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I love art and I love my kid’s art, so when Summer contacted me about doing a Fine Doodles review and giveaway I knew I it would be a terrific fit. Fine Doodles combines Summer’s artistic talent and my kid’s creativity.
After receiving the paintings that Summer did for us, I’m even more excited to be able to tell you about it and to give you the chance to win one.
Summer takes children’s drawings and then uses acrylic paint to render them with color, dimension and imagination. The results are amazingly charming and whimsical. She created two paintings for us and I’m completely sold.
Just look at what she did with Alyssa’s “People”
"People" - original
"People" - Fine Doodled
and with Savannah’s “Wedding Cat”
"Wedding Cat" - Original
"Wedding Cat" - Fine Doodled
I already have several more drawings selected that I want to have Fine Doodled. I should have at least one from each child, right? The great thing is that my husband was also enchanted with the paintings, so I don’t have to sell him on the idea of getting more.
After seeing these delightful paintings, even Suzanne (the college student who is currently living with us) wants to have one of her childhood drawings painted by Summer.
Summer paints onto a high quality board that can be placed into a frame for ease of display. Each drawing comes with a certificate of authenticity that includes a high quality copy of the child’s original art work.
Pros:
- Wonderful way to celebrate and preserve your kid’s favorite drawings. (Our copy of “People” had been drawn on scratch paper and was a bit crumpled, but now it can be displayed.)
- The quality of art is amazing.
- Summer really captures the essence of what the children had imagined. (We emailed a couple times about “Wedding Cat” so that she was sure her painting fit with what Savannah was trying to express.)
- I honestly can’t say enough good about these. You just have to see your child’s art transformed into a Fine Doodle to completely appreciate them.
Cons:
- One of our paintings was damaged during the shipping process. However, Summer did offer to immediately make it right.
Fine Doodles offers gift certificates for any of their painting sizes. These would make great gifts for grandparents, parents, children, grown children and even grand children. (I would love to have a Fine Doodle of one of my parent’s childhood drawings.) It’s a special way to celebrate and preserve children’s art.
Want a Fine Doodle of your own? Summer is going to create a medium sized Fine Doodle for one blessed Raising Olives reader.
To enter:
- Please visit Fine Doodles and look around. Then come back and leave a comment on this post telling me how you save/store of your kid’s art work.
Extra entries:
- Tweet about this giveaway. (You may receive one extra entry every day that you tweet.)
- Post about this giveaway on your blog. (Three extra entries)
- Please leave a comment for each entry.
Open to residents of the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Giveaway will end Wednesday, February 24 at midnight.
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Hi, I'm Kimberly. 
After it was displayed then it usually ends up in a box in my closet.
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Wow! What a cool idea. Well both boys have a box and a binder to store pics. in and of course the rifrigerator. Nice to find a homeschool site.
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What an AWESOME idea!! I love this as a way of preserving artwork. Noah did the cutest “self portrait” with little curls of hair all around his head. I could see this one being done!
Anyway, I put the kids artwork up all over the school room. They put it up wherever they can get away with- they love tape!! I do try to take pictures of the pictures on the walls every year before some are taken down and new put up throughout the year.
Blessings – Kelly
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So cool. Right now what isn’t on the fridge is in a special tupperware type box that I keep special things in. I really want to do the magnet wall like you have the example of!
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At 5 and 6 years old, my son drew busy pictures full of little people doing all kinds of things. He has ski slopes with dozens of people skiiing and other scenes of interest like that. I have kept these drawings for year because they are so cute. This is a great idea to remember and use something that a child does that adults can’t naturally emulate. So CUTE!!
Julie (Mom of 5)
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I love my four year old’s art. We save what she doesn’t cut up in a box.
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right now we just tape the kids’ art on the back of the cubbards in the kitchen- this looks awesome!
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We have saved most of the “keepers” in our filing cabinet, but with all the files in there it is too stuffed to add to. Some are scattered in various places throughout the house, but I’d like to have a much better system. These Fine Doodles are really unique! I’d love to have one — or seven — in my house!
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I have various places I display my boys art work throughout the house. When I am ready to store their artwork I put them in plastic storage bins in the closet
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I keep my kids artwork in hanging files…right behind the copies of my bills and bank statements.
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The kids’ art is covering the fridge and when we run out of room I let my child pick which to retire. And then sadly it goes in the recycling bin. This is a great idea to save some of the great ones.
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