Spring Carnival and Melbourne Cup: Paint-by-Numbers Keepsakes That Aren't Another Fascinator · Lily – Be Artistic Club
The Spring Racing Carnival is one of the most photographed weeks on the Australian calendar. Most of those photos live and die in the camera roll.
A custom paint-by-numbers kit is one of the few ways to actually move one of them onto the wall.
Strong Photo Choices
The crowd shot from your marquee. The colours of a favourite jockey. Horses at the mounting yard. The roses at Flemington. A wide shot of the track at sunset.
Cleaner light and stronger colour separation make for stronger numbered canvases — bright midday shots usually beat moody evening ones for this.
As a Gift
For the friend who hosts the marquee every year, the family member who never misses Derby Day, the colleague who runs the office sweep — a custom kit from one of their photos lands differently than another bottle.
Order three to four weeks ahead to have it in their hands before the next Carnival.
Pre-Designed Carnival Kits
If you don't have a photo you love, a pre-designed Flemington or racing-themed kit is ready to ship and built to be forgiving for beginners.
Either route gets you Spring Carnival on a wall instead of in a folder.
The Carnival comes around every year. The photos pile up every year. This is the year to turn one of them into something that hangs.
— Be Artistic Club