I have no idea what took me so long. What was I even thinking? Instagram is an iPhone app that mashes up the concepts of Twitter and Flickr. AND I LOOOOOOVE IT.
I have been having a blast documenting our daily lives over the last week. Crazy as always, with the coming and going of the kids and wrapping up my last clients, but add to that each of these sweet little moments and you have a glimpse at the happiness in our day to day.
1. Cozy sunday breakfast
2. Mckenna takes an afternoon nap
3. Fred, looking rather dapper in his holiday bow tie. (a tree in our front yard)
4. Anna does 80’s day and I realize my equivalent was 50’s day. TRIP.
5. Christmas tree bokeh. Never gets old.
6. Nathan learns to bake scones in his Home Ec class, then comes home and makes us dessert.
7. My carpool buddy.
8. Patient husband at Target.
9. Jeff talks the tree lot guys down from 109.99 to 79.99, and I get a smooch.
10. Drew calls himself a preppy superhero.
11. New dishtowel Emily gave me because it reminded her of me.
12. Our family’s twist on a popular Holiday tune.
If you follow me on Twitter you have probably seen all of these, if not and you want to join me, you can find me at Instagram under tarawhitney.
I also created a separate blog to hold all of these photos: I don’t want to forget a thing.
PS : Oh! Is there anything I should know? Any fun additions or other apps that work along with Instagram?
Glad you finally joined the rest of the world. ;) It’s kinda scary how addicting Instagram gets. That shot of Nate is just magical with the pretty soft light. :) And the Christmas tree!! There’s a free screensaver called Screenstagram that will show a moving mosaic of you and your contacts photos. It’s awesome.
LOVE the husband at Target and your cozy Sunday breakfast. :)
welcome to the dark side. bwhahahahaha! : )
amazing isn’t it? it’s like magic, like it knows how to make the picture you have in your head but a little better….
That is the couch we are buying at Target for Jackson’s mancave. Since we have thrown in the towel on ever realistically finishing off our basement we have decided to make his room more cavelike complete with violent video games and couches and such.
Love your version of the jingle :)
I was kind of wondering what took you so long too! But I am so, so happy you have joined. :-) xx
For some reason, I thought you were anti-Instagram. Do you know how happy this makes me? I will follow you until the ends of time.
Oh, yeah. I have a digital template for saving your Instagram memories. I could let you have it for a discount. Don’t worry. I can show you how to use it.
I was thrilled to have new phone and installed instagram right away. Love it a lot…
Love.
Haven’t tried instigram yet but I am hooked on hipstimatic. Any ideas for creative ways to display the prints?
aawwhhh I love it!!!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Instagram! I think I have almost 2,000 photos of our days from the last few months! I LOVE IT!
I need to print some now!
thanks for sharing!
tara
Love instagram. THere is a cool website that I found that prints little mini instagram photos kinda like the size of your fuji instax camera. It takes a long time to get them sent to you but it is pretty affordable. I think like 48 prints for $12. I think the website is called Printstagram. http://printstagr.am/ THey even make little books and murals.
there’s a free app called Labelbox that you can use to apply labels with text (like masking tape or those old Dymo labels!) to your image before you upload it to Instagram. You can also adjust your image in Camera+ before you upload it to Instagram. I use both of those sometimes before I Instagram it! Have fun!
I don’t know how I lived before Instagram! I love it! So glad you joined the party! Haven’t tried to print yet, but I hear that these are awesome! http://postalpix.com/ I’m also crazy for casetagram and will be ordering one right quick! Have Fun!!
We have the same tree face in our backyard. Kids either LOVE it or run for their lives.
these are adorable. I love instagram. . . I’ve never used it, no Iphone, but I still love it. :] Merry Christmas!
I love these. I love instagram, too! I update almost daily. It’s quite an addiction. (crystalchick)
LOVE this idea!! I have a Droid and I don’t think I have these apps, but something similar. I’m trying hard to take every day type of pics and have to remind myself they don’t need to be perfect.
Pocketbooth… not anything to do with instagram but its a photobooth app and it is pretty much awesome. makes my day.
RIGHT? best invention of all time. i love my weekly instagram post more than i love pinot, and that’s saying something.
ps: have you heard of stickygram yet? if not, you want to check this out: http://pinterest.com/pin/214765475949836810/
Oh Tara, I love instagram too !
But how do you get yours in such a nice collage ? I just love that ! Greetings from the Netherlands !
Keepsy! Make calendars, books, etc. from your instagram feed. Oh and PostalPix app lets you order prints of any photos straight from your phone without having to download them to a computer!
One more! Pic Stitch app lets you do diptychs and other combos before uploading to instagram.
I love that you will display the word Crap in your kitchen. I want you to invite the neighborhood ladies over to see it.
StickyGrams…you can make magnets out of the photos :)
Just got my iPhone a couple weeks ago and have been playing with Instagram ever since. I’ve heard good things about Postal Pix, although I haven’t used it myself yet. I love your collage of Instagram photos. They’re so warm and cozy.
I got an iPhone finally and have been using Instagram ever since. I love it! Just started following you! xoxo
STICKY GRAMS!!!! Hello, we can turn our beloved Instagram photos into magnets!!!! They are 100% awesome! Google it! PS… I love that I get to follow you on Instagram and get my Tara fix in between your blog posts :) It makes me happy.
I recently just started using Instagram too, and I am totally addicted! I LOVE following your blog and now your Instagram! :) I’ve always found your work to be moving and inspirational.
A cool site for browsing pics from Instagram is instagre.at – you can see your own pics at http://instagre.at/#/by/tarawhitney ;-)