*This is a collaborative post.*
Journalling has just taken a new turn for me with Neveo. I started journalling when I was nine years old, then I moved on to travel diaries with photos when I went to university, filled with quotes, pictures and various bits stuck to my journals. During one of my maternity leaves, I would type my diary almost daily and more recently, I moved on to a digital journal, sharing ‘the little things’ on my blog through our monthly family updates or Snapshots and Scenes. I love putting pen to paper (or hand to keyboard) token track of what we do, how I feel and to remember the tiny little details that make me happy or sad.
Our family memories are recorded online, but my grandparents are not web-savvy and I try to remember to print photos for them a couple of times a year. As we share our lives online, it’s easy to forget that some people just are not there with us on Facebook or Instagram seeing every smile, every bit of mischief the kids get up to or our latest adventures.
Neveo was created to bridge the gap between generations, so that we can share quickly and easily memories with family members who might not be online. Neveo is a family journal printed and delivered to your chosen recipient by post every month. I chose to send ours to my dad’s mum, whom we only see once or maybe twice a year, but the more I think about it, the more I want to start sending it to other members of the family. My father-in-law can’t stand social media, my mum’s cousin doesn’t even have a smart phone and my nan would also love these little updates.
The way Neveo works is really simple. You can use the free app or go through the website on your computer to upload photos and add captions. At the end of the month, Never automatically sort out the layout, create the journal for you and send it to your recipient(s). I can’t emphasise enough how easy it is to do. It took seconds to load the app on my phone and create my account. I just linked it to my Facebook account and it was all ready to go!
Photos I normally post online are carefully selected, edited and enhanced, so I upload some of those favourites through the Neveo website. I’ve also focused more on the moment and been spontaneous for my granny’s Neveo journals. I’ve been taking photos of our everyday fun on my phone, so there are some poorly lit photos there, some slightly blurry smiles and off the cuff moments, but that’s what I want these little journals to be: a mini life update.
It’s a record of our everyday, our normal, rather than just the special moments. In our first Neveo journal, there are pictures of Beanie showing off Mr Nibbles, a shot of Jumpy’s arm as she was having her prick tests done, the girls beaming as they were about to go to their tap and modern class, sleepy smiles and quick snaps on the way to school.
For the past couple of months, I’ve been uploading our photos throughout the month, but you could also do it all at once. The interface is really easy to use but I’ve found it a tad glitchy at times on the app when adding text. The desktop version is quicker to use to add text in my opinion. You don’t have to upload your photos in the order you want them to appear when using the app or the website as you can move them around (simply drag and drop) afterwards.
I don’t always write my captions straight away and quite like the fact you can add your photos as you take them and then label them at your convenience before the end of the month. It’s easy to spot the pictures on which you’ve not added the captions as it says “add comment” on them on the app, and when you hover over the photos on the website, the ones with a caption show you a preview of what you’ve written whilst the others show nothing.
You can add up to 50 or 100 photos every month depending on the plan you choose and you can even invite other family members to add photos as well. Potentially, if done collaboratively, the journal could include photos of the whole family in every instalment. The name of the person who added each photo is written above the captions and it’s great when several family members contribute to the journal, but it would have been better without for us as I’m the only one uploading photos.
Life is busy so last month, I was grateful when I received a reminder that the deadline for adding new photos was coming up three days before the end of the month. It enabled me to add more photos and finish writing my captions. I then received updates about our little family journal when it got printed and shipped.
My granny in France was really surprised when she received the journal and there were tears involved. She was even more delighted when she found out she’d be getting a little booklet with photos of us for the next twelve months.
Since I was reviewing the monthly journal, Never sent me a copy of the first instalment. We were all beaming as we were going through our copy of the photo diary. It looks really professional, the layout is perfect and the quality is great. It’s like a little newspaper about our family in November.
Neveo journals are a great gift for any family member and they deliver worldwide at no extra cost. 50 photos per month cost £9.99 (£14.99 a month for up to 100 photos) and you can cancel the membership anytime.
Win a 12-month subscription to Neveo (50 photos per month), worth £119
The lovely people at Neveo are offering one of my readers the chance to win a 12-month subscription to Neveo (50 photos per month), worth £119.
To be in with a chance of winning just complete one or more entries below. Good luck!
How to enter the giveaway:
You can pick and choose a range of ways in which to enter. The only one you must click on to get into the draw is the one asking you to leave a blog post comment. You must also leave a comment telling me who you’d be sending the journals to and why.
This giveaway is open worldwide and entries are open until 23.59 p.m. GMT time on Sunday 13th January 2019. Good luck!
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I am planning on going travelling next year so I would send them to my family so they could see my adventures and they will also be at home for me to look back on in the future
Aww what a fabulous idea!! I have family that aren’t online so miss out on lots, this would be perfect.
