I am an "instant satisfaction" addict and have been drooling over this Fuji Instax Mini Instant Camera  for a while.

Good news is that Creature Comfort is giving away one of these sweet babies (as well as Fuji's new SLR sloop camera bag). One condition of the give-away is that you write a little bit about it which I am always happy to do, especially when I am THIS inspired. Maybe Fuji will be so inspired, we gals here at Nifty Living could do a similar promotion, who knows!

A little backstory if you're not an Instant Camera junkie; Polaroid decided last year to no longer make Polaroid cameras. There were lots of groans and moans and then Fuji announced that they would continue to make film for these soon-to-be antiques we all love. Yeah Fuji! In fact I use Fuji film in my vintage Polaroid camera and I couldn't be more thankful to a single company! But on top of that - Fuji runs with the ball and creates the Instax Mini so the art of instant picture taking can live on. But guess what?... Polaroid comes back in the past month and announces they WILL start making Polaroid cameras again. I call that a full "Jay Leno" so as appreciative as I am to Polaroid for coming to their senses, my loyalty is with Fuji for now.

I took this picture of Fiona and Family with my Polaroid 340 and color Fuji film this summer.I often use my 1990s Polaroid during parties (especially kid's parties) as a memento for the guests to take home. I have a vintage Polaroid 340 that I bought on Ebay for picnics and grown up cocktail parties. When we moved from Martha's Vineyard to Portland, Oregon, we took an instant picture of each friend we sadly said good-bye to and we still have those displayed in our kitchen, even after four years.

When it comes to instant photos, the "instant gratification" is so much fun and the quality is incomparable. As much as I use CameraBag on my Iphone and Imac, I cannot (digitally) replicate the essence of an instant picture.

But my most exciting idea for THIS beautiful Fuji camera is to take an instant picture of everyone who comes over for a dinner or drink (or play date with my kids)! At "Kasa Korn" we love to entertain and even in this crappy economy we know we are "rich in friends." I intend to (very neatly) display each photo in a grid on my hallway wall. I also planned to put Hudson's brightly colored chalkboard paint* underneath so we can write dates and comments, etc. I actually had this idea prior to seeing this promotion so it's just plain serendipity!

* This is my first disclosure. Hudson Paint sent me four quarts of paint and I'm super excited to do something totally creative with it!

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