:37 am

  33. I like the Pop Art Colored Squares

    Comment by michelle rosborough — December 12, 2008 @ 3:00 am

  34. I would love to win this because it would make a great present for a family member! Thank you for offering this giveaway, what fun. :)

    Comment by Beeb Ashcroft — December 12, 2008 @ 6:56 am

  35. I tweeted about it here:

    http://twitter.com/hardertobreathe/status/1053166446

    My Twitter username is hardertobreathe. Thank you!!

    Comment by Beeb Ashcroft — December 12, 2008 @ 6:58 am

  36. I subscribed via supercoupongirl AT gmail.com. Thanks!!!

    Comment by Beeb Ashcroft — December 12, 2008 @ 6:59 am

  37. I blogged about it on my contest site:

    http://contest-corner.blogspot.com/2008/12/win-50-photofiddle-gift-certificate.html

    Thanks again!!

    Comment by Beeb Ashcroft — December 12, 2008 @ 7:08 am

  38. the oil painting option for my travel photos!

    Comment by Theo — December 12, 2008 @ 11:10 am

  39. I posted on twitter; user=dreamer08

    Comment by Theo — December 12, 2008 @ 11:11 am

  40. I subscribed via email

    Comment by Theo — December 12, 2008 @ 11:13 am

  41. I would love to have a family portrait done this way–how fun, and
    how easy! We could definitely handle this . . .
    :)

    Comment by trisha too — December 12, 2008 @ 6:47 pm

  42. I have two beautiful little people that would look great!

    Comment by Valerie — December 12, 2008 @ 11:07 pm

  43. My husband and I were just talking about the fact that we need a unique piece of art to hang in our family room! I’d love to win this for that purpose! Thanks for the giveaway!

    Keilann
    teq97@hotmail.com

    Comment by Keilann — December 13, 2008 @ 9:32 pm

  44. This would make a great gift for my in laws!
    thanks!

    Comment by Ashley — December 14, 2008 @ 3:28 pm

  45. oh, I’d love to win this! I take photos of lighthouses, and it would be incredible to see one of my photos as it would if it were an oil painting. how neat!

    Comment by Meg O — December 15, 2008 @ 2:20 am

  46. i never have money to get my photos developed so i would love to win this.

    Comment by betsy — December 15, 2008 @ 7:12 pm

  47. I need a picture for over my fireplace and this would look so great

    Comment by Jessica C — December 16, 2008 @ 1:02 am

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