Love this!!! Would def be sent to either my Mum or Dad in Australia (Im originally from there, but have been here 15years now) or my hubbys parents in Scotland. They would love to see more pics of the kids! Love this idea
I would love to send them to my mum
To my nana so she could see the adventures my kids and I get up to whilst on holiday in the summer.
To my family
Lovely idea, I would send to my auntie who works away all the time
My husband would love this
I would give them to my grandad who doesn’t use social media 😊
My niece has an imagination unrivaled, she’d love these to write her stories!!
to my Mum, she always complains that she is not seeing our daughter for a while – we live many miles away
I would love to view our holiday pics on them and share with family too!
I’d gift to my godmother – a special birthday next year – a beautiful way to celebrate
i would share them with my mum she would love this
I would give it to my mum she would absolutely love it
This is so sweet! I’d send them to my mum. 🙂
I would keep them to help my husband and I along with our journey to conceiving – for charting and taking note of important dates etc
My sister as this will really brighten up her mood
My Mum and Dad, as they love to see photos of my son growing up.
I would send them to my Mum as they would be a wonderful keepsake
Perfect for my family in Australia
To my friends in Spain who I don’t see enough of
My other half, he works away and would love this to look at the kids until he’s back home
To my sister, we don’t get to see each other often enough
Id send them to family to update them on ourselves and my son x
To my mummy
I would send them to my mum
to my family we don’t live that close so this would be a nice idea x
My Mam as she lives in Glasgow so would love to receive these
To my mum because she doesn’t live close and it would be a nice way to keep in touch
to my uncle john who lives in oz, just to keep him close
I would send them to my in-laws who live some distance away
To my sister, she’d love to receive them
I have a niece and nephew in Australia who the family have only ever seen on two occassions. I’d love to collaborate with my brother and get pictures of them in the journal, along with my kids and family and then give it to my parents each month as they are missing out on so much being on the other side of the world from half of their family
i would send them to my mum of the kids as we just moved across the country x
I’d send them to my eldest daughter who now lives in her own flat following an 11 month hospital admission. She’d get to see what her 4 younger siblings have been up to.
It looks lovely there, perfect for a family get together.
I would send them to my son and his family who live in the USA
my daughter
My nieces and nephews as a nice surprise.
To my mum, because she lives in another country.
I’d sent them to my mum so she can see what we are upto!
I would love to send these to my aunties! I have one in Istanbul, Turkey and one in Dortmund, Germany. It would be wonderful for them to see these as they have never met my daughter! Phenomenal prize and company! Thank you for the information 🥰
To my Mum to show her what the kids have been up to
I would send them to my mother in law living in Australia.
I would send them to my parents so they can treasure all the wonderful memories!
I would send the journals to my Daughter-in-laws father because he lives hundreds of miles away from his gorgeous grandchildren and he would love the journals to check their progress.
Our family as they don’t live close by
My dad…. I feel like he misses out on a lot, my girls seem to be growing up so fast
I would send them to my Mum as she would appreciate it the most. Thanks for the competition.
I’d get my daughter to supply the photos so that she can keep a lovely record of my toddler granddaughter & her little sister who’ll arrive in February
I think I would send the journals to my kids who would then have them to look back on when they grow up. They are 10 and 6 just now
I would send them to my mum as she moved away a few years ago so doesn’t get to see her children or grandchildren often x
I would send them to my mum who, like your mum is not computer savvy and likes to physically hold and see things. I also like to see things and find when people come to visit it is much nicer to show photos in an album of some type instead of taking them to my messy office where the computer is situated 🙂
I would send them to my sister as we don’t live near each other this way she doesn’t miss out
My in laws so they can’t have lots of memories of us all ❤
I would send them to my grandma in wales as we can only visit during half terms/school holidays and the kids change so much!
awesome
my mum because she lives 200 miles away and misses the kids so much
id keep some but gift to the grandparents on their birthdays too extra special
I would send them to my family who live 200 miles away so they can always see their growing family 🙂
my Mum – she is always complaining that we are only sharing pictures via email, and we are not printing them out
My sister as it would make a lovely special birthday present
To my Son’s Grandparents, Aunt and Uncle, Sister and Brother in Law. They all live in Northumberland and we live in Outer London. We see each other about once a year if we are lucky.
Whilst I get my son to write to his Grandparents once a month about what he has been upto, the photos are shared on social media for Aunt and Uncle, Sister and Brother in Law, I rely on them to show the Grandparents.
They would love something like this, with the ad hoc photos I choose not to put on social media.
My niece would love a surprise x
I would send them to my mum because I don’t live with her anymore. It’s a great way to keep in touch with her!
I would love to send some to my Cousin who I don’t see very often
I would give them to my Husband as he would really appreciate them.