QuirkyFusionsummer | QuirkyFusion http://quirkyfusion.com Boston Mom Blogger Staying Sane While Raising Inquisitive, Creative and Thoughtful Children Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:23:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Smilebox–Picture Sharing Made Beautiful http://quirkyfusion.com/2011/09/smileboxpicture-sharing-made-beautiful/ http://quirkyfusion.com/2011/09/smileboxpicture-sharing-made-beautiful/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:07:51 +0000 Christy http://quirkyfusion.com/2011/09/smileboxpicture-sharing-made-beautiful/ I take a LOT of pictures. I’ve always done it… I’ve got boxes full of 3×5’s and 4×6’s as proof. But now that they’re all digital, it’s easier to share them with others – when I have the time. Smilebox allows you to share your photos in beautiful digital scrapbook-style layouts just by simple drag-and-drop. You can create digital cards, books, collage pages, recipe cards and more. I made this cute digital book to capture the kids’ summer adventures and I can quickly and easily post it on my blog, share it on Facebook, email it, print it at home (or at a store), add it to our digital picture frame or burn it to DVD. There is the option to add music to your Smilebox creations. I used music that came with the template, but you can also use your own.  
Click to play this Smilebox photo album
Create your own photo album - Powered by Smilebox
Create a photo album

Smilebox is free to use. You’ll download the software (for PC or Mac) and get going from there. With a free account, you can use any of the designs and share them, but they will have embedded ads. A premium account which is $39.99 a year (or $5.99/month) gives you ad-free viewing, the ability to burn to DVD and more than 2000 songs to include in your creations. You’ll also need the premium account in order to print the designs. Smilebox stores unlimited designs for their premium customers.

This would make a nice gift for new parents who can then use it to share digital birth announcements, as well as pictures of the baby as he/she grows. I’m thinking about using one of the newsletter templates for an end-of-year update to include in our Christmas cards. It’s really fun software to play with.

Disclosure: I received access to a premium Smilebox account for review purposes and will be compensated for sharing my honest feedback with the company. There was no promise of a positive review and the opinions contained in this post are my own.

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Parent Tested Parent Approved (PTPA) suggests using KINeSYS sunscreen with your kids. PTPA asks parent product reviewers to test out new products and provide feedback. Those products with the highest ratings in terms of value and quality win the PTPA Seal of Approval. KINeSYS sunscreen is one of the 2009 Spring winners and I’ve got one KINeSYS Sunscreen Prize Pack to give away!KINeSYS

Here’s what PTPA has to say about the KINeSYS Prize Pack:

KINeSYS offers a line of sunscreen sprays and creams that are designed with your active family in mind. Included in this prize pack is a large bottle of their NEW SPF 30 Girl’s Sunscreen Spray . This performance sun block is even better with the addition of Vitamin E and a new Vanilla fragrance in a cute pink bottle! Also included is a travel bottle of the SPF Girl and their award winning KINeSYS for kids. All of their sunscreens are gentle non-irritating sprays that go on easily and dry fast for little athletes on the go. They are alcohol free and continue to use the highest quality recyclable materials for their packaging and non-aerosol pumps for their sprayers. Their products are never animal tested.

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  • Contest will end at 11:59 Eastern on June 29.
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