I am the sort of guy that avoids to use the post office as much as I can and try to do as much as I can online… I think is practical and quicker and so much more… practical…

I have no shame to say that if it depends on me to send Christmas cards to family and friends for example none of them will ever get any… Unless I am being bullied like it happened last year… (yes… I am talking to you Livi).

Happily, I got to find out about this awesome service where you can send REAL postcards made out of your favourite photos at the click of a link either on your desktop computer or via your smart phone to anywhere in the world for just £1.45 per postcard (awesome for when you are on holidays and what to share the moment right there and then!!!)

A lot of older people end up missing out on news from family because they don’t own smartphones and aren’t on Facebook or email.

That’s where Hugmail comes in, the message service that starts on the screen and ends on the mantlepiece.

And to use it is quite easy.

Step One: Log into their website (LOOK!!! They called me lovely! they know me sooo well… hehehe )

Step 2: Choose the photo you want to send from your computer (or smart phone), Facebook (which will soon be available of if you don’t have one, simply click on I don’t have a photo and they will find a random one for you to use from their database.

Step 3: Edit your photo… not a lot of functions but you get to zoom in and out, rotate and position the photo you want to use on the postcard.

Step 4: write the message you want to send on the back of the postcard. and the address of the person you want to send it to… Another awesome feature is that you can save the details of who you sent the card to in an address book, this way this time you don’t need to fill up all the forms again (I HATE filling up forms!)

Now all you gotta do is check the front and back of the postcard,

verify the details and send your HugMail… Voila… Instant real postcard for that very special person to frame and put on the mantel piece etc etc etc…

A pretty straight forward service for us that hate queuing up at the post office (specially when out on holidays or always on the go) that I can definitely recommend. I’ll soon be trying the App as well (as soon as I can have my iPhone back (cries a little)… and will let you know how it works from there.

Right now, I have 5 tokens to give away so one of my lucky readers can send real postcards to family and friends via HugMail.

All you have to do is leave me a comment telling me what is their PERFECT postcard photo and I will be selecting one commentator to receive the 5 tokens to try HugMail out on Sunday (05/02).

Well… let’s get busy!!!