Custom Photo Christmas Ornaments: Pet, Home & Family Portraits

Choose the subject you want to remember: a pet, a first home, or a family portrait. The three portraits below use machine embroidery on fabric; a separate photo-print option uses an uploaded family photo on clear acrylic in a custom-cut silhouette.

Catalog mockup of an embroidered pet portrait ornament beside a dog photo reference — **Pet portrait.** The listing is for a custom dog or cat portrait made from a photo. The example shows a dog portrait with a name, heart and paw details. View the pet portrait listing on Etsy.

Catalog mockup of a house portrait ornament with a first-Christmas message and year — **Home portrait.** A house photo becomes an embroidered home scene. The example shows a first-Christmas message and year. View the house portrait listing on Etsy.

Catalog mockup showing individual faceless people with pets in portrait embroidery hoops — **Faceless family portrait.** The listing is for a faceless family portrait based on a photo. Its examples show individual people pictured with pets, rather than a posed group portrait. View the family portrait listing on Etsy.

All three images are catalog mockups showing example designs; they are not customer-submitted work. Listing descriptions identify the artwork as machine embroidery on fabric rather than printed photography.

Printed family photo on acrylic

For a photo print rather than stitched artwork, see the custom family-photo acrylic ornament. Its listing asks you to upload a family photo when ordering and describes a clear acrylic print with a custom-cut shape that follows the finished artwork. It recommends a high-resolution photo of at least 1200 × 1200 pixels, with faces in focus, even light and space around people because some cropping may be needed. Check the finished size and personalization details on Etsy before ordering.

Check your image dimensions for the printed acrylic ornament

Choose the exact image you plan to upload. This checker reads its pixel width and height in this page and compares both with the listing’s recommendation of at least 1200 × 1200 pixels.

To check manually, view the image’s pixel dimensions in your device’s file details and compare width and height separately with the listing’s 1200 × 1200-pixel recommendation. Meeting both dimensions does not guarantee sharpness, print quality, Etsy acceptance or the final crop; the listing says slight cropping may be needed.

Frame sizes for the embroidered portraits

The product descriptions for the three embroidered portraits list the same frame choices:

Shape	Listed sizes
Circle	4 in / 10 cm; 6 in / 15 cm; 8 in / 20 cm
Oval	3 × 4 in / 8 × 10 cm; 4.5 × 6 in / 11 × 15 cm; 6 × 7 in / 15 × 18 cm
Rectangle	11 × 15 cm / 4.33 × 5.91 in; 15 × 20 cm / 5.91 × 7.87 in

Measure the open space where you plan to hang or display the frame, then compare it with the listed width and height. The product descriptions note that handmade finished measurements may vary slightly.

Sending a photo for an embroidered portrait

For these three embroidered portraits, open the exact Etsy listing and follow its photo instructions. Their Sewadora descriptions do not state a separate photo-upload step; if Etsy’s instructions are unclear, message the shop through Etsy before ordering so you know how to provide the reference photo.

For the embroidered portraits, confirm the fabric, shape, size and bow options in the exact listing. If a name, year or other detail matters, check that listing’s personalization fields rather than assuming every displayed example is included.

If you prefer a house keepsake based on a road name and door color, compare the new-home ornament guide. All three new-home designs are compared in new home Christmas ornaments. For name-focused family layouts, see the family ornament comparison.