A lot of advanced technology and professional expertise are required to produce the product you expect. And that’s particularly true when you desire an archival-quality canvas print. At Creative Printing, we start and finish your canvas here in the print shop to ensure the highest quality.

However, before we get into the critical details, you should know that all of the products we use on our canvas prints meet the archival standards set by the Fine Art Trade Guild. Now, here is how we assure a product you’re pleased with.

First, to produce your canvas print with ultra-high-quality imaging, we use a state-of-the-art wide format printer.

All year round but often during the holiday season people come in to our Print Shop here in Panama City, Florida looking for a way to personalize gifts for friends, family and coworkers. Today we look at Two ways to have a Creative Christmas!

“The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious.”
-Martin Luther King, Jr.

Custom Canvas Prints

Custom printed artwork? Yes. This is a gift for any age. The possibilities are endless!

Here are a few of the canvas ideas we have seen:

1. Ancestral photos – Grandparents, great grandparents, Aunts, and Uncles. Do you have a picture of your grandmother in front of her old home or classic car?
2. Family photos – Whether it is the whole family or just printing portraits of babies and children this is a great gift option.
3. Landscapes – Sunsets, lakes, mountains, forests, birds, sea life and more!  These are popular prints.
4. Community – Do you have pictures of Downtown Panama City? How about the beach before the condos? People choose to print these images as well as older homesteads, schools, churches and communities.
5. Artwork – have an artist in the family? Let’s print their creations!

Remember, we can print any high quality image on canvas prints. So if you have a niece who loves butterflies … let’s print a canvas with butterflies! What about the grandson who loves tractors?  Yep we can print him with his favorite big green tractor.

Sheila, Steve and the staff of Creative Printing of Bay County want to send out a big THANK YOU to everyone who participated in our contest and helped us reach our goal of 350 Facebook fans. We are thankful for a great community and all the individuals who stay connected with us. Our website and our Facebook page are places where you can connect with us and learn about Panama City's  "One Stop Print Shop" and how we can help you with all your design and print projects.

We are excited about adding the ability to print and wrap canvases here at your local printing company. Learn more about our canvas prints and how they can be a great addition to your home or office. For yourself or as a gift.

Who is ready to Get Creative?

The WINNER of our Gallery Wrapped Canvas Print is Teresa Roberts. Congratulations Teresa! Check your inbox for details on how to redeem your prize.

More contests? Yes, we think so. Comment below with any ideas you have for future posts or contests.

Update: The Winner of the Canvas Contest

Teresa chose and sent us the image she wished to have as a canvas. We created her beautiful canvas and mailed it out to her. After she received her Canvas she took this photo. Thank you to everyone who participated and we look forward the having another contest soon so keep a look out and you could be the next winner. Thank You Teresa for you participation in our Canvas Giveaway and your continued support. 

Terms & Conditions:

This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook. You are providing your information to Creative Printing of Bay County and not to Facebook. The information you provide will be used in order for you to receive Creative Printing of Bay County’s emails related to the contest and our once a month eNewsletter. Unsubscribe at any time.

When we hit the 350 Facebook fans milestone Creative Printing will conduct a random drawing to determine the winner of the canvas. The winner will be notified via the provided email address. The winner will be announced via our blog to publish to social media sites including Facebook, Twitter, etc. The winner will receive a gift certificate valued at $75.00 to go towards a canvas of their choice. The winner may provide any image or art that has no copyright, any current professional photographs will need a print release from the photographer to reproduce. Creative Printing reserves the right to determine if the image is suitable for reproduction on canvas print. Creative Printing also reserves the right to use Images or content about the winner and the canvas as marketing material. The issued gift certificate expires 90 days from the day of the drawing.

Use this image for sharing and pinning to your favorite site!

Update:

Click here to find out who is the Winner of the Summer Canvas Contest.

A+ Smiles,a Pediatric Dental Office in Panama City is now open! Dr. Eric Berry and Dr. Matthew Ticola are experts in their field of dentistry and look forward to serving the dental needs of children in our area.

From logo design, business stationary, office décor, signage, door vinyl, outdoor signs and everything in between .... A+ Smiles chose to Get Creative! They are a great example of how to utilize our graphic designer and printing services to create and keep a professional consistent image. Large format prints make great décor and can be mounted to either black or white foam board or printed on canvas to give your office a new look. Use large format prints as an easy way to display your logo at the office!

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Are you preparing a shower for a special “Mommy-to-be?” Are you trying to decide on the perfect theme to shower her in love? We want to help you get creative by sharing several unique and creative baby shower ideas.

Rubber Ducky Theme

At one point or another, you have all most likely played with a rubber duck in the bathtub as a child or with your children. Why not take this cute little toy and have an adorable, fun baby shower. Then the baby will have plenty of bath toys!

Tis the season to be jolly…!  Christmas is right around the corner. Have you started shopping yet? If not, we have 10 ideas to help you get started. All the items below are customizable and that makes them extra special.

1.     Custom Calendars

Christmas is the perfect time to give the gift of custom calendars. The New Year is coming and everyone is going to need a new calendar. Why not spend the time selecting pictures for each month? This makes the calendar extra special. You can also include birthdays and special days to remember on each calendar you have printed. Don’t forget you can add your business information as well as friends and family.

Do you have that special picture and want to turn it into a piece of artwork for yourself or a family member? Are you an artist and want to duplicate your artwork? How about all you photographers out there? Don’t you want to offer canvas prints as well?

Guess what? Creative Printing now offers custom canvas prints! That’s right, we can take any image and print and mount it for you.

With Mother’s Day and Father’s Day coming up in the next few months we thought we would give you a wonderful gift idea!

