I love my cats so stinkin’ much it hurts. I never would have thought two furry little animals would steal my heart so completely, but I’m glad they did. Crazy cat lady? You betcha!
I’ve taken a bazillion pics of them, but it never occurred to me to do anything other than look at those pics (all the time) until I browsed through all the CVS Photo gift options. You guys, personalized photo gifts are so fun now!
If you love your pets as much as I love mine (or you know someone who does), listen up, because I made some serious cuteness out of a few of my favorite pics, and if you do something similar for a gift idea, you might just make someone cry (in a good way).
The first thing I did was make a cell phone case with my sweet little Pinot’s face on it, and now she goes with me everywhere. She was a silver kitten when I got her, but now she’s turning into a brownish gold-colored cat. The heck?
You can see how much Pinot’s fur color has changed below. The little brown peanut was sitting with her adopted older sister, Tia, and I couldn’t resist capturing the moment for all eternity on a deck of playing cards, because yes, that’s a CVS photo gift option too! (Both portrait and landscape orientation work.)
I also took my cats’ pretty faces and had them made into these adorable 5 x 5-inch canvas minis. They can be propped up with the included stands, or since they’re so nice and lightweight, they could be mounted to the wall with removable tape.
I’m dead with love.
And since I literally can’t get enough of my cats, I designed a desk calendar starring Pinot, Tia, and my daughter’s cat, Mony. I’ll be able to laugh at their antics just by glancing at the calendar each and every day. A year’s worth of shenanigans!
My heart melts.
Making the desk calendar is the perfect example of the CVS Photo personalization options. The variety of available products each have project templates with multiple style options to ensure you’re designing your photo products just the way you want them. Photo your way!
For instance, with each month I had the option of inserting multiple photos, choosing frame colors, or even including captions if I wanted.
But my favorite part of the whole shopping experience was the convenience, and when I say convenience, I mean it! You can use the photos from your camera roll or Facebook account and order directly from the CVS Pharmacy app. (Of course, if you’re shopping in your local CVS pharmacy, you can use an in-store KODAK Picture Kiosk to order your photos.)
I selected and designed all these personalized photo products (all cats, of course) on CVS.com/photo and had them all shipped directly to my home. You don’t have to go to the store to order them or pick them up, you guys!
Photo gifts aren’t what they used to be, y’all. CVS Photo makes it so convenient to create unique, affordable and high-quality photo products for any occasion. Photo your way!
Have you ever made photo gifts for pet lovers? How would you “photo your way”?
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Christian Alejandro says
I typically take a ridiculous amount of photos with fam and pets. I can always go back to pick and choose the better shots. I’m no professional!
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Trisha McKee says
I photo my way by taking pics as I see them. I go fishing and take pics of the river in the morning with the fog and the mountains as the leaves change. I photo my way because it is the best way.
Sarah Mayer says
I love making customized calendars with photos from the previous year.
Rhonda Grisham says
I currently have 2 kitties. But a couple of years ago I lost my love of 14 years kitty. I would incorporate pics of them all.
Stephanie Larison says
I have 3 kids so I’m always taking pictures of them and ordering special gifts for their grandparents.
Lisa V. says
I’m always taking pics of my cats. Now I have ideas of what to do with them.
Laurie Emerson says
We have 3 cats who we adore and I would use this to make their special own holiday cards to send out.
Linda says
Such a cute idea! I know so many pet lovers that would love this!
Terry Stevens says
I would photo my way with all of the grandkids’ pictures during their activities (cheerleading, basketball, football, soccer, etc.) throughout the year.
Nicole says
I think all of these gifts would be awesome for pet owners. I especially love the mini canvas close ups. So cute! #HomeMattersParty
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Peachy @ The Peach Kitchen says
Super cute kitties and what a great ideas to get a calendar and canvas photos of them!
Karen Glatt says
I would photo my way with my dog’s picture on a calendar and my coffee mug! It would be so much fun to see here face everyday!
Cynthia R says
I would make a mug with a pic of my three cats on there and maybe in writing put proud crazy cat lady or something like that. I also love creating calendars out of pictures.
Dawn Monroe says
I think photo items are perfect grandparent gifts. I especially like the large coffee mug, photo blanket and throw pillows. I think the shower curtain, depending on the picture used, would be a unique gift.
janetfaye says
I would photo my way with my dog’s picture on a cute calendar or mug to gift for the holidays.
Eloise says
love this idea, super cute and fun for any pet lover… I’ll keep this in mind for the Xmas time gifts : )
Kiwi says
This is a sweet gesture. Love the customize gift for a pet lover!
