Everyone has that one person. They say they do not want anything, they buy what they need themselves, and every year you end up handing them a gift card. A portrait of their pet ends that streak, because nobody is indifferent about their own dog.
What you are actually ordering
You send a photo of the pet. We print it on wood here in Chicago and ship the finished piece ready to hang or stand on a shelf. Wood grain shows through the lighter parts of the image, which gives the portrait a warm, printed on purpose look that a plain photo print never gets. Every piece is printed to order, one at a time, after you check out.
Who it lands with
- The dog person whose phone storage is 90 percent one animal
- The cat person who swears the cat runs the house (the cat does)
- Anyone who lost a pet this year and would keep a portrait forever
- New pet owners, first Christmas with the puppy
How to pick the photo
Send the clearest photo you have, taken in daylight, with the pet looking at the camera if you can get it. Sharp eyes matter more than a perfect pose. If you are choosing between a funny photo and a clear one, pick clear. The funny one is for the group chat. The clear one is for the wall.
Order timing
Because every portrait is printed to order, do not wait until the last week before a holiday. For Christmas, ordering in the first half of December keeps things comfortable, and earlier is better if the piece is traveling far. Standard US shipping is $8 and free on orders over $70, so pairing a portrait with a second gift in the shop is the smart move.
Why order direct
The pet products in this shop come from the same small operation that runs PawAndByte on Etsy, where the shop is a Star Seller with over 440 sales and a 4.9 star rating. Ordering here is ordering from the same hands, with no marketplace in the middle.
One more idea
Portraits are not just for gifts to other people. Plenty of orders are someone finally putting their own pet on their own wall, next to the desk where that pet supervises every workday. That counts as a gift too.
Send the photo, we handle the rest. Browse the Pet Products collection to start yours.