Perfect way to preserve your memories- Photobooks

Photobooks March 3, 2014 Leave a comment

“A moment lasts all of a second, but a memory lives on forever”- What better way to preserve these special memories than a photobook? Photobooks can be used to capture your family’s memories or to give someone a special and unique gift. See the faces of the grandparents light up when they receive a ‘family book’ as a birthday gift or simply make ‘travel book’ of your family vacation. There are endless possibilities to use a photobook.

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Travel book: Record your vacation memories with your family and friends in a photobook. Give suitable captions and add text along with photos to make your book interesting.

Birthday book: Convert your birthday photos into a beautiful photobook. It’s a great way to record your kid’s birthday parties.

Wedding book: Treasure your wedding, engagement or any other wedding function memories in a photobooks. You can even make smaller books to share your wedding memories with close family and friends.

These are just few examples of the types of books you can make. You can even make pet books, engagement books, baby memory books, cook books with your recipes and portfolio books of your photos or paintings.

So, why make a photobook? What is so special about turning your photos into a photobooks? Below are some advantages of making a book of your special memories.

– Add captions and text to give your photos a storybook feeling.

– You can personalize the covers of the book with your photos and text.

– A coffee table book is a more presentable way to share your memories than showing it on a laptop or computer.

– Photobooks make an ideal and unique gifting option. What can be a better gift than a gift made of happy memories compiled together?

The Photojaanic photobooks are made with high quality papers and durable binding. They come with hard or soft covers. They are available in a range of book sizes.

The various types of photobooks available at Photojaanic are as follows:

Dustjacket photobook: The dustjacket book includes a detachable outer cover on the outside of a hard cover black linen photobook.

The outer cover is made with premium quality laminated paper, helps provide protection to the photobook and can be personalised with your photos and text.

You can personalise the inner ‘flaps’ of the dust jacket.

Use this to write a note about the occasion, dates and location you are documenting.

Imagewrap photobook: This is a hardcover book where you can personalized the front and back covers, and the spine of the book with the title and date.

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Softcover photobooks: These portable and durable books are extremely popular. They are affordable and light and easy to carry. You can use a softcover book to share your photos with family and friends.  Use these books to capture the smaller yet important occasions of your life like your holidays, birthdays, parties, school or college functions or your hobbies.

Order your photobooks on Photojaanic before 31st March, 2014 and use the coupon code MSPB at checkout to get 25% OFF on your photobook.

You can use these photobooks as kids birthday books, pet books, family books, baby memory books, travel books of your vacation or to capture the various ceremonies of a wedding like engagement, pre wedding and  post wedding parties.

Honour the woman you admire – Women’s Day Special

Gifting February 24, 2014 Leave a comment

She is strong, emotional, caring, strict, loving, vulnerable, funny- she is a woman! As the saying goes “Women are the real architects of the society” – So, this Women’s Day, let us honour the women we admire and love.

The woman you admire may be any woman who you feel has played a very important role in your life. It can be your mother, wife, sister, aunt, girlfriend, grandmother, friend or a teacher.

How can you make this Women’s Day special for the woman you love?

  • Message: First thing you can do is send an SMS or an instant message via Whatsapp, Viber or any other app in the morning wishing them on the occasion of Women’s Day.

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Below listed are some sample text messages which you could send:

    • You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are. Happy Women’s Day

    • Wishing a very Happy Women’s Day to the most amazing women I know

    • A wonderful person and a great friend. It’s a blessing to have both of them in you! A very Happy Women’s Day to you!

    • If you could see it from my eyes you would know you are one gem of a Woman! Happy Women’s Day

    • Sending you wishes to say you blossom up the world around me! Happy Women’s Day!

For more examples of text messages you can check out the following website: http://sayingimages.com/happy-womens-day-quotes-sms-message-saying-images/

  • Flowers with a handwritten note:  All the women love flowers. Send her a bunch of fresh flowers along with a handwritten note telling her how special she is for you and how much you admire her. Also list down the qualities that make her so special.

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  • Gift: A special gift on this occasion will make them feel loved. If you are thinking about what to gift, here are some gifting options:

  • Personalized Crockery: Every woman love their collection of crockery items. Gift her a personalized crockery set with her name written on it. She will treasure this gift forever.

  • Framed quote: Give the women you admire a framed quote which describes the woman she is and why you admire her so much.

