Everything made in-house in London UK

All items featured in the Bags of Love range are assembled in house by our highly skilled team, reflecting a commitment to quality and fast turnaround that is without parallel. Most of the items you see, for instance the photo bags and the photo canvas , are actually *made from scratch* to order …

Here are some of the facets we have in-house that enable us to achieve such a broad range of made-to-order gifts and accessories:

Contrado Studios
All artworking is done in house by our graphic artists. This gives us the maximum flexibility to give you great results and get you the image treatment you expect.
Printed inhouse – we print all our items to specially selected materials. All elements of artworking and production are optimised for the final product without compromise.

Bookbinding
Contrado has a firm belief in continuing traditional (and unfortunately disappearing) manufacturing and craft skills. Our in-house bookbinders have been formally trained, and where skills no longer exist, have had to learn how to do things themselves. All our books are created in house, each produced individually by craftsmen.

Machinists
We have in-house machinists, with bags and cushions being made from scratch from your photograph. We do not print onto bags, we print to high quality fabric, from which we make your bag. To do this neatly and efficiently is an amazing skill, and one which means we can offer a one hour service on selected items.

Stretching the Canvas Prints
Our canvasses are printed and assembled under our roof for maximum speed and quality control. Because we print and make everything in-house, rejection of items that do not pass QA has no substantial effect on delivery times.

Calendars
Personalised Calendar in A3 or A4 size. 12 images plus a cover. Choose any starting month. >> photo-calendars