Christmas Portrait Gift

A custom portrait is the rare Christmas gift that is both personal and finished: no assembly, no scented candle. Upload one photo of a partner, a parent, a child or a pet, with their consent for the people, choose a style, and in under a minute you have a painting that is unmistakably theirs. The digital file starts at €4.99; a gallery canvas starts at €69.99, shipping included to 35 countries.

Some ideas. A Renaissance Royal portrait of the family dog for dog-obsessed parents. A Van Gogh Style portrait for a partner who loves art history. A Greek God portrait for the friend who lifts heavy. A family portrait in Gothic Noble for grandparents who already own everything. The gift works because it is about the recipient, not something picked at the till.

Timeline for prints. A canvas is made to order in 3–5 business days and only then posted, so allow about two weeks in Europe and the UK, and about three weeks in the other countries we ship to. That window is the same in March as in December. What is seasonal is the post itself, so the December cut-offs are the window counted through the busiest fortnight of the carriers' year with a little slack on top, which puts each of them earlier than plain subtraction from Christmas Eve would: order a canvas or a framed canvas by 5 December in Europe, 4 December in the UK and 1 December in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore and South Korea. For a date in another month, count the window back from the day you are aiming at and leave yourself a few days over. How the canvas is built and what arrives in the box is on the canvas print page. The digital file has no shipping constraint at all: order it on Christmas Eve and email it the same hour.

Wrapping ideas, and where the parcel goes. At checkout the canvas can go to your own address for wrapping or straight to the recipient's, which is the decision to make if they are spending Christmas in another country. Put the boxed canvas under the tree as it is, or give a printed card with a QR code to the digital file while the canvas is still on its way. For a digital-only gift, print the file small on a card and add a handwritten note, so they hold something while opening the link.

Every print order includes the digital file, so the recipient gets both the print and a file to reuse. If a print arrives damaged, photograph it and email us for a free replacement, which the refund policy sets out in full. For a cat lover or a dog lover specifically, the gift for cat lovers and gift for dog lovers pages cover how to keep the surprise, and the kids portrait page covers photographs of children.

What this page covers

The December cut-off dates — It turns the delivery window into December dates, allowing for the slower post of that month, so it carries the days that decide whether a canvas is under the tree: 5 December in Europe, 4 December in the UK and 1 December in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore and South Korea.

Something to hand over — It solves the problem a digital gift creates on the day, with a printed card carrying a link or a QR code while the canvas is still travelling, or the file printed small on a card with a handwritten line so there is something to hold while the link opens.

A style per person on the list — It matches styles to the people a Christmas list is made of: the family dog in Renaissance Royal for dog-obsessed parents, Van Gogh Style for a partner who loves art history, Greek God for the friend who lifts heavy, and a Gothic Noble family portrait for grandparents who own everything already.