Travel with Shutterfly’s Wink Photostrips App

Shutterfly's Wink Photostrips are Super Cool!
Shutterfly’s Wink Photostrips are Super Cool!

*Note: this product is no longer available. Bummer!*

Who doesn’t love cool things? Well here’s something super cool, Shutterfly’s Wink photostrips™.  (Shutterfly is an online photo sharing and printing site and offers a free membership, similar to Kodak, Flickr and Picassa but not quite.)

Photostrips from Plumb Fun's Photobooth, Nov. 2007
Photostrips from Plumb Fun’s Photobooth, Nov. 2007

Fashioned after those fun photostrips taken in a photobooth (this is a photostrip sample from the company Plumb Fun, taken in 2007), Wink now lets users create their own photostrips by uploading photos from their computer, Facebook, Flickr, Shutterfly or iPhone to create a three, four or five-image pohtostrip. For $2.50, create the strip and have it mailed to anyone, anywhere.

I can see using this during my travels to create and send personalized messages and images straight from the road. Rather than spending time combing through a postcard rack and finding the appropriate postage to send a postcard, I can snap photos with my iPhone, upload them to the free “Wink from Shutterfly” iPhone app, add special effects if I wish (vivid – which I love, makes colors pop; black and white; sepia; or no effects) and send. Wink uses PayPal for payment making it easy to pay. I ordered several strips last week and they arrived within the week in a pretty slick mailer. (Image at top.)

When sending a photostrip to someone, you can also send an electronic strip so they know what to expect and it can be shared on Facebook and Twitter. Have I mentioned how I love this product?

I recommend preloading addresses in your Shutterfly account before hitting the road and using Wink with your iPhone. The only issue I had was Flickr acted a little hinky and had to log in twice but was eventually able to upload images. And here’s something extra special, your first photostrip is FREE! You don’t pay a dime, krona, or euro to try it out. If you’re like me, you’ll be hooked.

Thanks to Heather over at “Freebies 4 Moms” for posting about these super cool Wink photostrips. And no, I’m not a mom but absolutely love her blog!

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Jenn

Jennifer A. Huber is an award-winning travel and outdoor blogger and writer in Southwest Florida. Originally from Buffalo, N.Y., a hiking trail led her to a career path in the tourism industry for more than 30 years. She spent a decade with a park management company in Yellowstone, Death Valley, and Everglades National Parks. She founded the travel blog, SoloTravelGirl.com with the goal of inspiring others to travel alone, not lonely. The unexpected death of her former husband in 2008 reminded her how short life is. His passing was a catalyst for sharing her experiences with the goal of inspiring and empowering others to travel solo. Jennifer holds a Travel Marketing Professional certification from the Southeast Tourism Society, is a certified food judge, member of the NASA Social community, and alum of the FBI Citizens Academy. When not traveling, she is either in the kitchen, practicing her photography skills, or road tripping with her dog, Radcliff.

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