Canvas Prints with Tesco Photo - Review

I love taking photos and I don't go far without my phone or my digital camera. I do try and get a big batch printed a few times year so we have physical copies rather than lots of folders online but I am guilty of putting these away and soon forgetting all about them! 

This year one of my resolutions is to display more of our photos - the children grow so fast and we have so many lovely trips so it seems silly not to document this in our home. 

Tesco Photo contacted me to see if I would like to review a personalised gift or canvas and I immediately opted for canvas based on my resolution! There are some brilliant gift options though so this is something I will bear in mind for next time, you can have photos printed on mugs, phone cases, bags, placemats and coasters, toys and even on engraved gifts. 

Ordering

The Tesco website is really simple to use and the Canvas Prints page features 6 different styles of canvas to choose from. There is the traditional gallery print, plus collage prints, panoramic prints, template prints, word cloud prints and even retro style prints. 

There are 12 different sizes too so you shouldn't have any issues finding one that is suitable for your needs. 

I decided to go for a standard gallery canvas in size 20x16" - I think this is a really great size for displaying those extra special photos. The hardest part was choosing a photo! We have so many lovely ones that would have looked brilliant as a canvas but in the end I decided on something for Elliot. We have a really nice photo of him and his favourite band, Andy and the Odd Socks and I thought it would look fab up in his bedroom! 

Delivery

Some of the canvas prints can be collected directly from instore, but larger ones and ones shipped to home take approximately 8 days. I opted for home delivery and I was pleasantly surprised when the canvas arrived less than a week later. It was well wrapped with an abundance of bubble wrap. 

Thoughts

The canvas was great quality and I am really happy with how it looks. The frame is well made and the colours on the print are sharp and bright. Would I order again and recommend? Yes definitely, the fast delivery was a big plus point and the prices are very comparable. 

For more information on the canvas prints, check out the Tesco Photo Website. 

**Disclaimer - We were offered credit on the Tesco Photo website in return for an honest review of the canvas prints - all views are my own

Elliot's Farm to Fork Adventure at Tesco

Back in 2014 Tesco launched the Eat Happy Project and since then they have been encouraging children to learn more about food and where it comes from. 

This week Elliot and some of his friends got the chance to go behind the scenes at their local Tesco and go on one of the Farm to Fork trails that lots of Tesco stores are now offering. 

We met with the lovely Fearne who works as the Community Champion and she gave all the children a Farm to Fork vest and little hat. Unfortunately she made us Mums wear a hat too ;) 

We started the tour by heading into the bakery and the children were shown how the bread was mixed - they all had a good look in the giant mixers! They were able to hold some dough to see what it felt like and they were shown the large ovens where all the bread gets baked. 

They ended the bakery tour by sampling some bread and some freshly made pancakes - cue big smiles all around! 

We moved onto the cheese counter and Fearne produced 4 big plates piled high with cubes of cheese - we had a Red Leicester, Cheddar, Applewood Smoked and a cheddar that had spring onion in it. This proved to be a really popular stop on the tour, especially for the mums! I love cheese but the spring onion one was a new one for me and really yummy, I'm going to have to look out for it next time I do my shopping. 

Say cheeeeese!

Next up was a browse at the fish counter and the highlight for Elliot was seeing a fish with a gigantic wide mouth! ("I can open my mouth that wide too Mummy!")

We were then escorted through the staff only doors to have a look round the warehouse and the kids even got to take a peek into the giant fridge and freezers. They were quick to spot the ice lollies in there! 

Our last stop of the morning was the fruit and veg aisles where Fearne opened a bag of sugar snap peas ("I'm allowed to do this, I work here!) for the kids to try. This seemed to go down quite well even if some of the children preferred to squish the peas instead! 

At the end of the tour the children were all given a goody bag which had some information packs, stickers and fruit in and they had their photo taken with Fearne so she could put it on Facebook. 

Photo credit - Fearne Sheppard @ Tesco

The tour lasted an hour and was really enjoyable, all the children loved having a look round and they loved tasting the samples! I did wonder how suitable the tour would be for 3 year olds and what would be covered, would they find out that their sausages come from Peppa?! Fearne didn't go into too much detail, it was more a tour of the supermarket but I guess with older children they might cover this too. For the 3 year olds it was a great opportunity to see behind the scenes! 

A big thank you to Fearne and to Tesco Fleetsbridge  in Dorset, we had a fab time! :)

For more information on the Farm to Fork trails, visit the Eat Happy Project website