Last Updated on 9 October 2019 by Colette
Ok I hold my hands up. I’m obsessive about taking photographs. There I said it. In reality anyone who knows me won’t be remotely surprised by that admission though!
In my late teens / early twenties I used to buy, and use, a disposable camera almost every weekend – every big night out required a new one! They were almost as cheap as film and it didn’t matter too much if I lost it or it got damaged. I’ve got some amazing photos (which I’m not going to share with you I’m afraid!) which I love looking back on and remembering the fun we had! I can’t actually remember when I got my first digital camera – but I know there’s a big chunk of my mid twenties lacking in photographs – I think I just couldn’t be bothered, perhaps I was having too much fun! I regret that now!
Since becoming a Mum my desire to capture every moment of my children’s lives is huge – they change so fast and I want to preserve it, remember it and relive it.
Our house is full of photographs. The dining room wall is a gallery of photos ranging from a really cute black and white seaside snap of my Grandparents, Mum and Aunty at the seaside to a Venture portrait of my family. There’s a collection of photos in Ben and Chloe’s room of all the most important people in their lives and wedding photos on the living room wall.
I was thrilled to be given the opportunity to review products for Truprint. I remember Mum using Truprint when I was a child – sticking films in the envelope and sending them off to be developed – obviously things have moved on a bit since those days! You upload your pictures to the website and use them to create all sorts of wonderful things from standard prints to mugs, calendars and photo books. I really enjoyed browsing the website – there’s just so much to choose from! I eventually decided on the placemats as they just seemed to be something really different, I’ve never seen anything like them before and I thought Ben and Chloe would really enjoy having mats with their own faces on!
It’s really easy to upload photos direct from your computer but Truprint also offer the option of uploading from Facebook! The one thing I found frustrating when I was choosing my photos was that there didn’t seem to be an option to move the photos around to centre them or resize them on the place mat which could leave to some dodgy crops on the finished product. This meant I couldn’t use some of the photos I had hoped unless I went to the hassle of cropping and re-uploading them – which I suppose wouldn’t take too long but it would have been much easier to have had the option to edit them slightly on the mats.
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| Set of 6 coasters – £9.99 |
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| Set of 6 place mats – £24.99 |
Oh my days was I thrilled when I received them! They far outweighed my expectations and are just gorgeous. Beautiful, glossy images on great quality cork backed place mats. Ben and Chloe were super excited and liked going through telling me who was in each picture. I love that we’ve got a variety of pictures so they can choose different ones to use. Everyone I’ve shown them to thinks they are incredible. They’d make such a fantastic gift be it for Christmas, birthdays or even a wedding (how cool would it be to make place mats from photos of the couple?)
*Disclaimer – I was given credit to create my own place mats and coasters for the purposes of review but all thoughts and opinions are my own*
I have a picture of my son at 7 months crawling under the dining table with a babywipe in his mouth little monkey!
my favourite photograph is of my eldest at 7 months old sat in the sink with her toothbrush lol x
Aw that sounds super cute! I've got a lovely one of Ben sat on my knee at round about the same age all wrapped in a towel brushing his teeth – very cute 🙂 x
Gosh I have lots, but one of my daughter riding her horse is my favourite.
My favourite pic is of my little ones playing on the beach x
My favourite photo is one of my family at Disneyland
Ashleigh Allan
My favourite is a family photo but my daughter is turning the other way because she was sulking.
I have sooo many but my current favourite is on of my husband and children holding hands in the park, the sun is behind them and it shows mainly their silhouette but I love it, it's my family!
My favourite photo is of my husband and 1 year old last summer on the beach at sunset, my husband is walking away from me and our little boy is running after his footprints in the sand, so you can see both their sets of prints in the sand. ruth@rushhourtechnology.co.uk
Ellie and the bunnies
its of my boys sitting together
my 2 boys sitting on the doorstep looking out at the view
is of my son in his pushchair when he was about 6 month old
……….. my grandson on Christmas day
My favourite picture is all the family at my mums wedding, it took a long time but she finally got the happy ending she deserved x
anything with my rabbits on
picture at the grand canyon
A picture of all my family before my cousin died 🙂
Our 18 week old grandson sat in his chair in the garden, make shit sun shade over him playing with a peg fab pic
I think it has to be holiday photos, as we've had some fun times.
