It is officially a goal of mine to print and hang more of my Instagram pictures this year. It’s funny how we can so easily get lost in our online world and essentially “live” through our adorable, well edited and often breathtaking little squares on Instagram. I look up from my phone though, and I see blank walls around my house {not actually true according to my husband} It’s almost as if I look up and I’m in a completely different lifetime, an outdated one at that.
3 Reasons you need to be printing your Instagram pictures
It is no surprise to me that all of my absolute best pictures are my Instagram pictures. I work there. The pictures are a big part of that. But, for me to access them and relive all the love and compassion that went into the moment that picture was taken, I have to jump back on my phone… which shouldn’t be the case.
1- Live in the Now
Walking around my house, you will see plenty of pictures on the walls, it’s true. But guess what, they’re all from 3 years ago before I was on Instagram. They’re all Maternity pictures. There are very few pictures of the boys at their current ages. Nothing about my house, walking around and looking at the memories of our lives are from the now, and they should be. We have some pretty awesome now that I want my kids to see on the wall as trophies from the summer. I want them to see their history beyond their newborn pictures.
This image, for example, is an all-time favorite of mine from last summer and one of my most liked Instagram pictures by fans. I even used it on our Christmas card. But did I have any intention of printing it and hanging it on a wall? No. Not until I found a way to do that which went beyond the glass and frame.
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I love this picture so much. It really captures my boys at these ages, 3 and 4. It is rugged but also so heartwarming. As soon as I saw that I could have it printed onto wood planks I had to have it! Enter Photography.com who can print your pictures on just about anything at a price I could not pass up!
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2- Pictures can be so much more than frames
If you’re tired of printing pictures on paper and having to frame them yourself, I get it. Me too. There is only so much decorating you can do with a framed picture behind glass. Anything more versatile, I LOVE, especially when decorating seasonally. I stopped buying Christmas decorations actually. I definitely decorate for Christmas, but now I do it with seasonal pictures I’ve had made into solid decorations. The wrapped canvas is my go-to. These are perfect because they can stand up on shelves or hang. Obviously, my Instagram goes seasonal too around the holidays {not just Christmas but July 4th, Easter, etc.} and all of those candid moments are caught on my phone then put to Instagram. If not for printing them on the canvas, those memories would quickly fleet away into the oblivion of our history. Relive! Bring those back every year without having to scroll down your Insta feed!
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3- Pictures make the best Gifts
This one sort of piggybacks off number two, but seriously, you know that your best pictures make the best gifts. After receiving my first wood plank picture of the boys I took them back out into that field with my camera and did a whole “for a plank wood print” photo shoot so that I could have a whole wall of it. I think #shiplap every time I say that… {#jojoaddict}
Even more seriously, when you’re looking for Mother’s Day, birthday or Holiday gifts for grandmas {and even myself} a high quality, gorgeous photo, presented as a piece of artwork on wood, metal or canvas is a winning every time #momwinning.
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