Canvas wrapping choices:

Gallery Wrapped Canvas is a fine art print which is stretched on either a 5/8” or a 1 ½” stretcher bar. The sides of the gallery wrapped canvas will usually have the image or a colored border showing on the sides. Still not quite clear? Take a look at these gallery wrap samples.

Three Classic Presentations for Your Gallery Wrapped Canvas Prints

1. Gallery Wrap – Image Wrap:

The Outer 1 ½” or 5/8” edge of your image is wrapped around the stretcher bars.

2. Gallery Wrap – Continuous Mirrored Image:

The outer 1 ½” or 5/8” edge of your image is mirrored on the wrapped edge.

3. Gallery Wrap –Black, White or Colored Border:

A classic black, a 1 ½” or 5/8” white or colored edge is added to your image. (white and colored borders not shown.)

Artists

• Have your artwork printed on Canvas
• If your painting has texture, the textured look will remain on your printed canvas.

Photographers

• Offer your clients canvas prints.
• Have your local Print Shop print and mount the canvas for you!

Birthday Gifts

As you can see there are endless possibilities when it comes to canvas prints! At Creative Printing of Bay County we offer any Standard Size Canvas Prints. Our canvases are Archival Certified quality prints, mounted on solid wood frames and are ready to hang when we are finished. They will last 100 years in good conditions. So come on in and let’s work together and get Creative!

Do you have a sweet tooth? If so, you definitely want to go to Sugar Boogers! Sugar Boogers, formerly known as Sugar Crave, is a locally owned small business baking cupcakes, cakes, cookies, brownies and more.  There bakery is located in the historic downtown area of Panama City Florida on Harrison Avenue.

In 2011 they ranked third in desserts in the Best of Bay.  Owner, Stephanie Carnley was inspired to start her own bakery by her children. She has always enjoyed baking for them and her love for creating cakes blossomed from there. Sugar Boogers has been in business for a little over a year, however she has been in the cake business for 7 years and loves it!

The name Sugar Boogers came from Stephanie’s grandparents. Her grandfather always lovingly referred to her grandmother as “sugar booger.” As you walk into the store you will find a canvas photo on the wall with a picture of Stephanie’s grandparents. They are each holding bottled cokes in their hands. The neat thing is that Sugar Boogers also sells bottled cokes! This canvas demonstrates the love she has for her grandparents and Stephanie wanted to have a family, homey feel when you walk into the bakery.

At Sugar Boogers you can order gourmet cupcakes, custom birthday cakes, wedding cakes, baby shower cakes, cookies, party trays, and our new minis by the dozen. The party trays consist of 7 gourmet cupcakes in travel containers. (So they will stay beautiful) They are then placed on a tray and wrapped and tied neatly. If you have a picture of a cake you want, simply bring it in and they will do their very best to match.

Sugar Boogers wanted to use a locally owned business that was in the downtown area for their printing and design needs. A little over a year ago they teamed up with Creative Printing of Bay County. Stephanie says, “They brought my logo to life.” She has Creative Printing print her labels and recently her canvas of her grandparents that is near and dear to her heart. Stephanie also used creative for her personal wedding invitations.

“The staff is very friendly and very excited to help”, states Stephanie. “They have great customer service and are willing to help in any way, with color, design and wording.” Stephanie also describes the service she received from Creative Printing as, “fabulous, informative, enthusiastic, and fast!” “Every time you come in you get the gratification of seeing what you want, come to life.” “The service I receive is just great! The end result is even better than you thought.”

If you’re looking for some yummy sweets for your next event or just one for yourself, hop on over to Sugar Boogers! You may even want to grab a glass of milk while you’re there!

Creative Printing of Bay County is very excited to introduce to you ... our new Canon ImagePROGRAF Printer! We can print banners, signs, posters, art prints, and canvas prints. Affordable banners from 44" by up to almost 100ft. Professional quality, high prints at any size from your local print shop.

These posters, banners and signs can be printed on a variety of media types including gloss, matte, satin, canvas, banner material, art paper and more. We also have the ability to laminate or mount posters up to 24" x 36".

Our banners are flexible, easy to hang and extremely versatile. If you want to transfer your banner to another location, simply roll it up.

Want to make the best use of your banners? Here's how ...

Tip 1: Grab Attention

• Through the use of graphics, color and layout you will have an eye-catching banner of your dreams. Use bold graphics or photos and bright colors to make your banner stand out.
• It's important to ask for design help. Professionals can design your banner, turning your visions into reality.
• Show your personality!

Tip 2: Keep it Simple

• Determine your banners purpose, and then have a focal point.
• Remember to use less text, fewer colors, and one main graphic. Too much information will confuse your customers and they won't remember the important information.
• Don't forget to include contact information. Let the colors and graphics do the rest!

Tip 3: Location. Location. Location.

• Your banners, posters, and signs are versatile and can be displayed inside or outside.</>
• Want to refresh your office? Use banner to easily change up your wall décor. Now that's an easy way to have a fresh new look!
• When flagging down traffic, it's important to have a large banner, 10-12 ft. from the ground.
• Banners are a great way to get your customers attention! For pedestrian traffic display banners near eye level.
• Be sure your banner is not obstructed; no one will take time to read it.
• Remember, design and location of your banner will affect your sales when it comes to impulse shoppers. Approximately half of all sales are from impulse shoppers.

Tip 4: Advertise seasonal specials and set the mood

• Banners, posters, signs and art prints are an inexpensive way to advertise seasonal specials, events, new products, and more.
• Whether you're getting ready for a celebration or advertising a huge sale, the mood of your banner tells all.
• Easily change the design of a room with creative signs, posters and banners for showers, birthdays, holiday parties ...

Regardless of your needs, we are here to help you!  Remember, at Creative Printing, "We Understand Budgets and Deadlines!"  Our fast turnarounds and our friendly staff will provide you with top quality printing services, turning dreams into reality!