23 November 2012

Canon PIXMA 亲子手工工作坊 “纸”出创意 All-In-One Photo Printer Workshop

As a picture speaks a thousand words, photos are inevitably important in our lives.
Even though everything's pretty much digitalized these days, for certain things, I would still very much prefer them hardcopy in real life!
Like my lomo photo printouts, handicrafted scrapbooks etc. 

I admit it's quite a hassle sometimes to go to the mall in order to print out photographs. We have to scroll through photos we want and save them one by one in compatible media disks (and make sure the disks are too huge in size otherwise the photo machine wouldn't load properly), change/dress up, make a trip to the mall, wait for the person to serve us, make additional adjustments on the spot with the stress of the personnel staring from the back, wait to print, queue to make payment and another trip back home. PHEW.
Just by typing it out makes me feel tired already, hurhur.

So, the new Canon PIXMA all-in-one photo printer is like god's gift.
You can now print photos anytime, anyday, in the comfort of your own room :)
See how sleek and compact it is.
Not only it's practical, it's a aesthetically pleasing to place it in your room/living room too!


Not only it is compatible with most of the media disks, you can print directly from your smart phone too!
How convenient!


What's more, it's very reasonably priced. Check out your nearby store for actual pricing :)

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(someone posted a question, so I thought it would be good to add it in)

There're a number of canon pixma photo-printers in the market, with prices ranging from ~$70+ to ~$300. 

If I remember correctly, the one I tried out personally during the workshop is Canon PIXMA AIO MG-5370, retailing for $229 :) 

The one in the very first picture of this post is Canon PIXMA AIO MG-3170, with wirelss functions, retails for only $149! 

There are even cheaper options like the basic Canon PIXMA AIO MG 2170, cost only $79. 

Hope that helps! <3

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On top of those specs, it comes with My Image Garden software which allows for organization of your photos and any images, create collages or other creative items such as calendars, business cards, stickers, disc labels etc!


There's also Canon PIXMAtown which is like a community/platform for sharing creative ideas and beautiful images!
One of the section contains step-by-step instructions to DIY cute stuffs using the canon pixma printer.







Attended Canon PIXMA event recently in attempt to unleash some creativity!
Now you understand why this post title is in chinese!
The event invitation was from omy :) Thanks so much!

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My ootd :)

The canon pixma workshop was held at Chef Daniel's Kitchen at the newly revamped Bugis Plus!
Located on level 7, with great surroundings and food, another great spot for weekend brunch/lunch!


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We had a fun day with the new Canon PIXMA printers.
Totally envy the kids, they are always so carefree & creative! 


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What a sweet darling :)

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The event was hosted by bloggers Ai Sakura and Joanne-Marie Sim :)

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Some materials we had..

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The new pixma printer I was gushing about earlier on!

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Testing it out personally.
It has no problem loading my SD card with like 7gb full of photos :x

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Took <30seconds to get the entire printout :)

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Yay, very happy with my penguins photo! :)

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Chin & KaMan hard at work ;)

Me too!
And with the materials provided, I had a christmas photo frame!


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Snow & penguins go together, don't they?

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Gangnam style clock.
Wahahaha.

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Priscilla did a very pretty one!!
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The final handicraft was a a festive hat which the bloggers had fun with even though none of us could fit the hats LOL.

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Multi-purpose hat which serves as an imaginary ice-cream or something to contain your puke :p

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After a long day of craft work, we were fed very good food at the Chef Daniel's Kitchen too! :p

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California maki.

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Honey glazed smoked duck breast.

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Seared tuna on mango salsa.

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Tarts.

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Miniature sweet pastries.

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Choco chip cookies! <3

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Real gold foil!

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Crispy mushroom is YUMS.

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If you're thinking I ate alot, no such thing okayyy.

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It was shared by all the bloggers hor!

Group shot of the kids with the 2 hosts to end the day!

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Some new friends I've made <3
(Koped a few pics from their blogs :))

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Ending with a group shot of all the bloggers <3

If you're interested, Canon Pixma "Be Festive, be creative" video is viewable here!
Click on the pic/link below to watch!


Thanks Canon for the wonderful & fun workshop, I think I found a little of my creativity back that day! :p

3 comments:

  1. Hi, how much is the printer retailing at?

    -Sherlyn

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  2. Hello Sherlyn!
    There're a number of canon pixma photo-printers in the market, with prices ranging from ~$70+ to ~$300.

    If I rem correctly, the one I tried out personally during the workshop is Canon PIXMA AIO MG-5370, retailing for $229 at Harvey Norman :)

    The one in the very first picture of this post is Canon PIXMA AIO MG-3170, with wirelss functions retails for only $149!

    There are even cheaper options like the basic Canon PIXMA AIO MG 2170, cost only $79.

    Hope that helps!

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  3. hi =) u have a very sweet smile and i like the dress u were wearing that day~~ =)
    i am tempted after seeing this review... the photos look good... been contemplating whether to buy a photo printer for home. does the ink dry quickly when the photo is printed? and are there other colours for the photo printers?...
    thank u in advance =)

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