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The presents have been opened, the tree taken down, and the ball has dropped in Times Square.

But if you’re one of the people who got a Nixplay WiFi Cloud Digital Frame for Christmas, the fun isn’t over yet! You’ve still got to put together your photo playlists.

Creating playlists out of your hundreds, even thousands, of photos, can be overwhelming. What themes should you use? How should you organize them?

That’s why we’ve put together these simple photo playlist ideas.

Family celebrations

Photos from birthdays, bat mitzvahs, graduations, and other celebrations can create a fun, joyful playlist that’s sure to lift your spirits even on days when you’re feeling glum.

One of the nice things about putting all these images together, rather than splitting them up by person or time period, is that it allows you to maintain that celebratory feeling from start to finish. Your celebration playlist is just as perfect for quiet evenings at home, when you’re feeling reminiscent, as it is for family get-togethers.

Love and marriage

If you’re part of a couple, you may want to create a playlist that celebrates your love. You could include pictures from early in your relationship, milestones like engagements, weddings, and anniversaries, and other fun, memorable moments from your life together.

Or perhaps you want to celebrate the love and commitment of your loved ones, as well. To do that, include pictures of couples among your friends and family whom you’re close to. It’s a wonderful reminder of the power of love, especially around Valentine’s Day.

Vacations and travel

Do you travel a lot, either for work or for pleasure? Instead of creating separate playlists for each of your trips, consider making one that displays the best moments from your trips throughout the years.

That may mean that swimming with sea turtles in Hawaii shows up next to eating hot peppers in Thailand, but that will just make the playlist more interesting. Of course, if you’ve got mountains of wonderful pictures from a particular trip that you want to showcase, creating a playlist for that trip is a great idea, too.

The Story of Us

Why not create a playlist that tells the story of you, whether that’s you and a spouse or partner, or you and your family?

You could start with wedding pictures or pictures of you and your partner when you were first dating. Then move on to milestones like your honeymoon, births of children, your first house, family vacations, and more. To help you decide which pictures to include, think of the playlist as a narrative of your lives together, and look for images that illustrate that story.

Playlists for children (or pets)

If you’ve got kids or babies, then they’re likely the subjects of most of your pictures. The same is true if you have pets. So if you’ve got hundreds of pictures of your little darlings, put them to good use in a photo playlist for your Nixplay Iris, Nixplay Seed, or Nixplay Edge.

You could go chronologically if you have older children, when the passage of time will be highly noticeable. If you’re giving a Nixplay WiFi Cloud Digital Frame as a gift to a child who’s graduating high school or college, these kinds of chronological playlists can make a wonderful addition.

Another option is to split the playlist up into themes: you could go by season, for example, or by holiday.

If you need some help navigating how to create playlists, or how to do anything else on your Nixplay WiFi Cloud Digital Frame, take a look at our library of how-to and support videos here.

Beatrice Bisais

Bea is Nixplay’s Social Media Manager. She enjoys drinking coffee, reading about wars, and writing stories. Send her a message at beatrice.bisais@nixplay.com.

As much as Facebook and other social media allow us to keep tabs on what our family members are doing, they don’t necessarily keep us truly connected. As helpful as social media may be, liking a status just doesn’t have the same appeal as actually keeping in touch with your family members. But more technology doesn’t mean we’re drifting apart. Just the opposite, in fact. It’s easier than ever to pick up the phone, drop an email in someone’s inbox, or share your latest photos with them.

That’s what the Nixplay app is all about. Sharing photos in a way that’s truly personal and specific to the people you love and care about. Here’s how it works.

Your Nixplay WiFi Cloud Frame can already display and change through all the photos you want to see each day. The Nixplay app allows you to send photos directly to that frame, even adding captions before you send them. Take photos from your phone’s camera or gallery, and send them to the frame you want them to appear on.

Think about it, your family probably gets together a couple times a year, but for the most part you’re out doing your own thing. The Nixplay app allows you to share photos from your vacation, childhood milestones, or even just a great picture that you and your significant other took together. The photos will appear on your relatives’ WiFi Cloud frames, and they’ll be able to keep up with your life, just like you’ll be able to keep up with theirs.

Staying connected isn’t always about telling them every little detail that’s happening at your house. Sometimes it’s just about that daily reminder of the people you love and care about. Your brother living three states away probably talks about how fast his kids are growing up, but wouldn’t you rather see for yourself? With the Nixplay app, all he has to do is tap a screen and send the proof directly to your frame.

There’s something special about knowing that they sent you a photo, thinking of you specifically, rather than putting them up online and hoping you’ll take notice. It’s a more intimate form of photo sharing, and it helps keep your family thinking about each other, even when you don’t have time for an hour-long phone call.

And what about when you can’t get together for the holidays? The more your family expands, the harder it might be to get everyone together. So if you’re spending Thanksgiving with the in-laws, get everyone together for a group photo around the table, write a caption, and send it to your families WiFi Cloud Frame. You can’t always be there in person, but with the Nixplay app you can experience the next best thing.

So if you’re looking for a new, more personal way to stay connected with your family this year, then head over to Nixplay and pick out the WiFi Cloud Frame that’s right for you.

