Your photo on a plate: All about personalized plates
Photo plates are porcelain, melamine or plastic plates that have your personal photo printed in the middle. Some photo plates are designed as everyday tableware whereas others are for display only.
Uses and Gift Ideas for the Photo Plate:
- Durable melamine and plastic photo plates are great for kid's birthday parties – add individual photos to the plates and use as party favors for the guests to take home.
- Give your child a photo plate to take to the next church or school picnic – he's sure not to forget to bring his photo plate home!
- Porcelain photo plates are ideal to commemorate a special event and make great wedding gifts, baptism gifts, birth gifts or retirement gifts.
- Add your child's photo to his/her favorite Disney character motive as a first day of school gift, birthday gift or Christmas gift.
Photo Plate Product Variations:
- Material: Porcelain, melamine, plastic
- Types: Decorative plate, charger plate, serving plate, dinner plate, side plate
- Styles: Plain, with decorative border, with licensed character designs, with gold edge, with open lace edge, embossed edge, fluted edge
- Shapes: Round, rectangular
- Care: Dishwasher safe, hand wash only
- Sizes: 7", 8.25", 10", 12", 4" x 6", 5" x 7"
Tips and Tricks to Photo Printing on Plates:
- If your photo is to fit into a circular section on the plate make sure that no important elements are near the edge of the photo as these will be cropped.
- Some companies will let you position and enlarge your photo to best fit the circle.
- Remember not all photo plates are dishwasher safe.
- If the plate is for a child it is best if the plate is made from a durable material such as melamine or plastic.
Photo Plate Directory Listing(s):
Photo plates from myphotoplates.com
- Your photo on cartoon character plates
- 10" round melamine dishwasher safe plate
- Designs from Disney, Thomas the Train & Barney
- $19.95
Photo plates from photogiftworks.com
- Decorative porcelain plates
- Round & rectangular in varying sizes
- Lattice edge, embossed edge, fluted edge, gold rimmed
- From $21.99
Photo plates from iprint.com
- Plastic Disney character plates
- Heirloom porcelain plates with gold edge
- Children's plastic plates with decorative borders
- From $11.49