When I was a little girl we lived in my great grandmother’s basement for a while. Upstairs grandma’s house was filled with all sorts of treats like her candy drawer and the homemade rice crispy treats, but perhaps one of my favorite things to play with was her old instant Polaroid camera. I’d pack that thing around snapping pictures and pulling the small square photos out of the slot and then sit with anticipation waiting for that image to show up. I still hold these photos very dear to me. When I have found out you could Design Your Own Keychains I just had to get one of the amazing photos converted and uploaded!
I loved taking photos with that old instant camera. Having always had a love of all things photography, being able to have that photo nearly instantly in your hand was the highlight of my day. I’d wave the image around and shake it hoping to make the image show up faster, and then after it had developed my grandmother would pull out her black pen and scrawl the date on the space at the bottom in her shaky cursive. There are boxes and boxes of those old photos packed away somewhere, but the memories of taking those photos and waiting for the image to appear is what will stick with me for a lifetime.
Fast forward to today where we have digital photography, and though we can instantly see the photo we’ve taken, it doesn’t hold that same kind of wonderful anticipation that waiting for the photo to develop does. So what are we doing? Well myself and a few of my sponsors have gotten together to give you a Fujifilm Instax Mini 8 in pink. You’re welcome.
I’ve wanted one of these pretty little things for years now, so I don’t know why I’m giving you one instead of buying myself one, but I hope you appreciate it. Haha! I hope whoever wins this loves it so much and takes so many great photos with it. For now, take a moment and get to know my sponsors first.
This month, in the spirit of giving away this treasure, I’ve gathered my sponsors together to tell us about their favorite photos and why they mean so much to them. Enjoy.
Stephanie from In Her Wonderland
“Alice in Wonderland is my absolute favorite movie (Tim Burton style). I found this necklace on Amazon and absolutely fell in love with it. I think I love the photograph more than I love the actual necklace. It really represents who I am a lot.”
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Lindsay from Bourbon, Lipstick, & Stilettos
“This photo was taken of me, my sisters, and my niece on our recent vacation. I love it because we were having the best day! We are so close but don’t live near each other- our time together is precious.”
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Megan from Semi-Charmed K
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“I took this photo on my honeymoon in Southeast Asia last year. We woke up at 4:30 a.m. to watch the sunrise at Angkor Wat, but the most beautiful part of the sunrise was behind us, over this temple library. The photo is extra special for me because I’m studying to be a librarian, so I love visiting libraries (old and new) in other countries. :)”
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Bethany from Stella Kenton
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“This place is Driftwood Beach on Jekyll Island, GA. Generations of my family’s love is here; good energy spills out of the trees and sand. This picture was taken when I took my two very best friends there for the first time. They let me share a special place with them just like my grandparents had shared it with my parents and my parents with me and, a few years after this picture was taken, I shared it with my little family. There’s something powerful about being at Driftwood, standing and loving the beauty in the same place and way my family has for years before me.”
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Kimi from Kimi Who
“This picture is of my late husband Charlie and my daughter, Hailey when she was 2 years old. It’s one of too few pictures that I have of them together. Although she wasn’t biologically his child, he became more of a Daddy to her than I ever could have hoped for or expected. I smile every time I look at this picture, knowing how genuinely happy they were when it was taken.”
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Alanna from Alanna & Company
“I know this isn’t super personal, but I use this as my iPhone background, I have this quote on my office wall, all over the place. It means a lot to me.”
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Sarah from A Cat-Like Curiosity
“I guess this is cheating a little, as it is technically four photos you see here 😉 I love this picture because it really encapsulates my life right now. I am all about art, creativity and creating joy in my life. When I think how far I’ve come in a few short years it makes me so happy, and this picture really represents that for me.”
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Lizzy from Stumbling Upon Lizzy
“I love this photo because number one I LOVE ice cream. The second reason I love this photo is because it was taken when my husband and I were spending a little time with family at a local ice cream shop. It brings back happy memories full of laughter and love.”
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Casey from We Took The Road Less Traveled
“I love this photo because it’s from the first big trip my husband and I took this year after moving back to the states from Germany. It was a long year of big changes and new beginnings, so it was nice to take some time for ourselves and reconnect with each other and our love of travel!”
