Prizes (x3):
You’re probably familiar with the iPad Air (16GB Wi-Fi). The iP8720 is the new large format photo printer from Canon (prints up to 13" x 19"). And it connects to the Canon PIXMA Printing Solutions app, so you can print straight from your phone (or iPad!) from anywhere with a Wi-Fi connection.
How to participate:
1. Take a photo or photos with your phone.
2. Spice it up with the A Beautiful Mess app and/or any other photo apps you love.
3. Post it to Instagram with the hashtag #abeautifulmesschallenge.
Easy as that! You can enter as many times as you want. Get creative! We’re super excited to scroll through the hashtags and see all the ideas you come up with! The contest will run until May 30, and Emma and I will choose our three favorite participating Instagram accounts and reach out directly.
Anyone with an Instagram account and a phone that takes pictures can participate! You in? xoxo. Elsie
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I love you, guys. I do. 😀
Awesome!! Thank you for such a generous giveaway! Going to enter right now! 🙂
xoxo Mandy
http://mandyleighblog.com
This looks like so much fun!
Oh my goodness gracious would I love this!
Is it open to us in Canada, too ?
How fun! Definitely will be joining in!
This is such a lovely, generous giveaway. Thank you. 🙂
And I’m definitely in. Will be posting my submission this weekend!
http://buildyourbliss.wordpress.com
Yep! Anyone with an Instagram account can participate 🙂 -Jacki
WOW! Seriously…the best giveaway ever! You guys are so awesome!!!!!!!!! ♥
Awesome possum! What a generous giveaway!
I will definitely be participating in this as I love the ap and you girls <3
Doing Happy Dance now! Challenge Accepted. Fingers crossed!!!
p.s. Love the update and thanks for doing an awesome giveaway!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWW !! I just said that out loud in my office.
What about us non-iPhone users? Is this only for people who can use the iOS update? Thanks!
I love your apps! I will definitely participate on this!
oh oh oh I wish! I can’t get the upgrade on my phone with the collages because my phone has no room even if I delete all the apps I have and because I can’t even upgrade to the new ios. I have wanted this printer and a ipad for way too long. Fingers crossed I get lucky! Love this idea!
This is awesome! Can these be reposts (of our own photos, of course)/can we edit previous captions to include the hashtag?
So exciting! That hashtag will contain the most creative photos on Instagram for the next month!
Absolutlely!
-Elsie
Yep! All you need is a phone that takes pictures and an Instagram account.
-Trey
No link to the app?
Whoops! That was dumb. Edited with a link. Thanks for looking out!
Wow, I’ll take a picture each day! I’d love to find different inspiration all the time 🙂
I think I hash tagged too many already hahaha! I am so excited about this contest. I can’t wait to take iPhone photos these next couple weeks with this contest in mind. Thanks for the fun challenge! 😀 These prizes are the best.
This is so awesome guys! Excited to participate 🙂
You guys looks like you should be in the music video for “Groove is in the heart” (and I say that as a good thing!!)
So cool!!
Oooh sounds fun.
Yaay ! thanks Jacki
YAY!!!
I’m soooo in!!!! Love this challenge! Getting the ABM community “together” is always so much fun!!
Can you only see photos that are from public accounts?
Sounds fun! I’m in!
http://www.jaseyjade.blogspot.com
This is so inspiring you guys, i love taking photos of my daily life , now it might win me giveaways, excited! 🙂
xo, Hems
agoldentulip.blogspot.com
Love it! 🙂
lots of love, Dana Carmella
Bloglovin’ & Blog: Pretty Odd ♡
Yay!!!
Thanks for this GREAT giveaway! You are very generous! X3
this giveaway is open worldwide, right? =)
Love this! Get ready to see lots of pics of my life in Thailand… http://instagram.com/paperplanesblog
Sounds great! I’m going to try it and participate. The photo’s above look very lovely indeed 🙂
Awesome giveaway – thanks so much for putting it together! Is this open to international instagrammers as well?
Thanks!
Maria xx
http://www.cheekypinktulip.blogspot.com
Hi! When will the new update be available for Android users? Can’t wait for it! 🙂
Fun! A picture from me will be coming!
I need to download this app and follow the inspiring pictures!
What about us from Europe? ..
Guys, to avoid such silly questions pleeeease write at the bottom of every challenge who can participate – US only/ North America only/ worldwide. That would be helpful and less stress for you to answer all these questions 🙂
Love this! Great challenge and giveaway.
This is so exciting! I’m going to see what I can come up with 🙂 x
just purchased your ecourse!!! super excited !!! Thanks for all that you do 🙂
Wow, so amazing!! Awesome x infinity!! Totally going to participate!
~Sacha
Yay!!! So excited for this! 😀 I love your app for photo editing.
Definitely in!! This printer AND the iPad are on my saving-money-for list and i’m already having so much fun with your app since the very beggining, it’ll be such a fun contest to see everyone’s inspiration!
Thanks girls!
xoxo
Melodie at http://www.sevenlivesandmore.com
I’m definitely IN! Yahoo! SO excited 🙂
-Charlotte
boyerfamilysingers.blogspot.com
This is so exciting!!! I’m going to participate asap! So awesome.
Please visit my blog as well: https://lulusandtiffanyblues.wordpress.com/
xoxoxo
I’m really excited about this contest 🙂
I just purchased the app and loving it!!!