  • Bracelet: Women love jewellery. Gift her a beautiful bracelet. She will remember your love filled gesture every time she wears it.

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  • Personalized gallerywrap: A beautiful gallerywrap made of her photo will also be an ideal gift. She can hang it in her living room or bedroom. Every time she sees it, she will be reminded of your respect and love for her.

          You can order the gallerwrap canvas at Photojaanic and get a 20% discount on the same.

If you have any other ideas on making this Women’s Day special for a woman you admire then please let us know in the comments.

Ways to record your pre-wedding journey

wedding February 15, 2014 Leave a comment

“He proposed … she said ‘Yes’, the big day is fixed and the preparations begin!”. During the preparations for the wedding you are so busy that you don’t even realise how time flies. Your days are filled with excitement and joy. What if you could record all these memories and revisit them after your wedding? Sounds interesting right? Let us see how you can record these special pre-wedding memories:

Pre-wedding video: You can make a video of your pre-wedding experience. You can record your preparation activities, you can ask your friends and family to share their experience about your wedding being fixed and as the day is arriving. You can transfer these videos to a pre-wedding DVD. Customize the CD cover to match your wedding theme.

You can use websites like: http://www.flixpress.com/, to customise your videos with content and templates.

Pre-wedding diary: You can start writing a diary about your pre wedding experience. You can fill it up with your experiences during the wedding preparations. You can start a countdown of maybe 30, 60 or 100 days before the wedding and write the diary every day about your experience.

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You can even use a personalized notebook as your pre-wedding diary.

Pre-wedding photos: You can click photos of your special moments before wedding. For example:

  • Shopping experience: Click photos when you go for shopping with your friends and family.

  • Wedding or engagement rings: Click photos of your wedding or engagement rings.

  • Wedding venue: Click photos of the wedding location, table set ups and the seating arrangement.
  • Wedding dress or suit: After you finalise your wedding dress or suit, click a photos for your record.

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  • Wedding jewellery: Brides can click pictures of the jewellery they are planning to wear on their wedding day.

  • Wedding shoes: Wedding shoes are as important as the wedding dress. Click photos once you buy your wedding shoes.
  • Wedding cake sample: Click a picture of your wedding cake design or the cake sample when you go to finalise the same.
  • Flowers selected for the wedding decor: Click pictures when you go to select flowers for your wedding.

Couple pre-wedding photos: Click photos with your future bride or groom before the wedding. Select a location where you both love to go together. It may be a garden, restaurant or a movie theater. Click as many pictures as you can. So, that you can select the best ones later.

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Now that you have all these photos, you can make a pre-wedding photobook with them. This photobook will be a very important keepsake to browse through that happy experience you had as your big day was arriving.

Photojaanic is having 25% off on photobooks. So hurry, preserve your pre-wedding memories for years to come. Offer valid till 28th Feb, 2014. Use coupon code FSPB at checkout.

So, what do you think could be some other interesting ways of capturing those excitement filled pre wedding memories?

Gifting ideas for Valentine’s Day

Gifting January 25, 2014 Comments: 2

“ Anyone can catch your eye, but it takes someone special to catch your heart.” Make this special someone feel even more special on this Valentine’s Day. Here are some gifting ideas for your Valentine, to make the day very memorable for them:

1) Bracelet: You can give your Valentine personalized bracelets saying ‘ I Love You’ or with your names engraved on it.

2) Pendant: Photo pendants or heart shaped pendants also make ideal Valentine’s Day gifts.

             

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3) Framed cartoon picture: You can use online tools and convert your favourite photo with your Valentine into a cartoon and frame it (preferably in a heart shaped frame) and gift them. This will be a unique and creative gift.

You can download these picture to cartoon converting tools free from any online website. Below is one such website: http://softadvice.informer.com/Picture_Caricature_Maker_Online_Free.html

4) Heart shaped pillow: You can gift your Valentine a red heart shaped pillow as the symbol of love. To add a special touch you can even get your photo printed on it.

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5) Scented heart shaped candles: Give scented heart shaped fragrant candles to your Valentine, which they can use in their office or home. The scent of the candles will remind them of your love for him or her.

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6) Recorded CD: Make a CD of the songs you both love to listen when you’ll are together. Add a special message at the beginning of the CD dedicated to your sweetheart. Customize the CD cover with heart shaped designed stickers to give it a Valentine feel.

7) Digital photo frame:  Gift a digital photo frame having your photos together. What else can be more special than those love filled memories shared together?

