Fudge and Vern Saved Their Pennies and Did a Great Job of Gift Giving This Christmas!

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

This year under our tree there were several gifts given out from Fudge and Vern. How many other members wrap up gifts from their dogs? Hopefully, it is not just me!  Anyway, they gave photo blankets and I think they turned out great.  My oldest daughter and her husband each got one, but we forgot to take pictures of them before they returned to Oregon. Here are the other three:

My husband got one that said, "Daddy Is Our Favorite," because my kids have told me this for years. They know I am competitive, even about being the better parent, and this is their little way of bursting my bubble. No matter, I know I win, but sometimes I play along, as I did with this blanket.

My youngest daughter's blanket says, "Hayley's Blanket! Hands Off!!" because we are not only competitive in this family, we don't share well either.  Being fair-minded, I tried to include as many pictures of her father as I did her mother (wink, wink) and pictures of all of our pets we have had. She just told me recently, I forgot our dog, Honey, so I guess Santa will have to do a re-do at some point.

My mom got a blanket too and it reads, "Fudge and Vern say, "Snuggle up with us, Grandma!" I was shocked at how much my mom liked this blanket, because right before Christmas she had told me a friend wanted to make her a quilt and she did not need another blanket.  I'd already ordered the blanket at that point, so fully expected her to open it and throw it back.  Instead, she can't wait to show her bridge club and thought she would use it as a bedspread. Please notice there are several pictures of her letting Vern know he cannot have her chair, but also a couple where Vern proves victorious in the end.  Persistency does pay off sometimes for Mr. Vern. Both daughters noted that their was only one picture of them and many more of Fudge and Vern, but I explained that the gift was from the dogs and paid for with their allowance.

The blankets were done through the Walmart Photo online store and you select your thirty or less pictures and the computer randomly shuffles and sorts them. You don't have the option of selecting where you want the pictures to go, but you can continue to shuffle the pictures until you get the look you want. I had a lot of fun making them! I just wish Fudge and Vern had thought to put one under the tree for me.

[Nancie & Gracie Doodle]

Katie, is your blankie also from Walmart?

[Katie, John & Parker pup]

I actually made mine using shutterfly.com.

[Lisa, Daisy & Dexter]

Love this Laurie, I am pretty sure your DD and SIL will post on the Frenchies page.

Gonna come up with one for my DH from Daisy... his birthday is the 27th so I better get a move on.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Lisa, I ordered five of them on the same day and I swear, they came within the week.

[Nancie & Gracie Doodle]

Well Laurie, you know if you make yourself a blanket you are going to have to include the photo of the "Intercourse" tee-shirt!  I love the blankets but am waiting to hear how they wash.  Keep us posted.  I can't' believe how sharp the photos are.  Is the blanket really thin or is it thick?

[Katie, John & Parker pup]

I can't speak about the Walmart ones (though I am sure they are similar), but the blanket I made using shutterfly was machine washable and it was a pretty thick fleece.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Katie, I ordered the biggest one (60 x80) through Walmart and it was $49.00. Was yours more or less, if you don't mind me asking? It says machine washable and fleece, although the fleece was different than I am used to, but everyone was happy. Also, it lets you do 30 pictures.

[Katie, John & Parker pup]

I ordered my sister the 50 x 60 blanket and at the time it was like $49 and then I got the 60 x 80 one for my mom for $42 because I had a coupon code!

I chose the 4 photos because I was limited in good quality shots of Tuckie and my mom's had 6 photos because I wanted to keep the Tuck vs. Parker pictures even.

http://www.shutterfly.com/photo-gifts/fleece-photo-blankets

It is fleece but I would agree that it was not the fleece I am used to...though like you said, everyone liked their blankets. They had the tapestry versions but they were not machine washable and I don't see anyone taking a dog blanket to the dry cleaners! lol

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Sounds like the same thing. I use Shutterfly a lot and this was actually my first experience with Walmart online store.

[Katie, John & Parker pup]

Yah I didn't even think to check the Walmart site...I forget those stores have online photo departments...I just knew about shutterfly from prior experience! I am thinking of making myself a quilted Parker tote bag to be my "teacher" bag for work! Maybe DF will smarten up and make me a Parker blanket himself sometime soon! I would accept that as his gift to me at our wedding lol!

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Nancie, Of course, the Intercourse picture would have to make an appearance. I will let you know how they wash. They did tell me on my oldest daughter's blanket that one picture was low resolution, but it didn't tell me which one and I couldn't figure it out. I just went ahead and made the blanket and it was fine. The blanket is about as heavy as a coverlet. Does that help? I can measure it tomorrow.

[Leslie and Halas]

Those turned out great!  And, yes, I do wrap presents from the dogs.  Halas and Barley each got my mom a photo of themselves printed on glass, among other things.  My mom is always cold.  Maybe by next year I can get the dogs' pictures printed on a snuggie!