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Review: Printic – (Instagram) Photo Printing Sevice (& Giveaway)

April 2, 2014

Hi everyone! You know I love Instagram photos, don’t you? :) In the past few months, I already wrote reviews of several great Instagram printing services and this time, Printic has asked me to review their products.
Printic is an app for turning your lovely digital Instagram photos into real ones, they are glossy and totally look like a real photo, because they come on photo paper and don’t only look like being printed onto a piece of cardboard.

My Printic Instagram Photos

For my review, I got a set of 50 photos which come in a pretty orange box, this is super nice for gifts.

On the back, the prints don’t have any logo or image, there’s simply a number code. You could attach a letter for giving the photo away as a gift or you can simply hang it up or glue it into a memory book.

The colors in the photos are bright, the contrasts are clear and the photos have a really good quality.

The box is super nice for giving the photos away as a gift or to store them instead of glueing them into a book.

When I ordered my 50 photos, I tried to find my fave ones from 2013 for making an album, but this was really hard, because I always take sooo many photos. :) Tough decision!

Photo Album Covered in Paper

Because I couldn’t find a pretty photo album, I bought an ugly one and covered it with self-adhesive paper.

This might probably be one of my favorite pages in the whole photo album, because it’s filled with happy memories, bright sunshine and beautiful summer light. Can’t wait for this year’s summer!

Moreover, I absolutely love this page, because it shows last summer’s picnic and sweet Flo helping me with everything, such a precious memory! And do you see how great the colors in the photos are? They didn’t lose any brightness after being printed!

All in all, I’m super satisfied with those photos!
My favorite photos could be chosen easily with the Printic smartphone app and you can’t only print out Instagram photos, but also photos from Facebook or directly from your smartphone.
Moreover, you can add a message to your photos, worldwide shipping is for free and all the prints are $0.49 / 0,39€ (the first print is $2.19 or 1,59€).
The only tiny negative point to me was that there’s no pretty backside, but the front which is like a real photo totally makes up to this. :) If you like glossy photos and a real photo look (not only the look of a print), then this will be perfect for you!
Delivery was also very fast and I’m super excited about how great those pretty photos look in my album. :)

Giveaway with Printic: Win prints of your photos

To make sure one of you lucky readers will also be able to print out some photos, Printic is giving away one set of 50 photos for one of you.
All you need to do is to leave your name and e-mail adress in the comment section below.
The giveaway is open to national as well as to international readers and will be closed on Sunday, April 6, on 6p.m., only one entry per person is accepted. I’ll randomly draw a winner and write him or her an e-mail.

Good luck! :)
Lu

P.S.: Although this blogpost includes advertisement and has been sponsored by Printic, this does not touch or influence my opinion about their brand and products.

Outfits

What I Wore: Mint & Bandshirt

March 29, 2014

Pants: Vero Moda

Bandshirt: stolen from Flo

Cardigan: h&m

Necklace: nahili

Sneakers: keds

Hi everyone! :) I haven’t taken photos of my outfit (apart from phone photos) since last fall and because my mother gave me a new tripod, I wanted to try it out and take photos without any help or another person behind the camera.
Too bad we don’t have one single completely blank wall in our home, but so my workspace had to serve as background. :)
I don’t have a remote release for my camera, yet, so I simply used the self-timer. :)

So here’s my minty outfit with some outfit details

Happy sunny weekend! :)
Lu

Merken

Everything Else

My Life in Instagram Photos – Spring is Coming

March 27, 2014

Hello my dear readers, it’s time for a review of the past few weeks in Instagram photos. :)

Colors and healthy milkshake.// Happy outfit. // Working on my new blog design. // Fresh smoothie.

Super happy and sunny early spring day in the Mauerpark with Rieke and Jill. :* // Waiting Mogli. // Eeeeks, best surprise mail, a gorgeous pink dachshund planter from Rice DK!!! // Colorful outfits with Flo.

Yummy, Asian coconut soup, I’m addicted! // My beloved geometrical necklace from Koo. // Daily dose of color. // Afternoon date with Sybille & Albertine. :) // Happy dog.

Behind the scenes, taking photos for a blog post. // Daily outfit. // New photos on my origrami fake polaroid wall with my fave Instagram photos. // Happy feet. // Kitchen love. // I started running again.

Working. // My new beloved cup I got from my sweet cousin. :) // Finally warm enough for rides with my restyled bike!! // Dog walk.

Flo made a delicious omelette. // Colors. // Morning run with the dog. // Ice cream season is back again!! :) Date afternoon with my best friend Anja. ;* // Beautiful Potsdam. // Eeeks, ice cream.

Spontaneous girl’s trip to the Baltic Sea, the most perfect Sunday ever!! // Black, white and neutrals. // Awesome fries at Witty’s in Berlin. // Spring is coming. // Berlin rooftop view from the top floor of the KaDeWe.