One of my parrots looking cheeky!
It's of my 2 children with my 2 nieces at my son's 1st birthday.
My favourite picture is of my two girls staring at an 'interactive' picture at the Tate. The older one has her arm around the younger one. They just look so relaxed and enthralled!
me and my son at Disneyland 🙂
It's a holiday photo from Ireland – a little waterfall with two horses – picture perfect.
its a picture of my partner and our 2 day old son sleeping together in the bed.
I have so many faves, mostly pics of my children. But, one stand out fave is one of my hubby with our Little miss as a newborn. They both just look so content and I remember feeling so at peace at this moment. x
One of my husband and I kissing our son on each cheek that we had taken in a studio
There really are too many to mention! But there's one of hubby, 7-month old son and me, and he's on my hubby's shoulders sticking his tongue out cheekily–we didn't know he was doing it until we saw the print!
My favourite picture is of my dad having a great time on holiday in Kenya
my daughter mid-somersault 🙂
My fave is my eldest 2 children holding their baby brother at 4 days old 🙂
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These look amazing! Lovely photo's 🙂
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My favourite photograph is of the early days when I first met my husband to be 🙂
My twitter picture with my two little boys next to each other in their PJs 🙂
I have one of my 2 boys under the play gym looking at each other!
Nicola Wilkinson
my fave photo is of my little girl at 11 days old sleeping with fairy lights twinkling in the background
This changes all the time, but I do like a new picture I have of Melody dressed as Tiana.
I love the ones of my boys together best!
Our first family holiday
Wow what a hard choice, I take loads, I guess it is the photo I have of my three kids all sat together on a bench in a local wood, my boys are all smiling but my daughter (3 at the time and the youngest) is pulling the strangest face you have ever seen.
I've got a headshot photo that I love of my 2 girls laughing together 🙂
my kids at butlins
Firstly, thank you – I spent hours looking for personalised placemats the other night that didn't cost the earth – now I have found them!
My favourite photo is of my husband throwing eliza in the air and the sheer joy on her face!
My fav is of my daughter 5 days old 🙂
My current favourite is of my little boy with my best friends little girl. Me and my friend met online and it was the very first time we met up so it's a very special photograph.
Gosh I have lots, but one of my daughter riding her horse is my favourite.
LOVE THE PHOTOS OF MY LOT WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE, they are all grown up now and miss them being young
A photo my mum took of my son, husband and I when my son was about a week old, love it!
a picture of 6 of my 7 children together, wish it had been 7 though
my daughter, doing various athletics events, got a brill one of her going over a hurdle and in mid air while long jumping
a photo of my 5 grandchildren all together
My son with my dog
My daughter on the beach
A picture of my baby and husband – my two favourite people in the world 🙂
My little girl having a bath in the sink with plastic vegetables :}
Suitably random!! Love it 🙂
My favourite picture if our puppy playing in the garden – The start of our family
favourite photo is of my other half falling over in snow – so funny
I love all photos when we have all the family together 🙂
family photo 🙂
My partner once took our little boy out to the soft play place and there was a photographer there, he came back with a beautiful picture of the two of them. My two favourite boys 🙂 xx
my grandsons 1st school photo, it is a black and white print and looks amazing
my eldest showing his spiderman toys he looks so cute!!!!
I have a wonderful picture of myself and my brother with my dad when we were young Children. It has to be my favourite for the memories it invokes – and the blonde hair is actually natural lol!!!
My favourite photograph is of mum and I on "The ledge" at Willis Tower Chicago! A perspex ledge outside of the building! My boyfriend took the pic from above us so we look like we are floating high!!! Its brilliant!
My favourite photograph is my wedding photos
First day at school photos for each of my 3 children. We take them each year outside of our front door and love to look back at them to compare.
Hubby gazing dreamily on the beach