Beatrice Bisais

Bea is Nixplay’s Social Media Manager. She enjoys drinking coffee, reading about wars, and writing stories. Send her a message at beatrice.bisais@nixplay.com.

Are you a business owner or manager who wants to display promotional signage, logos, or menu items without worrying about the hefty fee that is typically required to have them produced, packaged, shipped, and displayed?

Would you like to proudly show off personal photos, videos, or digital artwork without worrying about the need to cover every square inch of open space in your office?

Does your business need a new and improved appearance and marketing strategy that reflects your appreciation of the latest technology trends?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, you’re the kind of person who could benefit greatly from using digital frames!

What Are Digital Frames?

Digital photo frames are thin, lightweight screens that come in varying sizes and can be used for countless things… some of which typically require paper or canvas. For example, you can use digital frames to display any JPG/JPEG image you choose in 720p or full HD 1080p (depending on your needs) in a range of eye-catching sizes.

And the benefits don’t stop there!

Think about it – promotional costs add up over time, especially in an ever-evolving business seeking to share news with its customers. With digital frames, you never have to worry about these costs, and you can easily promote your newest products and offers whenever you wish to help you increase profits.

And because you’re in control, you can tailor your displays and communicate customized messages to your target audience.

NIX Digital Frames

Upload whatever images or signage you wish to NIX Digital Frames through USB devices, or use SD/SDHC cards to instantly display your content to your customers on high resolution LED backlit frames.

When someone walks by this digital frame, it turns on instantly thanks to the Hu-Motion sensor. Even better – it shuts off when there’s no one nearby, allowing you to save power!

Aside from images, NIX digital frames can also loop HD video content with audio to share important messages with your customers. Or, you can simply play whatever interesting content you want – it’s up to you!

Nixplay WiFi Cloud Frames

Nixplay WiFi digital frames can switch between all your image and video files connected to the cloud or your WiFi enabled devices without the need for USB storage. If you have new signage or media to display, you can select it at your leisure without having to worry about the hassle of attaching it to your walls or clearing space – talk about convenient!

Using the cloud, social media, or other platforms for image-related content, you can even curate your own playlists with up to 10GB of free cloud storage.
Plus, photos and videos transfer quickly – they’re ready to display just moments after they’ve been uploaded from the Nixplay Web App, and you can control them via remote management functionality.

If you’d like to learn more or think your business could benefit from the use of digital signage solutions, we’d love to chat – contact Nixplay today!

Beatrice Bisais

Bea is Nixplay’s Social Media Manager. She enjoys drinking coffee, reading about wars, and writing stories. Send her a message at beatrice.bisais@nixplay.com.

With today’s modern technology we literally have more pictures than we know what to do with. But is all this snapshot-taking really improving our memories?

Well, the simple answer is—not if you’re not displaying them. Putting your memories on display is the key to meaningful photography, and digital picture frames are the perfect venue. This is why our digital picture frame store is a popular source for gifts for family and friends.

If you’ve received a digital picture frame to display your memories, but are unsure how to organize them—here are a few great ideas for your digital photo playlists.

1.   Chronological Events

One of the most effective ways to digitally organize and display your photos is in chronological order. While everyone’s life events will be slightly different (and in different order), that’s what makes your frame’s story unique to you.

2.   Annual

Adding a single picture to represent each year of your life is an effective visual way to display your memories. It is similar to creating an aging flipbook, showing how you’ve grown and matured over the years.

3.   Children

For many dedicated parents, it makes sense to create a “lifetime in pictures” for each of their children. Of course, this simply wasn’t possible before the invention of digital picture frames (otherwise you’d need endless shelving), but it is now. By dedicating one digital picture frame to each child, you can showcase their growth and life events in a single space. Example events would be their birth, subsequent birthdays, and major events (first steps, first day of school, graduation, etc.).

4.   Marriage

Displaying a wedding picture in a traditional frame is nice, but doesn’t truly document your marriage. If you’ve already been married for a number of years (don’t worry husbands—we won’t quiz you on exactly how many) then create a digital picture frame full of important events. These could include:

• Wedding
• Anniversaries (if you’ve been married a long, long time you may want to just include the bigger ones
• Renewing vows
• Birth of children
• Honeymoon and other major trips

These days, we take so many pictures–more than we know what to do with. There’s no need to hide them. You shouldn’t have to feel pressured about choosing the best five to display out of thousands. What’s more, there’s something to be said for seeing a photo in a larger format (rather than on a phone screen). Sharing your memories makes them more vivid for you, and can make past years feel like they happened yesterday.

Check out our Non-WiFi digital picture frame, or our Wifi Cloud picture frames (frames that digitally download your photos instantly from your smartphone or social media pages). Regardless of your frame choice, our Nixplay frames come with a 1-year parts-and-labor warranty, a 30-day money-back guarantee (because we know you’ll love it), and free shipping in select countries.

Beatrice Bisais

Bea is Nixplay’s Social Media Manager. She enjoys drinking coffee, reading about wars, and writing stories. Send her a message at beatrice.bisais@nixplay.com.