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Mother's Day 2013: Unique Gifts at Creative Brush Studio

Whether you want a print, a gift certificate or a customized piece, the studio can work with you to create the perfect gift.

Mother's Day is May 12, 2013.

Flowers and jewelry might be the go-to gifts for Mother's Day, but if you want something a little more personalized and less last-minute, Creative Brush Studio in Manassas can help you create the perfect gift. 

Although the studio already has a waiting list for portraits, the studio offers gift certificates for future portraits. 

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"Then the mom gets to help choose the clothing, comb the hair of the kid, and they have more say on how it's done," owner Mary Reilly said. Reilly co-owns the studio with her daughter, Christine Raymond. 

Mothers can use the studio's wish box for Mother's Day. If a mom loves one of the sunflower paintings featured in the store, for example, she can file her name and her desired painting in the studio's wish box, and the studio will then give her a card detailing her wish, so she can hand the card out to friends and family.

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"The husband can come back and say, 'My wife has this in the wish box,'" Reilly said. 

Reilly recommends allowing four to 20 weeks for the completion of a painting, depending on the size of the painting and how large the waiting list is.

"If someone came in today and wanted a portrait, I probably wouldn't even start it until May," she said. "For a special occasion, we can squeeze someone in. I'll start getting Christmas orders in July, but I'll still take orders in October." 

She's still taking Father's Day orders. For Mother's Day, she recommends any of the prints in the store. Parents can also commission an impressionistic piece of their kids, often based off a photograph.

Pricing runs anywhere from $25 prints to $4500 original oil portraits. Creative Brush Studio often frames their own works. To learn more, visit creativebrush.com.


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