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Kat of SimplistiCreations
“I love this photo because it shows the city in a state most people don’t see. Hong Kong is constantly busy and is always in motion, surrounded by people going somewhere and things happening. For once, this city is still and there’s a sense of solitude.”
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I would love to win! The photo’s are beautiful!
I love the picture of the Dad and daughter on the turtle. It breaks my heart that she doesn’t have many pictures of them together, but her and her daughter can treasure this one forever.
My fave photo is of me daughter and her brother a few hours after he was born. He is already smiling at her and she was so excited that there were tears in her eyes
I love the picture from Bethany of driftwood beach. It looks so relaxing and peaceful. It looks like a place I would love to go to for vacation. I can almost feel a warm breeze and smell the salt air.
What a fantastic post idea, and I’ve wanted one of these cameras for years, so I really hope to win.
There is a photo from our engagement session of the Mister carrying me piggyback. It’s one of my favorites because it shows us just having fun and was taken in the moment.
I love Lizzy’s photo of ice cream because who doesn’t love ice cream?!
I love all the photos from the different bloggers and why they are special. Some of my favorite photos are of trips I have taken. Smiling with friends or loved ones and enjoying our time together.
Oh man. I think one of my favorite photos that I’ve taken recently was of the Tower Bridge while on vacation in London. The sky was dark and the bridge just popped against it!
Great giveaway! I really like everyday photos 🙂
This was such a fun post! I loved seeing the different photos and why there were special to each person.
One of my very favorite photos was taken was I was around 6 or 7. It’s me with all of my cousins in a raft in my grandparents’ pool. There’s just so much going on in the picture and it’s one of VERY few of the five of us ever taken. And I don’t see any of my cousins anymore ever. So I like looking at that and knowing that our family once all got along and had fun.
my favorite photo is of my little baby in the bath surrounded by bubbles looking up at me. it’s the sweetest!
I love the variety of bloggers here. So awesome!
I love Driftwood Beach. This pic reminds me of Botany Bay near Charleston, SC.
When I first moved to Florida last year, I went to the beach/ocean for one of the first times around sunset. I’m on the east side so it wasn’t an actual view of the sunset but the colors were pretty amazing regardless. So I took several amazing pics.
What a fun share! I don’t think I could pick just ONE favorite photo. I take so many. Love the shot of Hong Kong that Kat shared. I was born there and every memory I have of it is a crazy busy place.
I don’t think I pick just one favorite photo. One of my favorites is a photo of my sons at Disney World. They were meeting Jake from Jake and the Neverland Pirates and their smiles were just awesome! It was one of the most sweetest, adorable pictures ever.
Ah! My favorite photo is of my brother and myself together. He’s off in the military now and I only get to see him once a year now if I’m lucky. We’ve always been so close and I miss him but that picture means the world to me.
One of my favorite photos is from our Wedding Day, we didn’t have a special photographer, just a friend taking photos but we had one taken near a street lamp with a sign next to it and didn’t realize until later that the sign said Chapel Road.
My favorite photo is of my daughter and myself on Halloween! She was dressed as the cutest little ladybug and it was just adorable!
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I have a picture of a tree falling in the woods and it always makes me think of the phrase “if a tree falls in the woods and there’s no one around, would it make a noise”? Something along those lines….very existential haha!
My favorite photo is of me and my dad on the beach,from when i was a toddler.He passed away a long time ago, but i think of him every day.
All of my travel photos are my treasures! Why I’m so into scrapbooking and blogging them 🙂
This one is my recent favourite because although I already loved it anyway, I showed my grandmother (who’s in her 80s) recently and she was so amazed and loved the photo so much she said she’d pay to have a copy so that she could keep it in her wallet, and even buy a wallet that would fit it! Of course I would never ever accept money from her for it, but it made me so happy to see her so excited and happy to see this photo and that she loved it so much she’d pay money for it AND a wallet just for it haha. I can’t wait to give her a copy and make her very happy as she’s suffered from depression her whole life and is the most kindest, caring and generous person I know. Will be an honour to be able to give her a joyous gift. 🙂
A favorite photo of mine is a pic of me and my now-husband and a couple of our friends at the lake the summer after we first met. Such a good day and a good time that immediately comes back when I look at that picture.
