A blanket made from their real handwriting
A birthday card signed with love. The last line of a letter. A note left on the counter. Photograph it, and the handwriting goes on the blanket exactly as it was written, never redrawn in a font.
Handwritten Message
Their actual handwriting, not a font pretending to be it.
Their handwriting, kept as it was. Never a font.
Memorial Photo
For the chair they used to sit in.
A portrait, their name, their years, and up to four lines of your own words.
A Hug From - Long Distance
For the people who live too far away.
For someone living and far away: their face and a message in their own words.
When the person has died
Handwriting is one of the few things that stays exactly as a person left it. A blanket made from a letter is something a parent, a widow, or a grandchild can keep on the sofa and read every day without taking the original out of its envelope.
Keep the wording around it short. A name and the years are enough. The handwriting is the message.
Photographing the letter
Flatten the page, use daylight, and shoot straight down from directly above so the lines of writing run level. Keep your shadow off the paper. Send the original photo file: screenshots and images forwarded through chat apps are compressed and print soft.
Choosing a material and size
Velveteen holds the finest pen lines and is where prices start, at $69 for 30 by 40 inches. Sherpa has a thick fleece back and is the one that gets slept under. Woven cotton softens fine detail and suits large, bold writing. 50 by 60 inches is the size for one person on the couch.
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