8) Personalized gift: You can personalize your Valentine’s Day gift using your own photos, text and design. Personalized gift always is more special than any other general gift.

Photojaanic has a special Valentine’s Day offer running on its website. The offer is as follows:

Do have any other unique and creative gifting idea for this Valentine’s Day? Do share with us 🙂

8 Ways to Celebrate Your Child’s Birthday

Parenting January 17, 2014 Leave a comment

As a parent you must have always wondered what are special things you can do for your child’s birthday. Here are some tips on how you can make your child’s birthday a unique and memorable one.

1) Write a love note: Write to your child and tell them what makes them so special. Write all your blessings for them. Keep this letter on their table while they are sleeping, under the gift you have got for him or her.

2) Record a birthday song: Record the birthday song in your own voice, get other members of the family to sing along. Record and play this song when the child gets up.

3) Cook something special: Any dish that is a favourite of your child, which they like to eat outside. Try to cook it at home and give them a pleasant surprise.

4) Write birthday messages: Write small birthday notes and slip in at all possible places like in their school bag, lunch box, under their breakfast plate and in their pencil box. You can use sticky note to write the wordings.

5) Have a movie time: All the family members can sit together and watch the videos of the child that you have. If you do not have any videos you can go through the photo albums. What better time to refresh the fond memories than the child’s birthday?

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6) Select their favorite theme for the party: Ask the child what theme they would like to have for the birthday party. For e.g., boys might fancy a pirate theme or football theme whereas, girls might go with Cinderella or fairy theme. You can get the child the costume of their favourite character to match the party theme.

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7) Personalize the party: You can also personalize your child’s birthday party using their photos.

  • Personalized birthday invites: Personalize your kid’s birthday invites with their photo and special message. This will add a special touch to the invites.

  • Birthday posters: Make personalized posters with your kids photos and a personalized message. Decorate the party hall with these posters to give a special touch.

  • Collage posters: Make a collage poster of your favourite photos of your kid and display it during their birthday party. It will attract a lot of attention from the guests.

  • Birthday books: You can also display your kids previous birthday books on a table during the party. If this is your baby’s first birthday, display their memory book or a photobook with the pictures of their first year.

  • Thank you cards: You can send personalized thank you cards with your kid’s picture and a personalized thank you message to the guests who attended the party.

These little details will help you add special touch to your sweetheart’s birthday party. You can order the posters and collage posters at Photojaanic, we are having 25% off on collage posters till 31st Jan, 2014. You can use coupon code MPOS at checkout.

8) Release a wish lantern: Get your child a paper wish lantern. After the cake cutting is done, take the child outside and ask them to write their wish on the lantern. Than release the lantern into the night sky. It will be a beautiful sight. Do not forget to click the photo of the lantern flying in the sky.

Any more ideas on how to make a kid feel special on their birthday? Do share with us.

How to Make a Time Capsule for Your Baby

Parenting December 29, 2013 Leave a comment

There are no words to describe the joy that you feel when you welcome your baby in this world. You will feel like capturing each and every event of the day forever, so that when your child grows up you can share with him or her the feelings you experienced during their birth. What better way to do it than make a time capsule for your little sweetheart, which they can open later in their lives and experience the joy their parents felt on their birth.

For those who are not familiar with what is a time capsule:

A time capsule is a box containing memorable items representing the time during your child’s birth. This box is kept away until a set date maybe the child’s 18th, 21st or 25th birthday. The box is opened on the set date and people enjoy recollecting those fond memories.

What is the ideal time to make a time capsule?

We would suggest create the time capsule over the first year of your baby. So that you can capture all the special moments of the baby in the time capsule like their photos over the year say of their first step, their first roll over, the toys they like, the nursery rhymes they enjoy and so on.

What can I make  the capsule of?

You can use a metal container, wooden or cardboard box to make the time capsule. Decorate it with personalized stickers, decorative paper or lace.

Now let us list  the things you can include in your time capsule:

  • Clothes & accessories: You can add to the time capsule the first clothes, their first booties or the cap they wore for the first time.

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  • Toys: You can add to the capsule your baby’s favourite toys or the first toys they started playing with.

  • Movie DVD: You can add a DVD of the cartoon movie popular during the time of your baby’s birth or any top rated movie of that year.

