Printing in a Virtual Era {Geeky}

When digital pictures became all the rage, my parents started feeling seriously left out - they wanted to hold the photographs of their grand-children and not to have to squint their eyes at some overly bright computer screen where everything goes so incredibly fast. 

So un-poetic and cold.

That's when I started making albums that looked like proper books, simply using the program available on my computer (via iPhoto). Everyone smiled and thanked for the top quality, glossy paper books to cherish and it has been a real pleasure to hand these out at Christmas, Easter, birthdays... Smiles and curiosity welcomed them every single time, happiness flutter all over again...

But - as my friend says, there is always a "but" - now that the book option is secured, I am receiving again requests for single paper-based pictures as well as for their digital version. 

Fine, let's take this as a hint that time has come to investigate additional possibilities, maybe introducing some new options, what do you say? While looking for new playful options, I came across Printic, a very quick and efficient way to pick your favorite Instagram shots and print them out.

Since my father-in-law 70th birthday is approaching, I wanted to add to the wrapping of his present very special customized birthday tags; that's how the idea of printing some of my Instagram shots came about. I take entirely different pictures when using Instagram because I (almost) never publish pics with the full face of my kids or people around me, so I have to work around the self-imposed confidentiality constraint. This means my father-in-law will also see some new topics/angles thanks to the Printic paper version.

Truth be told, he will also be my guinea pig since I want to test his reaction before extending the Printic usage to the rest of the family folks. I believe he will be surprised by the unique tags and the welcomed return of the single paper photograph he - like my parents - so much longed for.

What do you think? Have you used Printic to surprise yourself or people around you?

If you want to find out what to do with your Instagram prints, the RockMyStyle blog came up just recently with a whole list of interesting options - check them out for useful inspiration. 

Credits: TheDaydreamer