great photo captures a moment. Adding your own words can help celebrate and preserve the story behind it.
Photos are powerful on their own, but over time the details that make them meaningful can fade — where it was taken, who was there, why it mattered. We designed our Personalized Framed Photos to solve that problem by creating a dedicated window opening below your picture for custom text, turning a single moment into a lasting, clearly remembered story.
This isn’t a caption layered over your photo or an engraved novelty. It’s a thoughtfully designed framing experience that gives your words the same care and permanence as the image itself.
Why Add Text to a Framed Photo?
A few well-chosen words can change everything. Names give context, specific dates anchor time, the location brings you back, even a short phrase can unlock an entire memory.
By adding a second mat window beneath your photo, these personalized frames let you include the information your future self, or a gift recipient, will be grateful to have years from now.
It’s subtle, elegant, and intentionally separate from the image so nothing competes for attention.
Designed to Be Timeless (Not Trendy)
Personalization should elevate a photo, not overpower it. That’s why the text window is clean, balanced, and proportioned to feel like it’s always belonged there.
You can choose the size of the text opening, add up to two lines of custom text, and select from curated fonts and styles.
Our built-in editor shows a real-time preview of your exact layout, spacing, and typography inside the frame. You can even upload your own image file with text if you've customized something using another tool.
The bottom line is that what you see while designing is exactly what arrives at your door.
How Our Personalized Framed Photos Are Made
Each framed piece is handcrafted from start to finish using the same materials and standards as our custom frames:
- Professionally printed photos on archival, fine art paper
- Custom-cut mats and solid wood frames, handcrafted in the USA
- Pigment inks that resist fading for decades
- Optional UV-protective and Non-glare acrylic
- Fully assembled and ready to hang on arrival
Every detail is intentional — from the spacing between the photo and text to the weight of the paper beneath it.
When Personalized A Framed Photo Makes the Biggest Impact
This framing style works beautifully for many moments, but it’s especially meaningful when context matters most:
Weddings & anniversaries — mark the day, place, and beginning
Graduations & achievements — celebrate milestones earned over time
Family memories — preserve moments that define a season of life
Travel & adventures — turn trips into art that brings you back
Memorials & remembrance — honor loved ones with quiet dignity
New homes & life transitions — commemorate meaningful beginnings
Whether displayed in your own home or given as a gift, the added text ensures the story never gets lost.
A Personalized Gift That’s Truly Finished
Our Personalized Framed Photos are designed to be easy to create and meaningful to receive. In just a few minutes, you can upload a photo, add your words, customize the frame, and let us handle the rest.
At checkout, you can click "Gift Order" for free gift wrapping and the option to add a personal note.And then every one of our framed photo gifts is made to order, carefully packaged, and shipped ready to hang.
It’s a gift that feels thoughtful because it is. Created from their moment, their story, and your intention.
How to Add a Text Caption to Your Framed Photo
There are two ways to personalize a Level Frames framed photo.
If you begin on our Personalized Framed Photo page, you will first upload your main image and select the print size, and then click the "Add Your Text" button to input the lines of text you want to display as well as the font style.
Or, if you have already started framing a photo with us, look for the Advanced Options section beneath the blue Finalize button. When you expand those options, you will see a link to "Make This a Personalized Frame" which will allow you to open up the built in editor and customize your text.
Whether it's for yourself or a gift, if you can dream it up we'll make it happen!
Personalized frames are handcrafted here in the US from the same museum-quality ingredients found in every Level frame.
Happy framing!