Lynzy says
Such a great gift idea and SUCH a fun giveaway! This is an awesome idea – I know a ton of people who would love this! Thanks for sharing!
Elizabeth O. says
What a lovely idea! It’s definitely something that I would consider giving to friends and family who are pet lovers!
Nikka Shae says
What a cute gift for my son and his girlfriend for their cute puppy.
Alissa Apel says
I photo my way by taking a lot of photos of my kids. They just grow up way too fast!
Alissa Apel says
I commented on instagram. My name on there is anapeladay.
Christian Marie H says
I photo my way by taking pictures of anything and everything I find beautiful. #CVSPhotoMyWay
Dana Rodriguez says
So cute! I would love to make some coasters with pictures of my chinchilla 🙂
Kita Bryant says
I would love pictures of my animals as a gift! They’re part of the family!
Sheena Tatum says
Oh my goodness, some of these were just too perfect. The calendar was adorable!
Sapana V says
This is actually what I am searching for my friend. Thanks a lot for these awesome ideas.
Rebecca Swenor says
These are awesome gift ideas for the pet lovers. I love the idea of the calendar with our pets photos and I will have to check this app out for sure. Thanks for sharing the gift ideas.
Kenya F says
I love to take photos of my cats! Also love taking pictures of nature and landscapes. About to go on vacation during Thanksgiving weeks and plan on taking tons of pics while cruising.
Reesa Lewandowski says
I love those coasters! My mom would love this with her dog!
Cindy says
I would try to take photos of my cats.
Seattle Travel Blogger says
This is a great idea for gifts.
It is nice to have your pets in a specialized format.
Terri's Little Haven says
These are the cutest ideas for pet lovers. I don’t know anyone that doesn’t have at least one pet so these would make great gift ideas. I’d love to have a cell phone case with my fur babies on it.
Claudia Krusch says
I love these. Now to get my pups and kitty to stand still for pics. Will check it out!!!
Christina G. says
I would photo my way by making a desk calendar. They are so cute. Thanks for the giveaway!
Valerie says
Yes yes yes. I love these. Now to get my munchkins to stand still for pics.
Brianne says
These are such great gift ideas. Anything with pets makes me so happy!
michelle mink says
When my cat died I put together a photo book and made one for my parents and myself. I love looking at it and remembering our sweet girl.
Jeanine says
These are all fantastic! As the biggest pet lover these all would make my day to receive! So many great options! I need a calendar!
Brandy says
These are adorable gift ideas for pet lovers. I love the idea of giving a gift like this, adorable! I know many pet owners who would tear up getting some of these ideas.
Janell Poulette says
Omg I love this more than words could explain. I love my cats so much, but my husband isn’t a huge fan of them. I feel like it would only be right to get us both desk calendars with our cats inside. Maybe he will find love for them lol. But seriously, I absolutely love this because I never do anything with the million photos I take of them.
Dawn McAlexander says
I would love to have this for myself. I would love to have a calendar with my two dogs’ pictures on them. That would be great!
Toni | BoulderLocavore.com says
Oh wow! I love those cat pics! SO cute! Great gift idea for my pet lover friends!
Sarah Hayes says
Im a photo book fanatic! I love taking lots of photos on our many adventures and the best way to keep them is in books.
Milena says
I have never made a gift like this for a pet lover, but it’s such a great idea! I love the playing cards!
Janet W. says
I love to have photos of my pets and family. It would be fun to create a calendar using photos I take.
Cassie Tucker says
The calendars are a great gift idea, but I want one for myself! I want to get one made with all my pets’ pictures.
Annemarie LeBlanc says
I am loving that desk calendar! I will have something like that made, starring my dog and my cats. It would be so nice to have a calendar like that proudly displayed on my work desk. The canvas minis are awesome too!
Kelly Hutchinson says
This is a great idea for gifts! But also a great idea for myself! lol. I love my pets!
Jocelyn Cañasa Brown says
Awww, I love this idea. I think everyone I know is a pet lover. My daughter would love a calendar with her pets on it!
Ann Bacciaglia says
The photo calendar is a fantastic idea. It will be a great gift for my Sister. I can get a bunch of photos of her dogs off of her Facebook page. She is going to love it.
Theresa says
Aren’t photo gifts so fun! I love all of the cool options CVS photo has in way of what you can put your pics on. I must get those playing cards for my daughters stocking this year. I take so many pics of our pets, I think I could easily buy out CVS on all of the photo gift options lol.
