Two Reviews . . .

One good and one bad . . .

For a long time, I've wanted to order a canvas made from one of our vacation photos. I've seen it done before (maybe my Blogger friend Secret Agent has done it?) and I always thought it would mean so much more than a canvas you buy at TJ Maxx (though I also have one of those that I like). When we tore down the ugly wallpaper in our half bath and painted, we had one blank wall to work with. This was back in 2014. You know how procrastination works, right? I finally decided that one of our Maui pictures would look just right on the wall. After a lot of research of online canvas companies, I decided to go with CanvasHQ.com. Their prices were middle-of-the road compared to others, but their customer comments all over the web were the highest. And I even found a Blogger who had ordered a bunch of different canvases and liked theirs the best.

Ta-da! Here it is. I'm not sure why the wall looks gray, because it's really a sky blue shade, but trust me when I tell you that I was very happy with the results. The company offers lots of options in size, depth, borders, finishes and effects. After you order, they e-mail you a digital proof for approval before they get started. The packaging it arrived in was very sturdy and even said "FRAGILE - GLASS" on the box. I appreciated the lie! I would highly recommend them if you are ever looking to create some art for your walls.

 

Now for the bad review. About a week after my father-in-law died, my husband went out to get the newspaper on a Saturday morning and found a box on our front porch, under a fine layer of snow. It turned out to be condolence flowers from a co-worker. And apparently delivered the day before during a snowstorm that we had. We opened the box and the lilies were completely frozen. 

I put them in some warm water, hoping to revive them, but no such luck. Thank you, ProFlowers! What pissed me off the most was that at least one of us had been home the entire previous day. No doorbell ring or knock. What florist thinks it's okay to leave flowers on someone's porch during a snowstorm?? I was able to see footprints in the snow along the sidewalk, but none right in front of the door, which leads me to believe the box was just thrown on our porch, with no attempts to knock. You know me, I googled ProFlowers and the number of complaints was astronomical. I considered leaving a nasty post on their Facebook page, along with all the others, or calling them to complain, but I couldn't find an order number in the box. Only the card with the name of the sender, and I didn't want my husband's co-worker to somehow find out about the mishap. Hopefully, word of mouth will eventually put them out of business. One benefit to social media!