Gifts and Cards for Father's Day that my Dad would have thought pretty cool!

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My Dad and His Girls

There are a few people in northern England who still remember Maurice Wright the photographer. For 50 years he photographed the lives and industry of the people in Barrow-in-Furness. Every Lakeland Laundry displayed a huge hand-coloured photograph of a Lakeland scene. Even now, in their family archives, people will have portraits of their relatives with Dad's distinctive signature in the corner. Widowed for many years he emigrated to be with me in Australia in 1979 and we had twelve very happy years.

The photograph is of me with Dad and his Miniature Schnauzer, Jill - his constant companion, and the two of them were a familiar sight around our neighbourhood.

In this lens I have chosen cards and presents that I would have liked to have given him. Choose one for the man in your life: his smile will be your reward :D
This first card says it all for me.:

Card: Teacher Hero Love

Personalized I Love My Dad Photo Mug

Tell Dad you love him on Father's Day or any day of the year with this personalized photo mug that reads I Heart My Dad and can be customized with your photos and text.

Personalized I Love My Dad Photo Mug mug
Personalized I Love My Dad Photo Mug by koncepts
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Being a New Parent

The Best Man at His Wedding

Dad advertised himself as "The Best Man at Your Wedding. - Maurice Wright, photographer"

Not only is he the Best Man at this wedding, but also the Groom!
My Parents' Wedding March 1932

Grandpa Card:Happy Father's Day

Holland 1944

A remarkable wartime photograph of his - a snow covered bomb crater in Holland in the winter of 1944 - says a lot about Dad's gentle nature. He found beauty in even the worst situations and none of his surviving war photos are of the ravages of war or war-weary people.

He had a mischievous sense of humour and was a great prankster. One of his wartime stories still had him chuckling 40 years later. He and a friend from his photographic unit thought it would be a good joke to block the chimney of the officers' warm and cosy accommodation hut. A piece of slate was found and placed over the top of the chimney. Then they waited. It wasn't long before the door was flung open and the officers tumbled out into the snow, convulsed with coughing, thier eyes streaming and surrounded by billowing smoke!

Card: I Only Have One Question

Dad's 21st Birthday Treat

Best "Father's Day" Ever!

How many girls can say that they helped their Dad to celebrate his 21st Birthday? Well I did. Born on 29th February 1904, he only had one birthday every 4 years so by the time his 21st came around he was already 84! We had a great time with a wonderful party, but the big surprise I organised was a flight in the airship then operating over Sydney. The ground staff were in on the surprise and greeted him with a bottle of champagne! He was thrilled.

The chief of the ground crew had spent his whole career catering to the whims and fancies of first class airline passengers, and he said to me
"Penny, I've always found that people who mind don't matter, and that people who matter don't mind" Think about it - how true!

Aviation Enthusiast Tie

Offutt Air Show Tie

2010 Offutt Air Show tie
2010 Offutt Air Show by roy902
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Carved Bark iPhone 4 Case Speck case

Yuranigh

Carved Bark iPhone 4 Case speckcase
Carved Bark iPhone 4 Case by manorhill
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The early Australian explorer, Sir Thomas Mitchell had a loyal Aboriginal tracker, Yuranigh, who is buried just out of Molong on the Mitchell Highway towards Orange in the Central West of NSW. Aboriginal scarred trees mark the grave.

Card & Mug:I Love You Dad

KeyChain: Old Sailing Boat

Handprints Tie

iPad Case: Personalized Metal Design

Bill Gates said in1993 "The Internet? We are not interested in it"

So my Dad would certainly not have understood this present, but he would have appreciated it's good looks and it's a great present for today's professional father.

Personalized Metal iPad Case speckcase
Personalized Metal iPad Case by mvdesigns
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Personalized Mug: Red Horse Design

Gift Ideas for the Men in Your Life from my online shop "Manor Hill Images"

His Smile Will Be Your Reward:)

Say "Happy Father's Day" with a present for Dad that he'll love. Send Greetings with a father day card, and find gifts for guys for every occasion. For Fathers Day, Christmas and birthdays. Prefer personalised gifts? You can add a personal message to most of these designs. Say thank you by adding your favorite fathers day poem or a family photo to the back of a mug.
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Manor Hill Gifts

Gift Ideas for the men in your life:
Say "Happy Father's Day" with a present for Dad that he'll love. Send Greetings with an father day card, and find gifts for guys for every occasion. For Fathers Day, Christmas and birthdays. Prefer personalised gifts? You can add a personal message to most of these designs. Say thank you by adding your favorite fathers day poem to the back of a mug or a photo of the family - his smile will be your reward:)
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All my best images are displayed in Red Bubble, where they look fantastic! Please visit, browse and enjoy. They are also available to buy there as cards and prints in a variety of print sizes and finishes to suit all budgets.

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Shirt: King of the Grill

My father loved a good the good old Aussie barbecue, if someone else did the barbecuing - being English this was not something he'd ever done. But he cooked an amazing steak and kidney pie! I'd bring my crew home after a twilight sailboat race and there would be my father to greet us with dinner - individual pies with peas! He had spent the afternoon making them for us, closely watched by his little schnauzer in case any tidbits "accidently" dropped to the floor. Those pies were legendary!

King of The Grill Dark shirt shirt
King of The Grill Dark shirt by shakeoutfitters
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Shirt: I'm The Daddy That's Why

Shirt: Best Dad Tie Design

Best Dad Tie T-Shirt shirt
Best Dad Tie T-Shirt by mvdesigns
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Card From the Herd

Funny Father's Day card: From the Herd card
Funny Father's Day card: From the Herd by chuckink
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Card: Top Signs

Funny Father's Day card: Top Signs card
Funny Father's Day card: Top Signs by chuckink
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Shirt: Totally Cool

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Chloe the Kangaroo tells you how to find your way around.

Chloe can tell you All About Kangaroos on her LensYes, I know it's a bit unusual for kangaroos to get involved in picking out fathers day presents, but we have fathers too. They're called "boomers" and "Old Men", so I gave Penny a hand.

Now, when you click on one of the cards or gifts I helped Penny pick out for all the fathers, stepfathers and grandpas of the world, you will go to the product page. Immediatly underneath the picture you will find a row of share buttons so you can easily bound it along to your friends so they can see it too.

Underneath that it will tell you who created it and next to that is their store button so if you click that, in one bound, you'll go right to their store and find even more wonderful gift ideas. You can then type "Dad" or "Father" into their search window and find all the appropriate gifts and cards in that store.

I don't suppose too many of them have kangaroos, but you'll find me in Penny's shop, Manor HIll Images and click on my picture to see all the Fathers Day products Penny has for you to see.

How Penny found Zazzle

Just having a scratch while I think!Penny said she found out all about shopping on line at Zazzle when she was looking for somewhere to make postcards (pictures of me!) to send to friends and that they (the team at Zazzle) do a really, really good job and are super nice people to deal with, but more than that, there aren't just postcards and prints, but all manner of gifts from mugs to shoes and mousepads. (I asked her about mousepads and she said they don't have anything to do with mice and it's a bit like RAM doesn't have anything to do with sheep). And then there are fantastic iPad and iPhone cases. Penny said too that it's also really easy to create things yourself at Zazzle so that you can make cards and gifts for your friends with pictures of your own special pussycat and add its name and other words.

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