The other weekend, my little girlies and I had ourselves a Girl’s Day Out. I love finding an afternoon or evening where just us girls can get away and bond and it is even better when we can get a whole day away from those roundhouse kicking boys in our house, lol. It is something so special that we all look forward to and we do all sorts of things. It could be dinner and a movie, a mani/pedi, or a trip down to Chicago. This time around I thought it would be fun to document our day with our new Fujifilm INSTAX Mini 8 Instant Camera so that the girls could have actual photos as keepsakes (I never get around to printing them off of my phone, I know, so bad!). Afterward we created this fun Washi Tape & Wooden Bead Clothespin Photo Wreath so the girls could place their photos on their bedroom wall. They can look at them whenever they please!
This Clothespin Photo Wreath is super easy to make and great for little hands to help with and, depending on their age, they could even make one own their own! Here is what you’ll need:
Clothespins
Washi Tape
Wooden Beads in various shapes and colors
14 gauge aluminum jewelry wire
4-5 inch piece of ribbon or trim
x-acto knife scissors
The first thing you will need to do is cut a piece a washi tape to be slightly longer than the clothespin. Press it onto one side of the clothespin and then, using an x-acto knife, trim away the excess washi tape.
Continne covering your clothespins until you have enough for the size wreath you would like, our wreath used 14 clothespins. 
Next, layout how you would like your wreath to look. This will make threading the wreath much faster in the next step! Since we used a pink heart designed washi tape, we picked out the red/pink/peach shades of the wooden beads to go between each clothespin. You will want beads in between each clothespin so that the photos you clip afterward do not get bunched up or overlap each other! 
Then, using your jewelry wire, thread it through the hole in the spring of the clothespin. Next thread the beads and then continue until you like the circumference of the wreath. Do not worry about the wire being wonky looking, it gets hidden by the clothespins and the beads! Once you are happy with the size, pull an extra inch or two of wire and then clip with scissors. Overlap the wire around the other end a few times and tuck the sharp end in as best you can. Add a piece of ribbon or trim at the top for hanging and you are done! 
Fill up with all your adorable pictures and enjoy!!
Now just a little bit about our new favorite camera the new, compact INSTAX Mini 8. It gives you instant photos anytime, anywhere and is easy to carry everywhere. We love how easy it is to use, even my kids can use it and can capture a perfect photo every time! The new Mini 8 cameras has a slimmer and lighter body and it features automatic exposure measurement. The camera signals the recommended aperture setting with a flashing LED light and the user can manually adjust the dial to the recommended setting. This helps capture the perfect photo every time. A new High-Key mode is available on the INSTAX Mini 8 cameras. This mode enables consumers to take brighter pictures with a soft look which is perfect for portraits. The viewfinder has also been improved for enhanced subject viewing. Framing a shot becomes easier for the user with even greater clarity and improved visibility. 
And just to see how wonderful these photos turn out, check out these lil cuties! I love how taking shots indoors or outdoors makes no difference with the easy manual settings on the Instax Mini 8. 
We had so much fun doing our Girl’s Day Out and I am so happy I was able to capture such sweet pictures of my girls, thank you cute, little, pink camera for our photo memories!!! You can find Fujifilm Instax cameras at the following stores: Amazon, Best Buy, Urban Outfitters, Wal-Mart, Michaels, Staples, Target and Jo Ann. And you can learn more about Fujifilm cameras at their website here! Love, Maggie
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Hello! I take photos of family and watercolor, mixed media art I make. Then I incorporate my photos in cards, pages and gifts to give away to family and friends. What a welcome change this camera would be!
I love to use unique household items for frames, like pain can covers and light switch plates. Thank you for the wonderful giveaway.
Erin
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Erin
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I make photos fun by taking them when people aren’t paying attention!
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We make photos fun by taking action shots.
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we make funny faces when taking pictures
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I love the camera and love what you did with your photos! What a great idea! We make photos fun by taking pictures of something we love doing. Pictures at the water park, lake, water skiing. Those are the best photos that are fun! I also have a nice scrapbook that I put my pictures in!
