After [many delays unforeseeable problems flat tire locusts] much procrastinating, it is finally possible to order prints of your mosaics created from your own images! Yay! Mosaics can be ordered in sizes from 8×10 inches all the way up through ginormous 20×24 inches. Mosaics are automatically adjusted depending on their shape (especially tiled mosaics) and your paper choice so they always look fantastic when printed.

New to the mosaic toy? Not only does it let you create really cool image grids, you can also choose from a selection of predefined templates to frame your photos.

Get started creating mosaics now →

Effective immediately, every print order automatically qualifies for a discount when purchasing multiple items. When ordering two items, you’ll get a 15% discount off the entire order (excluding shipping). Three items gives you a 20% discount. And you can get a Big Huge 25% discount for ordering four items or more. That’s equivalent to getting the fourth item for free. And the best part? This is not a short-term promotion or sale. This discount will be available to everyone for the foreseeable future.

Just try any of the print making toys and click Buy a Print beneath your poster. The discount is applied automatically whether you order two or more copies of any one item or two or more completely different items.

It’s also now easier than ever to order multiple posters with the new shopping cart system. If you’ve ever tried ordering multiple items in the past, you know what a headache it was. Now you can add as many posters as you’d like to your shopping cart, mull them over for a few hours, remove the ones you don’t want, and order the rest all at once.

We’re also on the verge of launching some new print products… It’s all rather top secret at the moment but keep an eye out for the announcement.

As always, whether you buy anything from BigHugeLabs.com or not, all of the toys are free to use and you have my deepest thanks for being a loyal BigHugeLabs.com visitor and supporter!

-John

From right now through Friday August 22nd, receive a 10% discount on all poster print orders. The discount is applied automatically during checkout.

Make a cool poster for your new dorm room, buy a gift for a classroom or teacher, or do what I do: mock your child’s end-of-Summer blues with a Thank God It’s Over motivational poster!

Holy cow! As of this morning BigHugeLabs.com has 106,000 registered members. And 206,000 Flickr members have linked their Flickr accounts. Since April, that’s over 240 new signups per day. That’s amazing. I remember when this all started way back in the Summer of 2005. Back then I never dreamed fd’s Flickr Toys would become so successful. Thank you thank you thank you for all of your support!

Sutherland Shire Libraries in NSW (yep, in Australia) posted about a great idea called Reading Around Our Region. They are using the Motivational Poster toy to express how they feel about reading and then sharing those posters on their blogs, websites, and Flickr groups. The toy is free for everyone and you can use your posters for any purpose.

Calling all librarians: It sounds like a great idea whether you’re in Australia or not. You can read more about it on their blog.

I get a lot of questions from folks asking how to use their Hi-Res passes or buy prints. So I’ve created a new handy reference in the FAQ for just those questions. You can read it here. The main thing to remember is that BigHugeLabs.com does not allow anyone to make high resolution files or buy prints of images that do not belong to them. This is to protect photographers’ copyrights and it’s the right thing to do.

To buy a print or make a high resolution poster, you need to either: upload the source image directly from your computer or use a photo from your linked Flickr account.

From right now until Friday July 25th, receive a 10% discount on all poster print orders. The discount is applied automatically during checkout.

It’s that time again… Enter code “freejuly08″ on the Hi-Res Pass ordering page to get a free 3-day pass. There are limited quantities so get one fast.

I don’t know who started it but this game is spreading like crazy. It seems to have originally been called “Pete’s Game” (Hey, Pete! Where are you?) but after several weeks has taken on a name and life of it’s own, now known simply as “The Game.” Here’s how it works:

The concept:

1. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
2. Using only the first page, pick an image.
3. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s Mosaic Maker.

The Questions:

1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One Word to describe you.
12. Your flickr name

Share your creation on your blog, upload it to Flickr, even add it to The Game pool.

Above mosaic by Taffy Designs.

Just a quick note to let you all know that we will be not be processing print orders from Sunday the 22nd through Wednesday the 25th of June. However, you may still place orders during that period and we’ll process them all on the 26th. All orders placed before 9PM PDT June 21st will be processed before we close.