If you’re looking for a novel way to show that special someone how much you care this February, it’s time to consider a Valentine’s Day canvas! Flowers and chocolates are a time-honoured Valentine’s gift, but if you go the extra mile and create something original, we guarantee that your loved one will appreciate it even more.  

Valentine's Day the canvas way!

Designing a Valentine’s Day canvas print might fill you with dread, but with our help even the least creative of you will be surprised at how easy it is.  

After all, even attempting something as thoughtful as a bespoke canvas is a lovely romantic gesture, right? Of course it is! Here are some of our favourite ideas that you can photograph and have printed with us on this special day:  

Buy some roses, but instead of photographing them, pull the petals and arrange into a heart on a big sheet of white paper. This will look fantastic on canvas and means that the roses last a lifetime!

For a more quirky image, you can bend some paper clips into heart shapes and arrange around the ‘Valentine’s Day’ printed on a diary page. Before photographing the page and heart clips, write a personalised message on the lines of the page.

Make a heart-shaped cake with personalised icing and photograph it. Give your loved one the canvas print… and then present them with the cake!

Check out our light painting article for instructions on how to take amazing images with torches. Write ‘Be my Valentine’, ‘I love you’, or even paint a heart in the air. Any of these will look great on a canvas.

Does your loved one have a hobby? If they do, you can find some things that represent that hobby and arrange into a heart shape for a thoughtful and personalised image.

  See? We told you that it’s easy to come up with funny, fresh and original ideas to show your other half how much you care this Valentine’s Day!  

If you don’t want to do something heart related, you can take a portrait of yourself holding up a personalised message, print up a favourite image of you both, or something unrelated to Valentine’s Day that means something special to you both.  

We’re sure that a bespoke Valentine’s Day canvas print will put a huge smile on the face of your partner this February, so don’t be afraid to try something different!