#lovechatbooks

#lovechatbooks

Friday, November 7, 2014

if you are an insta user, please tell me you have heard of chatbooks!

when i first saw someone post about chatbooks i knew immediately that i wanted in on it!

[let me stop right here and tell you this is not a sponsored post. i just genuinely love my chatbooks!]

you pay $6 per book (free shipping!) and chatbooks will print your insta photos into the cutest little books! each book is filled with 60 photos (you can choose which ones you want - or don't want! - to include) and then every time you hit 60 new photos you are sent a new book to add to your collection!

it took me a few weeks to finally get a chance to order mine and then once i did i couldn't wait for them to arrive. i already had a little place reserved for them on a shelf in my family room and i just knew jack jack was going to love them!

^this is a really poor quality picture that i just snapped right now, but can you spy them?^

i think i squealed a little too loud when my box of chatbooks arrived and jack did love them. knowing that i'll be getting a new book every time i hit 60 more pictures makes me want to post to insta even more! then i get a new book sooner + more pictures to enjoy!

and you guys. it's only $6 a book! and there are codes all over the place for one book free! when i was ready to order i just searched the hashtag #chatbooks and clicked on a few pictures until i found one that had a code for your first book free haha! not the most convenient way, i'm sure, but it worked for me! and sidenote: their customer service is superb!

i love that these are small and perfect for little hands and also that they are so cheap that if they get ripped on accident it's really not a big deal. my plan has always been to print our blog into Blurb books (still need to get around to that one day...) but those are so expensive that i know i won't want the kids to just flip through them on a regular basis and definitely not on their own!

Like I said, this post is sponsored in no way. 

I paid for all my books (minus one, with the coupon code!) and chatbooks has no idea who i am.

we just love them and wanted to share a great product!

have you ordered your chatbooks yet?!

happy friday!

xoxo

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How to use Instagram in 12 easy steps

How to use Instagram in 12 easy steps

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

STEP 1.

Take one million pictures that basically all turn out exactly the same.

STEP 2

Open your favorite photo editing app.

You know you have an entire section dedicated to them.

You probably only use 2 or 3 of them but you keep them all. Ya know, just in case.

STEP 3

Spend 101 hours trying to decide which pictures make the first cut.

Because even though they all look pretty much the same to the naked eye, if you look really close you can tell your elbow is slightly more to the right in picture 52 than in picture 33. WHICH ONE IS BETTER?!

STEP 4

Import these pictures into your editing app.

STEP 5

Try 8 different filters on each picture. 4 semi-final pictures x 8 filters = 32 filters.

STEP 6

Spend several more minutes debating which picture and which filter is the best.

32 OPTIONS.

How do you choose?!

STEP 7

Debate for one minute whether an entirely different picture from the million might be better?

STEP 8

Dismiss that idea since you've already spent 20 minutes for one instagram picture that is not even uploaded yet.

STEP 9

Upload chosen picture to yet another app.

Because it just won't be the same if it's the basic instagram square.

STEP 10

Share to instagram.

STEP 11

BUT FIRST.

Spend 10 more minutes typing, backspacing, typing, backspacing [on repeat] coming up with the best caption. And then the best hashtags. And then officially post.

STEP 12

Check instagram every few minutes to see how many likes and comments your beloved picture has.

AND DONE.

So easy, right?

and that, my friends.

is why i took a mini hiatus from posting on instagram.

TO GET A HOLD OF MYSELF.

 Don't even try to tell me this isn't your instagram life too.

PS I still love instagram.

Follow along here.

Because, ya know...

if I spend 45 minutes on one picture it could at least be scrolled by real fast enjoyed and appreciated by the masses.

xoxo

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Photo Dump #1

Photo Dump #1

Monday, July 7, 2014

Topic: They sleep.

Note: Yes, T is asleep.

PS I know, I know. I totally admit to being SO inappropriately MIA buuuut summer has just been amazing and we've been enjoying it! More photo dumps to come. And in the meantime, follow along on insta to see what's going on at our family reunion this week. I promise to be extra annoying and share far more than my fair share of pictures.

xoxo

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