September 16, 2010

Turning WDW Memories into Keepsakes, Plus: A Giveaway!

Alright team, I'm back. I took a brief (well, an almost-week-long) trip to Acadia National Park for my family's annual hike-eat-laugh-shop-walk-talk-putt-relax trip. And now, even though I've only been home one day, I'm already looking through my 500+ pictures and wishing I could go back there. And not just because I have a serious craving for blueberry pancakes.

Which brings me to today's post - photos. I'm a compulsive picture-taker. Not in the now-let's-do-kissy-photos-sisters-for-life-did-someone-say-shots?! or the that-dirty-puddle-of-rainwater-is-so-inspiring sense, but in that I-love-this-trip-so-much-I-must-document-everything-and-one-day-I-will-cherish-that-blurry-photo-of-the-rhino-we-saw-on-our-third-ride-on-Kilmanjaro-Safaris way. On my last WDW trip, I took 2000 photos. There are maybe 50 that will eventually make it into a Wordless Wednesday post. I am That Person.

So when I met the team from FujiFilm at this year's BlogHer conference, they were showcasing an impressive array of customizable photo gifts from SeeHere.com, their online photo service that lets you create prints, cards, photo books, mugs, tote bags, and .... coasters! I immediately started brainstorming cool ways I could remember this year's trip to WDW, and voila!


(That's me on the left in both photos. And yes, I purposely left out Hollywood Studios in this collage. I don't have digital photos of the Earful Tower and I refuse to acknowledge The Hat. So.)

Pretty cool, oui? And they were easy to make - the hardest part was deciding which pictures to use, you know, because I took 2000 of them. After you register and upload your photos, you'll be prompted as to whether you want to continue with your pictures as is, or get a little fancy:


Obviously, I chose the collage option, and from there you can add text (the "We're Celebrating" refers to the fact that we were celebrating my sister's graduation and birthday, and we had the pins to show for it), clip art, backgrounds, and other effects. You then adjust your elements by size and perspective, pop it in the shopping cart, and wait for the mailman. Easy peasy - and I love how crisp and clear the final product is.

GIVEAWAY! Thanks to the good people at FujiFilm, you have a chance to win a custom coaster set from SeeHere.com. To enter, leave a comment below and answer the question: what WDW memory would you like to commemorate?

The giveaway ends Wednesday, September 22 at 11:59 PM EST - good luck!

Disclosure: SeeHere.com provided me with the above coasters for free, but I was not otherwise compensated for this review.

4 comments:

~Kristen~ The DVC Mom said...

I would make coasters from our trip coming up at the end of the month! I'm looking forward to taking tons of photos with the kids and I. This will be the first time that I'm going with all my kids together.

Miss Priscilla Rosenblaum said...

I would love to commemorate my grand-parent's 50 wedding from last year that we spent at Disney! It was a wonderful celebration of family and a magical time! It was the first time for some of the kids which makes Disney even more magical and exciting!

StaceyC4 said...

Honestly, just getting to GO is worth commemorating! But if I had to choose my 40th birthday trip two years ago. We got to stay at the Grand Floridian and Minnie herself, left me a birthday card in my room along with a 12 inch tall sold white chocolate Mickey Mouse surrounded by all sorts of gourmet cookies and chocolate covered strawberries! It was an amazing trip especially since we usually stay at the Value resorts.

Lisa said...

I would make coasters of my best ever trip to DisneyWorld...last year with my best friend and my son at Thanksgiving. We had the most wonderful time...and best of all, it was just the three of us, at the park, everyday, for 6 whole days!! Yep, we made full use of those park passes!