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I learned a long time ago that pictures are fun if they’re filled with people you love. So even though I’m overweight and my hair may not be doing what I want, I jump into pictures whenever my daughters, Girl Scouts, family or friends ask me to. These are memories, and we don’t look at family and friends and think they’re a mess. We look at the picture and remember their laugh, their hug and what they mean to us. Pictures and life are more fun when you’re in the moment and having a blast!
https://twitter.com/groovyonetoo/status/712325376714743809 Sent the message out to the Twitterverse. 😉
I make photos fun by having everyone participate in the photo taking! I will help my little niece take pictures of the family and other friends and family how to take cool pictures! I also like to create neat scrapbooks out of fun pictures!
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We make photos fun by taking them in a memorable setting.
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My favorite fun moments to capture in photos are action photos when no one is looking at the camera. I love to take outdoor pictures of family, friends and pets at the beach or park.
I make photos fun by taking them when no one is expecting it. Then you capture people’s true expressions and actions.
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I like to rotate the ones hanging in our room every so often. Keeps it interesting. 🙂
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I love to scrapbook and I have lots of stickers, designs, and special decoration’s to make our photo books look great. Thanks so much.
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Thanks so much.
I like to take everyday photos as well as special events ones, put them together with fun quotes.
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I like to make photos fun by doing a lot of scrap booking with them.
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I usually try to say something to make people laugh so they’ll have natural smiles in the photo.
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I try to avoid staging and poses. I just capture the moment as is.
I like to make photos fun by using a few scrapbook materials to adorn them in a photo book.
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I love scrapbooking. It’s a great hobby and a fun way to display pictures and memories.
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I normally take the photos and my wife uses them in crafts. My boys favorite sport is baseball so my wife created a field shaped poster for their bedrooms with and attached photos of them playing the various positions.
I tweeted: https://twitter.com/FireRunner2379/status/715314531837329408.
I like to be creative and use funny photo frames, make calendars and put photos on coffee mugs as presents. One time I even made photo wrapping paper which everyone in my family enjoyed!
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We have some great frames the kids painted when they were young that fit a 4×6. I rotate cute photos of everyone in those.
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We like to make photos with the cats and dogs. Sometimes it can be a challenge to get the cat to pose.
I try to take photos when no one is expecting it.
I love your creative idea. We make photo fun by posing funny faces and I like making scrap book with each holiday or vacation we took. 🙂
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We love to be silly when taking photo’s. I also love to scrapbook, have for years and I’ll create pages with saying or silly stickers or designs. Thanks so much.
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Thanks again.
I make photos fun by snapping them when people aren’t paying attention! It’s especially fun to do this when they are being silly.
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I make photos fun by snapping an unexpected picture. They are so exciting!
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I blow them up and put ’em on the wall ;D
I like to get spontaneous expressions to capture special memories. It’s so fun to look back on later.
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play dress up with the grandkids
I make photos fun by taking candid shots, so everything doesn’t look so formal and planned.
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I love to make photos fun by taking them when know one knows it and showing them later!
I tweeted
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We make photos fun by sharing on facebook and instagram and making scrapbooks to hold our memories!
We let our children take the photos for us. They love being “in charge” of the camera.
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All the pics I take are digital and usually taken with my iPad. I love to use the Aviary application and PIc Collage application to turn them into funny memes.
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We love sharing a joke or something funny during photo sessions. Love these cameras… looks like fun!
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Sharing photos makes it fun and worth it
I like adding graphics to our photos
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We like scrap booking.
I LOVE adding colors to pictures
https://twitter.com/purplelover04/status/726161123834232832
We take fun action shots to make photos fun.
To make taking pictures fun I like to take them when others are not aware of it.
I get some great shots this way!
thank you
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We love making our photos (more) fun by including our pets in the pictures as well
KC
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We make photos fun by always including our two corgis
We make photo taking fun by letting the kids be the photographers. We get to create memories while capturing memories 🙂
tweeted https://twitter.com/iamdadtastic/status/726517359041630208
We like to add comment bubbles or graphics.
I make pic collages.
https://twitter.com/mommysweetiepie/status/726539485261881344
i like to take photos in the moment instead of posed pictures
i posted a tweet here;
https://twitter.com/purplepanda1966/status/726556880810577920