I love doing these, and picking my own photo makes it even better. The photo was beautifully translated to diamonds. Unfortunately, I can't give it 5 stars because during shipment the layer of adhesive seemed to have lifted a bit from the canvas and wrinkled in some spots. This made it more difficult to work with. After finishing, I left it under a heavy box for several days and the wrinkles are no longer visible with the diamonds adhered. I also noticed that after finishing the picture, the diamonds began popping up if I handled the canvas at all. I basically moved it from under the box directly into the frame.