• made in britain
• can be personalised
• eco-friendly

A gorgeous handmade bespoke art print framed in solid oak.

1st. Choose which of our three 'Written In Stone' prints you'd like to use (see text below for the wording): 'Baby Gaga' (for new parents), 'Wedded Bliss' (makes a perfect wedding gift), or 'Midlife Crisis' (a 40th birthday gift perhaps?).

2nd. Personalise your 'Written' print with your own names. (Names and date run along the bottom of the print as shown in the example.)

3rd. Choose to keep the same two colours as shown in the example (black & grey) or pick two colours of your own.

We'll contact you via email once your order has been placed. You'll receive a design proof and we'll only print your personalised artwork when you're 100% happy.

Dimensions - 54cm x 54cm x 8cm.

The oak panel is cut and sanded by hand before being covered with a coat of diluted white lacquer wash to fill the grain, and then sanded and re-washed with the lacquer a second time. The panel is then over-printed with UV ink. The frame is handmade using rough-sawn solid oak. We purposefully retain any defects in the oak to add to the charm and character of the piece. These can include knot holes, warps and water marks, so each frame is totally unique. The bespoke printed panel is then encased into the frame which is then glued and pinned, ready for hanging.

'Baby Gaga' "Babies are such a nice way to start people. Chil­dren rein­vent your world for you. Hav­ing a child is surely the most beau­ti­fully irra­tional act that two people in love can commit. There are three reas­ons for breast-feeding: the milk is always at the right tem­per­at­ure; it comes in attract­ive con­tain­ers; and the cat can’t get it. Babies are always more trouble than you thought… and more wonderful. A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bank­roll smal­ler, home hap­pier, clothes shab­bier, the past for­got­ten, and the future worth liv­ing for. A baby is a loud noise at one end and no sense of respons­ib­il­ity at the other.The worst fea­ture of a new baby is its mother’s singing. Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvi­ous con­fec­tions, chil­dren tend to be sticky. A cry­ing baby is the best form of birth control. People who say they sleep like a baby usu­ally don’t have one. Mak­ing the decision to have a baby — it’s moment­ous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walk­ing out­side your body."

'Wedded Bliss' "The more you invest in a mar­riage, the more valu­able it becomes. Men who have a pierced ear are bet­ter pre­pared for mar­riage. They’ve exper­i­enced pain and bought jewellery. New­ly­weds become oldy­weds, and oldy­weds are the reason that fam­il­ies work. A suc­cess­ful mar­riage requires fall­ing in love many times, always with the same person. Mar­riages are made in heaven. But so are thun­der, light­ning, tor­nadoes and hail. Mar­riage is the alli­ance of two people, one of whom never remem­bers birth­days and the other who never for­gets them. Happy mar­riages begin when we marry the one we love, and they blos­som when we love the ones we marry. Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight. The secret to a good mar­riage is under­stand­ing that it must be total, it must be per­man­ent and it must be equal. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hope­ful, and endures through every circumstance. Mar­riage is more than find­ing the right per­son. It is being the right person. A heart in love hears music even when there is silence."

'Midlife Crisis' "Middle age is hav­ing the choice between two tempta­tions and choos­ing the one that’ll get you home earlier. What most people con­sider as vir­tue, when you reach middle age, is simply a loss of energy. Inside every middle-aged per­son is a younger per­son won­der­ing what’s happened. Middle age is when you turn off lights for eco­nom­ical rather than romantic reasons. When you reach middle age you can’t do any­thing everyday. Just remem­ber, once you’re over the hill you begin to pick up speed. Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle. The first sign of middle age is dis­cov­er­ing that the volume knob also turns to the left. Middle age is when you still believe you will feel bet­ter in the morning. At the age of 20, we don’t care what the world thinks of us; at 30, we worry about what it is think­ing of us; at 40, we dis­cover that it wasn’t think­ing of us at all. Middle age is always fif­teen years older than you are. The secret of stay­ing young is to live hon­estly, eat slowly, and lie about your age."