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How to Make a Photo Blanket

How to Make a Photo Blanket

August 1, 2019 By Jake Agnew

Want to learn how to make a photo blanket? Collage.com has you covered. Photo blankets are incredibly easy to create and make the perfect gift. Read on to learn how to make your very own photo blanket.

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  • What Are Photo Blankets?
  • How to Make a Photo Blanket
  • What Can You Do With a Photo Blanket?

What Are Photo Blankets?

A photo blanket from Collage.com is the perfect gift to show that you care. This personalized blanket will showcase a lifetime of memories for all of the special people in your life.

These custom blankets are available in three sizes:

  • baby (30×40)
  • throw (50×60)
  • queen (60×80)

However you choose to create your blanket, the finished product is sure to delight the recipient of this meaningful gift of photo memories.

How to Make a Photo Blanket

You can design your own custom photo blanket in as easy as five steps with Collage.com’s intuitive creation process. Collage.com walks you through all of the steps of the design process, making it easy for you to create a thoughtful gift in no time at all.

Step 1: Select your blanket type and size

select your photo blanket size and type
Choose between fleece, cozy fleece, sherpa, or woven image

The first step at making your own photo blanket is to select the material of the blanket. Collage.com offers four distinct material options, making it easy for you to customize the blanket to your exact personal specifications.

  • Smooth fleece: the popular smooth fleece material delivers pictures of stunning quality with a sturdy finish.
  • Cozy fleece: the cozy fleece photo blanket. This choice provides for a soft and lightweight blanket that is ideal for snuggling up in regardless of the weather.
  • Sherpa: sherpa has features a front side that displays your favorite photos partnered with a soft sherpa fleece backing on the opposite side.
  • Woven image: the woven image option features images transferred directly onto the 100% cotton blanket.

The signature tasseled edges elevate the blanket even further. Whatever material or size you choose, you can do so with the confidence of knowing that you will be creating a quality blanket that is sure to please.

Step 2: Select your favorite photos

select your favorite photos
Select photos from vacations, favorite family memories, birthdays or even weddings

The next step to creating your own photo blanket is to select your photos. Be sure to choose pictures that carry special memories. You can choose as many or as few photos as you would like for your custom blanket. Every photo blanket is unique, so be sure to take care to pick pictures that express your desired sentiment.

Step 3: Upload your photos to Collage.com

upload your photos to collage
Uploading photos to Collage.com is easy!

Next, upload your selected photos to Collage.com. You can upload these photos from your own saved pictures on your computer or you can upload them directly from your Facebook or other social media account. Collage.com makes it easy to transfer the photos that you choose directly to the user-intuitive creation template.

Step 4: Pick your favorite design

pick your favorite design
Collage.com offers a variety of different designs – which one is your favorite?

Now comes the fun stuff! At this point in the design process, you are ready to pick your favorite photo design. You can choose to from a wide variety of designs for all different occasions. Select the one that really catches your eye!

Step 5: Arrange your photos

arrange your photos
Arrange your photos to make the best blanket :)

After you’ve chose a design, simply arrange your photos onto the design. Feel free to get creative! After all, it is YOUR blanket.

Step 6: Enjoy your photo blanket!

enjoy your custom photo blanket
Enjoy your photo blanket!

The last step is to simply enjoy this custom blanket. Whether you are keeping it for yourself or gifting it to a loved one, this photo blanket is sure to bring an abundance of joy to whoever is lucky enough to use it.

What Can You Do With a Photo Blanket?

A custom photo blanket from Collage.com is perfect for a myriad of occasions.

1. Celebrate birthdays and anniversaries

These blankets are ideal birthday presents, especially if the recipient is celebrating a milestone birthday that is worthy of a presentation of favorite memories. Perhaps you have a special anniversary coming up and you want to commemorate the occasion with a blanket that showcases all of the memories that you have shared together over the years? Your favorite person will delight in receiving a gift of memories that will keep them warm for a lifetime and beyond.

2. Honor your pets

A photo blanket can also be a touching pet memorial gift. What better way to honor a pet that is no longer with you than something you can keep forever?

3. Create a vacation collage

Another idea is to create a photo blanket collage that highlights all of your favorite vacation memories and times you have spent with your family. Why settle for an ordinary gift when you can give the gift of thoughtfulness? The possibilities for this gift are truly endless.

The Bottom Line

A photo blanket is an amazing one-size-fits-all gift for nearly any occasion. Because Collage.com makes it so easy to design this meaningful present, all you need to do is to select your favorite shots for the blanket. Give the gift of lasting memories with a custom photo blanket from Collage.com.

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About Collage.com

We are Collage.com – a 100% employee-owned company with about 50 employees. We offer a variety of photo and home products. We can’t tell you how many times we hear about customers crying tears of joy when they receive their product. Our customers give photo blankets to their grandparents to celebrate wedding anniversaries. They make personalized puzzles to propose to their sweethearts. And they even send their kids to college with photo mugs of family pets. Looking for more photo products? Check out our canvas prints, photo books, or even our custom phone cases.

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