Colorful spring outfits and getting flowers for the balcony.

Yaayy, finally some pretty flowers on the balcony. // Mogli ‘helping’ Flo with repotting plants. :D // Temporarily moving some furniture. // Outfits. // Girl’s date with Jenny & Rieke. :* // The most exciting day this year so far, my video shoot with KIKA for a DIY feature (see more from behind the scenes).

Spring is here and it’s getting warmer and more colorful outside, I enjoy this a lot! :)
The days are filled with work and great projects and there’s always enough time for a long dog walk, good food and a lovely date, life could be worse. :)
What are you doing lately?
Happy day!
Lu

Everything Else

Now Online: My KIKA TV Appearance in the DIY Feature

March 26, 2014

Hello everyone, happy Wednesday! :) I guess that most of you already saw my blogpost about my TV appearance on KIKA for a DIY feature in the show KIKA LIVE, but those of you who missed it can now see it online. :)

Watch my video on KIKA Plus

KIKA has updated its virtual media library and you can now see the full show online! Watch me here as DIY expert for last minute gifts for teenagers in the show KIKA LIVE. :) The episode will be online for nearly one year.

Oh my, this was really exciting! Thank you again for supporting me and for being excited with me! :) Happy week!
Lu

Merken

Everything Else

Review: inkify – Instagram Photo Printing Sevice

March 25, 2014

Hey everyone! You know I love Instagram, right? :) Over the past few months, I had the chance to try out a few Instgram printing services for writing review blog posts and I was super excited when I got contacted by inkify and asked if I wanted to review their products. Of course I wanted! :)

inkify does not only turn your virtual Instagram photos into real prints, they also have a wide range of products: polaroid style mini prints, square prints, poster prints, a mini photo book, framed prints, fridge magnets, greeting cards, acrylic prisms, canvas prints, T-shirts and photo prints for hanging them up on a wall.

When choosing the products I wanted to review, I decided on the greeting cards, the mini photo book and a photo print with four single photos. Since I already do own many normal single prints of my Instagram photos, this seemed to be a good choice. :)

My greeting cards from inkify

First of all, here are my greeting cards. I ordered a set of ten greeting cards (sold for 11,99GBP, makes about 14,35€) which come with matching white envelopes.

The cards are blank on the inside, have a small logo on the back and have your pretty Instagram photo on the front.

The quality of the cards is really good, better than I had expected: they are printed on thick paperboard, the card itself is really big and the colors are bright and clear.

For my greeting cards, I have chosen the ranunculus flower photo, because then I can perfectly use the cards for birthday wishes or just to make someone happy with colorful surprise mail.

The greeting cards are perfect and I’m super in love with them! Makes a great gift or would also be perfect to order for party invites.

My mini photo book from inkify

Next, I ordered a mini photo book. Since I have tons of cute photos of Mogli, I thought it would be a great idea to make a mini photo book to document his adventures and lazy everyday life. :) The book can include up to 250 images, I chose a book with 50 photos (makes 12,99GBP which are about 15,54€).

The photo book comes with a spiral binding, photos are printed each on the front and back side of a piece of thick cardboard and the quality of the book itself and of the colors and print of the photos are really convincing. I love this new tiny photo book which is a cute memory keeper and will surely often entertain our guests when they look at little Mogli’s adventures. :)

This book is awesome! I think it would also be a good idea to make such a book with photos of a journey, to give it away as a birthday present, to make a book with photos of a party or family event or to order it as a surprise for your loved one for your anniversary.

My inkify photo print

Apart from the greeting cards and the mini photo book, I also ordered a photo print with four of my fave photos with happy moments with my best friend Anja from last year. :) You can choose between different sizes and numbers of images to be included in the print, I chose four photos and 12×12 inches (costs 17,99GBP, this is about 21,53€).

Again, the quality is really good: the photos are printed on a thick piece of paper and the colors are bright, just as they were on my digital photos. After the print had arrived, I immediately framed it and hung it up. :) Such a nice way to print and display favorite memories and again, this would make a super nice gift for a beloved person. :)

To sum it up for you, inkify has become one of my very favorite Instagram printing services, because they do not only print with a good photo quality and color quality, but also offer a wide range of super cool products on which you can print your photos and this makes them really stand out from other Instagram photo printing services. Moreover, the products arrived really fast, the service is good and it’s easy to choose the photos you want to get printed, you simply have to log into your Instagram account (via the phone app or on your computer). Delivery to the UK is for free, international delivery costs 4,95GBP (currently about 5,92€).

So happy printing, everyone! :)

P.S.: As always, although this blogpost is sponsored by inkify and includes advertisement, this does not touch or influence my personal opinion about that brand!