  • USB drive:  You can add a USB drive with the following content:

    • Popular songs and videos during the time of your baby’s birth

    • Nursery rhymes that you play for your baby

    • Videos or voice recordings of your baby

    • Videos of you playing or singing for your baby

 

  • Baby book: You can add photobook as baby book to the capsule. Include photos of your baby, mom and dad carrying the baby for the first time, their hospital room, their room at home, their first smile, their first step, family members playing or holding the baby and first month birthday celebration.

You can order your photobooks at Photojaanic and avail 25% off on 8×11 photo book. Use promo code WSPB at checkout. The code is  valid till 31st Jan, 2014.

  • Personalized notebook: Make a personalized notebook with your baby’s photo. Write love note for your baby. Get your relatives also to write something for your baby. It will be a very special moment when your kid will open the time capsule and read the thing his or her parents and relatives have written for them.

        You can also add details of their birthplace, like:

  • The city of birth

  • Name of the hospital

  • Name of the doctor

  • Name of the nurse

  • The timing

  • Weather details

When to open the time capsule?

You can open the time capsule on the 18th or 21st birthday of your child.

Feel free to share with us any more items you think can be added to the time capsule.

Tips to Make Your Child’s Room Lively and Colourful

Home Decor, Parenting December 14, 2013 Leave a comment

Kids are the life of any family. A home having kids is full of laughter and joy, hence their room should also be very lively and colourful. Here are some tips on how you can decorate your kid’s room:

Colour: You can choose pink colour scheme for girl’s room and blue for boy’s room. If you wish to select a neutral colour go in for a light green or light yellow. Instead of the painting the walls you can even select fun themed wallpapers for their room.

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Toys:

If its girl’s room, try the following:

  • Add a dollhouse at the corner of the room.

  • Keep cute soft toys in the room at various places like on bed, tables and shelves.

For boys room:

  • You can add toy railways or racing track on the room floor.

Blackboard: Instead of them writing on the wall and spoiling the wall paint, give them their own blackboard with colourful chalks and duster. Let them unleash the artist in them.

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Bean bag: Keep a bean bag in their room for them to sit while reading or playing their video games. Bean bags are ideal for a kid’s room, as there is no danger of sharp edges hurting the kids while running around or playing.

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Books: You can place a bookshelf in their room carrying their favourite books. This will encourage them to develop reading as their hobby.

Toy Box: You can place a box in their room to store all their toys. This will help them keep their room organized. Make them pack all their toys in the box after they are done playing or just before they go to sleep. Select a colourful box to match the room decor.

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Turn your kid’s drawing into a wall art: If your kid likes to draw, click a snap of their drawing and make a poster to display on their room walls. This will encourage them to be more creative.

Collage of beautiful memories: Make a collage of their photos using frames or gallerywrap canvases. Display it on their room walls. It will add a special personal touch to their room.

You can order your gallerywrap canvases at Photojaanic  and get a 6×6 gallerywrap canvas at just 29.95$ (original price 47.95$). Use coupon code GC66 at checkout. Offer valid only till 31st Dec, 2013.

Have any more ideas to make kid’s room more attractive? Do share with us.

6 Simple Tips for Decorating Your Home This Festive Season

Home Decor December 7, 2013 Leave a comment

Festive season is round the corner. It’s a time to decorate our homes to give that fresh new feel. Here are some ways to give that special touch to your home.

1) Experiment with colours: Break the monotonous look. Paint the center wall of your living room differently. Either use different colour or a wall paper with designs that match your decor.

2) Add coloured accessories: If you have light coloured sofa, add colourful cushions. Or if you have light coloured walls add some colourful decorative items. Eg. Turkish chandeliers.

3) Add some lighting element: To add some glow to your decor, use lamps.

  • Add coloured ceiling lamps complimenting your wall colours.

  • A simple lamp shade next to your sofa also will help to give it a complete look.

  • If you are having difficulty finding coloured lamps, metallic lamps will blend in with any colour.

4) Add a touch of nature: You can add a pot of plant of a vase of fresh flowers to your decor. This will not only add some colour, freshness and fragrance but also will help to complete your homely look.

5) Decorate the floor: Add some colours to the floor by using carpets which compliment your sofa and wall colours.

6) Add your favourite memories: Last but not least, adding a personal touch will make the biggest difference to your decor. This festive season you can experiment with something new. Rather than using the same old traditional framed photos, try out gallerywrap canvases. This will help you give a modern twist to your memorable photos.