What a great giveaway! And a cute camera! My favorite photo? Ohhhh so many… I love our wedding pictures and my daughter’s newborn pictures all the best I think 🙂
I love having pics from our babies’ births! Seriously so priceless! Fingers crossed! Amazing giveaway!
One of my favorite photos is a winter beach photo I took in Maine that summed up a holiday trip so much.
I love being able to take pictures at any time. I just wish I were able to print them out just as quick. I miss my Polaroid.
Wow, thank you so much for this giveaway. My favorite photo is not yet captured, and it will be a picture of me and my mom on my college graduation day and it would symbolize the hardships we have faced and happiness we have encountered throughtout the journey, it would be more memorable if I can capture it with this instax camera.
Thank you! One of my favorite photos is a winter sunset at the beach in California.
I love seeing the photo of Hong Kong with no people running about! Now that I’m thinking about it, I’m having a very hard time coming up with might be my favorite photo.
Maybe I’m a bit of a narcissist, but one of my favorite photos ever is an old Polaroid I have of my dad and me when I was about four. He’s digging in the garden, just smiling at something in the distance, and I’m staring up at him like he is the most incredible thing I’ve ever seen in my life.
For my grandparents’ 60th wedding anniversary the whole family met in St Augustine for a weekend to celebrate. I have a picture of them from that weekend. I was walking behind them down an old cobblestone street and they were holding hands and looking at each other. True love <3
My favorite photo is one of me and my three babies. After I was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer that spread to my liver and bones my aunt took a picture of my 5 year old twins and 3 year old son kissing my bald head. If I won this camera I would donate it to my breast cancer center so that when women finish treatment the nurses could take a picture of them 🙂
One Of My Favorite Photos Is Of My Dog And I Swimming In The Pool.
I like the picture of weird trees
A photo of me and my guy in the Redwoods
One of my favourite photos is of my husband and I on our wedding day.
I like the one with the food but also of the couple in front of the cruise ship, a great photo to remember by!
One of my favorite photos is an adorable one of my dog laying in the grass outside.
One of my favourite photos was taken by me. It’s a drop of water at the morning sunshine
One of my favorite photos is of me and my husband from when we were younger.
One of my favorite pictures is of my dad holding me in his arms when I was only about 3 years old. I tear up just thinking about it! ~Elizabeth
My favorite is a photo of my son at his first motocross event.
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My favorite photo is of my husband and I as teenagers.
I love the family photos for Christmas, the atmosphere is magical 🙂
One of my favorite photos I have is one of my son and our dog we lost about a moth ago.
Def my childhood family photos.
Love this giveaway.
I remember doing this too, and reading this brings back all kinds of great memories for me too. <3
One of my favorite photos definitely has to be the one I use for my blog’s Twitter and FB cover photos. It’s just such a beautiful picture of the sky in the beautiful city of Charleston. I also have an absolutely stunning picture I took an unknown bird at a local park here that was featured on our local news station that looks more like a painting than a real live photo. <3
One of my favorite photos was taken when I was an exchange student in Norway 20 years ago.
I was sitting on the rocks in the middle of the river. I look so happy in that photo ( :
There’s a photo of me in Venice, Italy surrounded by pigeons. I look young and happy and confident. It’s a great picture! The funny thing is, about 3 seconds after that picture was taken, I ran screaming from the pigeons-I was so creeped out by them!
One of my favorite pictures is a Polaroid of me and friends I used to work with at NASCAR Cafe.
One of my favorite photos is a picture of my two daughters and me as we were embarking the ship for our first cruise. We had so much fun.
One of my favorite photos would have to be when we had our college travel tour!
I like your late husband and daughter pic <3
I would have to say my fav. pic would be of me my mom my daughter and my mommom before she passed 4 generations!
My favorite pic is of my and my cat. He has very large , round eyes and they way the light captured them, they look like cartoon eyes! I love it.
I really like the cruise ship picture
One of my favorite photos is of me and my nephew. He is looking at me and I am looking at him and there is so much love for each other in it. It’s perfect.