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(For some inexplicable reason, comments are suddenly not being accepted on the first version of this post. All comments on the previous post as well as this one will be counted as entries.)

I recently had a chance to have one of my photographs printed on canvas by Canvas Press. I’ve seen this type of thing online before, and have always thought it was a really cool idea – turn your captures into artwork you can hang on your own wall.

I have taken so many photos that I love dearly, so it took me a while to pick one. I chose this photo after much deliberation because I love the color and the state of mind that looking at it puts me in.

The ordering process was easy, and there are a lot of pretty cool options to choose from (you can see them all here) so that you can get your piece to look exactly as you want it.

My print was a 16X20, 1.5″ gallery wrap with image wrapped around the sides. There’s a great assortment of choices for your size, thickness, and the type of wrap you can have applied (mirror, image, color of your choosing). There are also some great effects you can apply from basic things like black & white or sepia, all the way to retouching, mimicking oilwork, or completely altering the background. Pretty wicked. (You can also add text to your image, if you really want it to “say” something.)

The product was shipped quickly and packaged carefully – the piece was well protected and wrapped. When I pulled it out of the packaging, my breath caught in my throat. I was worried that the quality of the image would suffer once printed on canvas at that size. That proved to be silly, because the quality is fantastic. I can’t believe how gorgeous it looks up close.

Here it is on the wall in my living room:

I’m already trying to decide which photos I’m going to have printed on canvas next. This is a really great way to decorate your home – choose images and photos that you truly love and will complement the rooms in your home and have them made into wall hangings.

Canvas Press wanted you to be able to easily afford to add these touches to your home, so they’re giving a discount code to my readers: enter mamasays15 when you order through the end of May and you get %15 off the price. Yay!

Even better? They’re going to give one of you a free canvas. Is that not awesome? (Hint: it’s freaking awesome.) The value of this canvas is $113.99 and shipping is included. Woot!

To enter to win a Canvas from Canvas Press, leave me a comment below telling me what photo or image you’d choose to have printed if you win.

Entry comments will be accepted through May 19th, 2010. The winner will then be notified by email, and must respond to claim the prize.

Please use a valid email address on the comment form.

Rules:

• No duplicate comments.
• You may receive an additional entry by linking on twitter and leaving a link to your tweet in the comments.
• You may receive an additional entry by linking on Facebook and leaving a link to your update in the comments.
• Winners will be selected via random draw, and will be notified by e-mail.
• Once notified of having won, you have 48 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be selected.

Disclosure: This is an uncompensated review. I received a canvas for review, free of charge.