Personalised Gifts + Christmas Cards with Snapfish

I have featured Snapfish on my blog previously and I've also bought quite a few items for family myself as I love how quick and easy it is to create personalised gifts that look fantastic and are so special. Everyone who has received a gift from Snapfish has loved it and it's especially nice to receive a photo gift or personalised item for Christmas!

As well as amazing photo gifts, they have have an option for photo/personalised cards including Christmas cards. Family photo Christmas cards would make a lovely surprise for family or you could create a friends card with a group photo too. I've kindly been allowed to pick a few items from Snapfish to personalise and review:

*Snapfish Christmas Cards (£1.99 each)

I chose three cards, one for my grandad with photos of myself and my sister, one for my auntie with family group photos and one for a friend with a group photo of us and our closest friends. I chose the designs: Confetti Christmas Joy (which is my favourite), Bright Merry Christmas Lights and Christmas Wood and Leaves. All three designs are unique, festive and would make a lovely, special cards for family and friends. You can not only add photos to the front of the card but to the inside as well which is what I have done for all three of the cards. Here are some tips for family photos from Snapfish:

• Get an extra pair of hands or alternative use a tripod and remote 
• Make sure you get the best lighting you can, whether it's natural or artificial 
• Festive or formal wear is always best 
• Photo props can make great additions to group photos as well as family pets - don't leave them out
• Keep it fun and maybe tell a story with the photo 

They also make photo gifts too including notebooks, canvases, prints, keyrings, cushions, coasters, phone cases, calendars, magnets, Christmas ornaments and more. I've made a few photo books via Snapfish, either with a voucher that I've been sent or with my own money and they are fantastic but this time I opted for a cute mug and keyring.

*Snapfish Porcelain Mug (£8.99)

They offer a range of mugs but I chose this lovely porcelain mug which is dishwasher and microwave safe. You can add your own photos or you can add photos to an existing pre-made design which is what I did. I picked one from the 'friends and family' options and changed it with text and photos so it would make a lovely gift for my mum. The photos can out really well, I love the design and I know my mum will love it!

*Snapfish Keyring (£2.99)

The final item is a cute keyring that I've made for my dad featuring one of my favourite photos of myself, my sister and my dad together when I was around four years old *in a cute dress, that I wouldn't mind having now!*. The photo is printed on both sides and the plastic is scratch resistant so it should last for years.

Overall, I couldn't recommend Snapfish enough for amazing and special christmas gifts as well as lovely christmas cards that would make anyones christmas! I've bought items from Snapfish myself and everyone who has received a Snapfish gift or card has always been happy with them. Overall rating: ★★★★★, 5/5.

What do you think of these Christmas gifts and cards? Have you bought anything from Snapfish? Will you be gifting any personalised or photos gifts this year? 

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Snapfish Best Sellers: Acrylic Photo Prints

I've been lucky enough to work with Snapfish by HP before, as I reviewed their fantastic photo calendar, photo mug, personalised christmas cards and photo notebook all of which I loved and was so happy with. This time round I chose four acrylic prints which I thought would be amazing as gifts or as fantastic alternatives to traditional photo frames. 

I picked the *Slim 6x4 Acrylic Photo Print (£9.99 each) which feature your chosen photo behind a rectangle of clear acrylic. Each 6x4 acrylic prints come with an acrylic stand which I have to be honest and say didn't fit with the prints - the gap for them to stand in wasn't wide enough for three out of the four prints sadly although my dad armed with a file was able to easily fix the minor problem. 

I used the best photographs of my holidays that I could find but even so I didn't think the quality of the photographs would be good but I'm so happy with just how clear, crisp and vivid the photographs turned out! I used photos from our holidays in Taormina in Sicily, Ephesus in Turkey and Venice, Italy as well as an adorable photo of our guinea pigs *Einstein and Spike* who sadly aren't with us anymore. 

The acrylic seems really durable and I think they look great around our house to show off the wonderful places we've been to on our travels as well as Einstein and Spike which have to be the cutest piggies ever! My only slight issue is that the back of the print shows the paper of the photo (if that makes sense) and it can peel away from the acrylic very slightly when trying to push onto the stand; although I don't think anyone will be looking at the back - the photos are obviously the main focus. 

Overall, I am so happy with the acrylic photo prints especially the photo quality, overall finish and I think the price is great. There are a couple of minor negatives but nothing that would put me off buying in the future or recommending them. The larger acrylic photo prints would be just perfect for a feature wall as well as birthday, graduation, anniversary or dare I say christmas gifts (yes, I'm already thinking about christmas, in August!). The wall prints, photo books and photo calendars are also some of the Snapfish best sellers. Overall rating: ★★★★✩, 4/5. 

Have you bought anything from Snapfish? What do you think of the acrylic photo prints?

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