Laura Funk says
Love your cats name, and also, I love the personalized phone cases! Had no idea CVS did those. Going to check them out for sure
Margaret Smith says
I’d love to make a couple of calendars. One for my son who is away at college. I think that he would love having photo’s of our pets.
Kelly Reci says
This is really fantastic! Such a cute gift, I would love it to my kitty.
Angelic Sinova says
I LOVE this! I would love to have a calendar or set of playing cards with my little Loki’s face all over them. These are a must for nay pet owner!
Steve Weber says
We take photos of family, friends, pets, nature and of course holidays and special occasions.
Bella says
Those are some adorable kitties! These are great gift ideas, they would be the perfect gift for almost anyone.
jasmine says
This perfect for animal lovers! I have a f won my list this year, saving for when I shop for them.
Wendy Polisi says
Aww, this is a really cute idea! I’m sure my sister would love this.
shalama says
Photo gifts are great. We take so many pics of our friends, family, selves and animals so why not put them in a book or calendar or something.
Cindy Ingalls says
I did have a calendar and notebook featuring my dog at one time. I loved it. We all love our fur babies. I would be so excited to receive any one of the gifts in this post.
Kelly D says
I like to make photo books. It is nice to use a bunch of photos of my kids from the past year or two to remember that point in time. I also like to take photos of animals and nature.
Divya @ Eat. Teach. Blog. says
What a great giveaway. This would be such a great present for my in-laws. They don’t really want a lot of things for Christmas, but they sure do love their puppy. This would make them so happy
Neely (@Neelykins) says
These are such awesome ideas. We had coasters made for my MIL a few years ago and she loved them
Heather says
Such cute kitties! I love making photo gifts and these will make excellent presents for friends this season!
Alli Smith says
I want the cell phone case! It’s adorable and I can so see my Max gracing my phone case. All of these are great gift ideas for all my friends that have pets.
Jenn @ EngineerMommy says
I always love photo gifts… giving and receiving them! There’s something so special about personalized gifts. The deck of cards with photos is fabulous! Great idea!
Pam says
I love that calendar so much, I need to get one made with all of my cats on it! I can keep it in my office.
Kim says
Your kitties are adorable! I love giving and receiving photo gifts all year long. You’re right–ordering them on CVS.com is very easy to do!
Heather says
That’s cute! I used to spend time making wall calendars. Yours turned out really awesome.
Julie Maloney says
Ahh!!! I’m going to explode I love this so much. While I have two children I could do all of this for, I have a one year old dog and six month old kitten who dominate my social media. I would love to turn my pictures into photo gifts and I know exactly what photo I want to use. I wish I could post it here! It’s so cute!
David says
We always take photos using natural light. I don’t like the yellowish tint that light fixtures put off, versus the white light of an open window.
Tiffany says
I love these ideas! We have a much loved dog and I know my son would love a calendar of her. Thanks for the suggestions…
melisasource says
This is great! I need to tell my brother to send me one of his 2 beautiful dogs.
Jacqui @FlightsFancyMom says
I love the canvas prints! These would be great gifts for family and friends with their pets!
Sarah Bailey says
Oh my goodness I want them all! I absolutely love getting gifts with my pooch on always makes me smile! x
Natalie says
I love to make wall art out of beautiful landscape photos my mom and I take! I also love to put pictures of my dog on my living room wall.
Betsy Barnes says
We take a lot of foodie photos because we love to cook. I would love to make a photo calendar of our top creations! 🙂
Rosie says
I love catching unexpected moments that are just too cute! and then enlarging them into a size they can be hung on the wall – at work, your home office, you name it, and they will always make you smile!
Sheena Tatum says
This is awesome! I have two little furry ones and needed to do something with their photos as well!
Jolina says
Awwww this is so cute! It’s the perfect gift for…ME!! I freakin’ love our dog too. He’s pretty shy though, always turning away when he sees a camera so weird. I would totally go for the canvas and the calendar!
Mami2jcn says
I’d make a photo calendar highlighting my kids’ accomplishments throughout the year.
Stacie @ Divine Lifestyle says
Those are so great! I have a friend who absolutely loves her pets as much as she loves her kids. I think she would adore this.
Susan Christy says
I love having pictures of my dogs to show people and look at when I’m away from home. I’d like to make a 2017 calendar for my office with just doggie photos!!
Rebecca Bryant says
Aw how cute. I love animal photos and gifts. Pets are the cutest things ever adn this is a great gift for pet owners.