Loving the challenge too!!?
Excited about the challenge in itself!! :))
XO,
-tiffany.
Hi Vanny,
Yes! Most of our giveaways are worldwide. The only time they aren’t we specify this. But it’s rare, because we LOVE our international readers. 🙂
-Emma
Hi Maria,
It’s almost always worldwide. We very, very rarely host giveaways only for the USA, so we only specify when it’s not worldwide. 🙂
-Emma
Wauuuuuuu like it so mush:-)
Giveaways at our blog, just pres my name.
Enjoy the weekend.
heidi
Wow! This is an incredibly generous giveaway! I love a challenge and i’m pretty excited to see what beautiful images I can create with your amazing app. Thanks for the inspiration! x
Awesome challenge! I can’t wait to try some stuff out!
xoxo
Taylor
Does this work for private accounts? I’d rather not have a public account but it seems most contests require it.
Does this contest require that my Instagram account be set to “public?” Currently, my account is set to private… thanks!
What a fun idea….definitely give this a go! xx
I love the jumpsuit and the striped cropped top!! And I really wish to join! However, is it also available in the Philippines? 🙂
http://bittercozitsbutter.blogspot.com
So cool! Too bad for my un-smart phone. Can’t wait to see the winners.
Does the instagram account need to be public?
Do accounts that are private (where a request is needed) eligible? I’m not sure if my photos can be entered/will show up in the tag as my account is private.
Oooh this is exciting! Can’t wait to contribute 🙂
This is awesome! I love these kinds of contests. Thanks so much!
I’m excited! 🙂 Great idea!
Hi Angie! Sorry, but you will have to set your account to public if you want your photos to be seen. -Jacki
Hi Jenn! Yes, you will have to set your account to public to enter the contest. -Jacki
Hi Rebecca!
Yes, your account will have to be set to public. – Jacki
Hi Ashley! Yes, your account will need to be set to public. -Jacki
Hi Angela!
Your account will need to be set to public for your photos to be entered. -Jacki
Yay! I used your app to make my save the date magnets and they came out amazing! One of my favorite wedding DIY so far. One of our guests actually told me they looked like I had spent a lot of money on them, which was like no way, 1.99 +magnets 🙂 Thanks guys!
Loving all the pictures so far! This app is so fun!!
<3
http://www.RitaMaesShop.etsy.com/
Love this and will be taking part!
So. Exciting.
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED! Prepare for some amazing bulldog and beagle pics.
@treansy on instagram
can’t wait!!! I’m going to be all over this until the contest is over! haha
<3 dani
http://www.shopdisowned.com
http://blog.shopdisowned.com
You guys are so awesome!!, i do!
grettings from Mexico!
What a deadly giveaway! I’ve been fiddling with photos all day now and I have to say I never realized how boring my instagram feed was before! There’s no going back now every picture I take is going to have to be gussied up with your app from now on! Can’t wait!
http://loud-prints.com
Looking forward to seeing more pics for this beautiful comp, last time I check there were more than a 1000 or so on IG. Being an Instagram addict, you can absolutely count me in!
LOVE THIS! I’m having so much fun coming up with new ways to edit photos.
THIS is THE BEST giveawey EVVVEEER. so happy my hands are shaking and its kind of hard using instagram with shaking hands. can’t even. woow. thank you so so soooooo much for this chance of winning a photo printer AND ipad. wow.
Oh Wowzer this is Awesome!! Posting now!! Eek
Hi 🙂
I wrote a little blog post that was inspired by this one! I would really love it if you checked it out. http://lovefromgeorgiarose.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/i-have-been-reading-lot-of-a-beautiful.html
xx – Georgia
People are tagging their 30w old picture to enter. Is this even allowed?
Hi Seth! New or old photos are fine 🙂 -Jacki
Ah, got cha. Thanks Jacki.
Wow! Can’t wait to spice up some awesome pictures 🙂
Okay, sorry for the extremely silly question. To tag, do I literally just type #abeautifulmesschallenge in the description? When I look at others, the hashtag turns into a hyperlink, but that’s not happening for me. Am I missing something? I’ve clearly never done this before 🙂
Hi!
Do the pictures have to be taken with a phone or can they be photos taken with a camera and edited with a phone?
They need to be taken with your phone. 🙂 -Jacki
This contest has helped improve my photos so much! Even if I don’t win I have the prize of these gorgeous pictures featuring my life and family.
Thanks guys!
-Velvet
you know what’s even better than the actual giveaway? I’ve started following some pretty great IG-ers because of this giveaway. I think that’s a pretty great prize in itself.
Thanks for setting this up! my IG feed is so much cooler now!
it was so much fun! 😉
Have the winners been chosen yet? Are you going to announce here? I’d love to see what pics won!!
Can’t wait to find out who wins + see their pictures!!!
When do we find out the winners?:)
Just wondering if elsie & emma have already contacted the winner of this challenge. Will they do so over instagram?
Thanks so much!
Anna
Hi Anna! We will be contacting the winner once they get back from Costa Rica, most likely through Instagram. 🙂 – Jacki
Hey hey,
Are y’all planning on sharing the winners with everyone so we can check out their instagtams?
Hi Stacie! We are going to contact the winner directly. We aren’t planning to post about it at this time. 🙂 – Jacki