I have to admit I'm pretty lazy when it comes to printing my digi photos. I nearly always leave it until the last minute and end up paying extra to have photos developed in an hour because I need them right now! Sometimes I'll get my act together and send a batch to be developed online - great - but I'm too impatient to wait for the post. Then I got my hands on a Canon SELPHY printer at the Stitch & Craft 2008 show. If you came along to the Scrapbook Theatre you may remember that the team were able to take your photo and print it out for you to scrap right then - and it was the SELPHY printer they were using.

If only I looked this glam when using a printer!

Anne Parry gave me a quick demo - showing me how to hook up a camera and download the images you want to print, all without the need for a computer. You can either slot in a memory card, or download straight from your camera. The photos print quickly and I was able to sit down and make a layout within minutes.

The printer takes combined ink and paper cartridges so it's very easy to set up - you just slot in a cartridge and away you go. You can even print in gold or silver - how cool is that?! I also got to grips with some basic photo-editing such as automatically correcting the brightness, trimming and getting rid of red eye.

So, I'd say the Canon SELPHY printer is a great choice for the impatient scrapper!

And for a nice added bonus Canon are also giving away a free photo album with every SELPHY printer sold in November or December - see these links for details: http://www.canon.co.uk/selphyalbums or http://www.canon.ie/selphyalbums.

What do you want for Christmas? Is there a new scrapbooking gadget you're after? I'd love to know.