Snugshape
Create Your Pillow

In loving memory

For a pet who isn't here any more

A cushion cut to the outline of one animal, printed from one photo of them. Nothing here is on a timer, and nothing gets made until you've seen exactly what it will look like.

Start from a photo

Designing costs nothing. You approve the shape before you pay for anything.

A drawing of the cut line, not a photograph. We don't have product photos to show you yet, and we'd rather show you nothing than someone else's stock picture.

What happens after you upload the photo

  1. You see the shape before anyone touches fabric

    The background comes off automatically, and a dashed line shows exactly where we cut and sew. You can widen the margin, adjust the line, or start again with a different photo. Nothing is ordered at this stage.

  2. Then a person looks at it

    Before any fabric is cut, someone on our team reviews the cut line, the resolution and the colours. If something looks wrong to them, we write to you and wait, rather than make it.

  3. If it comes out wrong, we make it again

    If the cushion doesn't match the preview you approved, we remake it at no cost. If the remake is wrong too, you get your money back, and you don't have to send anything back to us.

    Read the guarantee

About the photo

It's usually years old, taken on an old phone, and there will never be another one. That's the ordinary case here. What decides whether it prints well is a single number: how many pixels the photo has along its longest side, spread across the size of cushion you pick.

  • Good

    About 200 pixels for every inch of cushion. A photo 2,400 pixels along its longest side prints crisply at the 12-inch size.

  • Acceptable

    About 150 pixels per inch — slightly soft if you hold it close, not noticeable at arm's length. That same 2,400-pixel photo lands here at 16 inches.

  • Low

    Under about 100 pixels per inch the preview says so plainly and suggests a smaller size. Below 800 pixels on the longest side we don't take the photo at all — we can't trace a clean cut line from it.

A phone photo from the last few years is usually well past all of this. An older one often still works at the smaller sizes, and the preview tells you which ones before you pay.

If it's the only photo you have and the preview isn't encouraging, write to us before you order: support@catlear.com A person will look at it and tell you honestly whether it's worth making.

If it's for someone else

You can make one for a person who is grieving rather than for yourself. If you do: use a photo they already love — one they've framed or posted — rather than the most recent one. Putting a name on it is optional, and leaving it off is a reasonable choice when you aren't sure.

Make one for them