You can get 6×6 gallerywrap canvas at just 29.95$ at Photojaanic. Use coupon code GC66 at checkout. Hurry, offer valid till 31st Dec, 2013.

So, do you have any more interesting ideas on home decor? Do share with us.

Fun activities to do with kids on their vacation

Parenting November 26, 2013 Leave a comment

Vacations are fast approaching. So what are the activities you would like to do with your kids during their vacation to make it a memorable one? Here are some tips:

Vacation time with daughters:

If you have a daughter you can spend some quality time with them doing the following activities:

  • Mothers can bake a cake or cookies with her. Let her help you with mixing the dough and adding the nuts or chocolate chips. But remember, don’t let them go near the oven.

  • Dad can build a dollhouse for her. Get her actively involved in the building process. Let her choose her favourite colours and decor.

  • If your daughter loves outdoor activities. You can teach her to ride a bicycle.

  • If your daughter is studious kind, play scrabble with her or teach her to solve sudoku.

  • Mothers can teach their daughters to knit or stitch dresses for their dolls.

Bonding time with sons:

Vacation time can be the best time to bond with your sons. You can try to do the following activities with them:

  • Dads can teach them a new outdoor game. Take them to playground or park every evening after your work and spend some fun time playing together.

  • If they like any particular sports. Take them to see their favourite team play.

  • Have a barbeque evening. Call their friends. If you have a huge garden area, you can also make a camping set up.

  • Dads can have a car wash time with their sons. Where they can share with them facts about cars. All boys love to discuss about cars.

  • Take them out gaming to play zones in malls or take them bowling. You can even take them for fishing. They will enjoy it.

You can also have a quality family time playing with personalized playing cards. Order the cards with photos of your kids and other family members. They will have fun time playing with those cards.

Order your personalized playing cards at Photojaanic and avail a 50% discount. Use coupon code SG50S at checkout. Hurry, offer valid till 12th Dec, 2013.

What are the other activities you think you can do with your kids during this vacation?

How to take good vacation photos

Travel October 12, 2013 Comments: 2

ImageHolidays are around the corner. You must have already started planning your vacation. You may be visiting the most beautiful places, having a time of your life with your family and friends, having best of food or living an adventure that you always dreamt of, but at the end of the vacation when you have to return home, all that you carry with you are memories. Hence, the photos you take on your vacation are very important. Here are some tips to help you click good vacation photos.

1. You don’t always need to pose: Click natural shots. For e.g. kids playing in sand or building sand castles. Pictures clicked when people are in action helps you capture natural expressions.

2. Capture the places you visit: While visiting any historic location, parks, zoo or theme parks etc. try to include the important monuments or things from the place in your pictures. So even when you come back from the vacation you will have memories of the places visited.

Image3. Shoot your stay:  Capture your hotel room or guest house where you will be staying. If you are staying with your relatives, click pictures with them. They will be happy to be part of your vacation memories.


4. Click the food: Capture the food you enjoyed on your vacation in your camera. Perhaps at the hotel or at friend’s or relative’s place. Or the specialty or native dish of the place you visited.

ImageImage5. Take as many pictures as you can: Taking many photos help you select the best ones later. If any picture is not taken properly and you have two- three more shots, it becomes an advantage.

6. Set a vacation theme: Set a theme for your vacation to make it fun. For e.g.:

  • ‘Megan’s first vacation’- If you are traveling for the first time with your baby girl or boy. Name the vacation theme after them. Capture photos keeping them as center of attention. Let your photos speak your kid’s vacation story.

  • ‘Love escape’ – If it is your first vacation with your spouse after your wedding, give it a romantic theme. Click happy romantic pictures. Turn your vacation photos into a fairytale.

  • ‘Europe unlimited’- Say you are planning to visit Europe on your vacation. You can capture the well known landmarks, the people of Europe, the culture and the lifestyle in you photos. You can dress in their traditional outfit and click your photo.

Image7. Go prepared: Remember to carry your:: camera charger, memory cards and extra battery. If you really are keen to do a proper travel shoot you can also carry a tripod along with you.

8. Make a travel book: Make a travel photobook of the pictures you clicked on the vacation. Design the photobook based on your vacation theme.

You can use softcover books available on Photojaanic to make a travel book. Use coupon code TRAVBSG at checkout to get 25% off on 6×8 softcover books. Hurry up! Offer valid till 15th Nov, 2013.

Do feel free to share with us any other tips you have to click amazing photos on the vacation.