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Christmas Is Coming! Great Gift Ideas for You

Christmas Is Coming! Great Gift Ideas for You

OK, we know this is a little early to be getting into the Christmas spirit, but we want to give you some Christmas ideas now so there is plenty of time to get them ready. It is also a great chance to cross things off your Christmas shopping list!

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Wall Art. We have a gorgeous range of framed and mounted pictures you can select, including traditional wooden frames and modern, contemporary acrylic and aluminum mounts for your images.

Acrylic Key Rings & Fridge Magnets. These make great stocking fillers!

Calendars. You can choose from 12 month full page calendars or mini desk calendars.

Coffee Table Books Have your own coffee table book of your photos. We have simple, linen finish books through to luxurious leather and contemporary acrylic covers. A range of sizes is available from 8 x 8 inches to 24 x 26 inches.

Coffee Mugs. Fun pictures are great to put onto coffee mugs. They will make you smile every time you pick them up.


We can also print to a range of other items, such as clothes, mouse pads, stationery, bags and more. If you have something in mind then please get in touch on 07802466302 or email smile@Portraits2Go.co.uk 

and we will do our best to help.

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Portstewart Strand on a Wet & Windy Thursday!

Portstewart Strand on a Wet & Windy Thursday in November – so you can get your car onto the beach for free! (It’s owned by National Trust so up to Oct you have to pay)  Here’s the proof … Rhoda the Skoda, down in the beach!


And despite the weather, there were plenty of people taking advantage of free parking and enjoying the wind, the rain, the sand and the sea.  Continue reading Portstewart Strand on a Wet & Windy Thursday! →

Black & White, Co. Antrim, Landscapes, Photo-Essay, Uncategorized

Photo-Essay: Dunluce Castle.

Dunluce Castle, 2nd November 2016.

A visit to Dunluce Castle, between Portrush and Portballintrae on a cold, windy day in November, yet still plenty of foreign tourists around the ancient monument.  The castle was built in the early 17th Century, by Randall McDonnell, and the now derelict mansion house sits out on a rock, reached only by a wooden bridge.

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The approach to the castle is by way of a walled ‘funnel’ – to make it virtually unassailable.  Visitors would have to be processed through the funnel, and any attack would be almost impossible.

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Beautiful Ulster, Black & White, Co. Down, Ireland, Landscapes, Photo-Essay, Uncategorized

Photo-Essay ‘Scrabo’

On Saturday 1st October, I went for a walk up to Scrabo Tower, on the outskirts of Newtownards.  This landmark has towered over much of my life, living and working around the Ards area.  The tower was built in 1857, 540 ft above sea-level, as a memorial to the 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Viscount castlereagh, Charles Stewart.    The tower is situated in a country park, close to Scrabo Golf Club, and is approached by car only as far as the golf club entrance, then by foot up a steep path to the summit.  Thankfully, there are resting places on the ascent!

Being October, the road up to tower ran beside fields that had just been baled, – which provided my image of the day, and set the scene for my exploration of the towers surroundings.

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Pets, Uncategorized

Dusty the Cocker

Meet DUSTY!  She’s a blue-roan Cocker Spaniel, and she came into the studio today to support #DogsTrust and to enter the National Pet Portrait Awards competition. She could win her owner the national prize of £1000 – and there’s great local prizes too!

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Why not enter YOUR best friend too and help DogsTrust make life better for other dogs.  Click:

Pet Portrait Awards