Personalized Custom In Loving Memory Grandma Shirt

Can I make an in loving memory grandma shirt from her photo?

Yes.

Upload the picture of Grandma you love most and we print it in black and white at the center of a personalized custom tee, long sleeve, crewneck or hoodie, with IN LOVING MEMORY in white across the top and her name in warm antique gold below.

Her years sit underneath in small white numbers. Because every photo is toned to grayscale, each family member’s shirt matches whatever color they pick.

Upload Grandma’s photo

Select a garment and size for each grandchild.
Choose a shirt color. Cousins can each pick their own.
Upload Grandma’s photo. Shoulders-up shots fill the frame nicely.
Type her name and years. Spelled the way the family wrote it.
Check out. Example: Dorothy Hale, 1940 – 2027. Our sample photo is replaced with Dorothy, her name prints in gold and 1940 – 2027 in white.

Keeping Grandma at the center of the family

Cousins are coming from different states and want a way to stand together
The only good photo of her is an old print, faded at the edges
Sympathy gifts for grown kids tend to be plants nobody has time to water

Grandchildren tend to remember a grandma by her kitchen, her garden and her smile, rarely by a formal portrait. Her photo in soft black and white under IN LOVING MEMORY, her name in warm antique gold and her years in small white numbers, matching any shirt color a cousin picks.

About the sample photo

Ours shows a white-haired woman in a floral blouse, smiling softly in front of flowering shrubs, with MARGARET ELLIS under the frame and 1951 – 2027 beneath.

Garden pictures, kitchen pictures, Grandma at the head of the Thanksgiving table: those are the ones that make a memorial photo gift feel like her. A grandma shirt like this ends up worn to the service and then on ordinary days when someone misses her.

Choosing between two photos? Pick the one where her face is larger in the frame. Small faces in group shots lose detail once enlarged.

Who usually orders this design?

Most often it’s her daughter, organizing shirts so the grandkids and cousins can each wear one to the celebration of life. Grandma was the one who remembered every birthday, and the family wants her at the center of this gathering.

Grandchildren at the celebration of life

Each cousin can choose a different shirt color, and the grayscale photo still matches, so the group looks like one family.

Her daughter, organizing everyone

When she’s handling every detail, one upload covers each shirt and takes a task off her list.

A son who keeps her with him quietly

A plain tee under his jacket lets him carry her photo without anyone else needing to know.

Church friends from her pew

They sat beside her every Sunday, so wearing her name to the service honors that friendship.

Coworkers of her grown kids

Instead of another plant, sending a shirt with her photo shows the family you were thinking of her by name.

A neighbor who wants something personal

If she waved from her garden every morning, a shirt with that garden photo is a gift the family will understand.

Start her memorial shirt

Fabric and sizing

For everyday wear, the Comfort Colors 1717 tee is garment-dyed 6.1 oz cotton, fully ring-spun, relaxed unisex, in S–4XL.

For a chilly graveside, the Comfort Colors 1566 crewneck is soft 80/20 fleece in S–3XL, and the Comfort Colors 1567 hoodie is preshrunk 80/20 fleece with a jersey-lined hood, matching drawcord and pouch pocket in S–2XL.

Grandkids who want a roomy grandma sweatshirt can size up one or two. See inches on our size chart. Anyone in the family who wants sleeves can choose the Comfort Colors 6014 long sleeve, S–3XL.

Younger grandkids wear her photo on the 9018 youth tee in XS–XL, and the littlest great-grandkids on the Rabbit Skins 3326 toddler hoodie in 2T–5/6T.

Free US shipping on 2 or more items, or on any order of $75 or more.
A single item ships for a flat $5.99.
Misprinted or the wrong item? Send a photo within 15 days of delivery and we replace it or refund you.

Type her name and years

Production and arrival

Her shirts are printed in the USA in 1 to 3 business days and travel by USPS in 3 to 5 business days, tracked.

That’s roughly 4 to 8 business days in total, with no guaranteed delivery day, so order early if a service date is set. Read more on our shipping page.

Our only good picture of Grandma is old and faded. Will it work?

Usually, yes. Lay the print flat by a window and photograph it straight on, or upload a scan. Toning to black and white hides most color fading, though very small or blurry originals will print a little soft.

Can it say Grandma or Nana instead of her full name?

Yes. The gold line prints exactly what you type, so Nana, Grandma Rose or her full name all work. The years line below is separate, so type both.

She loved a certain singer. Could we add his picture?

We’re so sorry, we can’t. Grandma’s shirt can only carry family photos, never celebrities, rappers, athletes or public figures, and never logos, brand names, team marks or cartoon characters. Orders with those images are canceled and refunded.

Other remembrance designs are in memorial shirts, and more for her side of the family is in grandparent shirts.