Pic and Mix Images is a free-to-use photo delivery service for journalists, editors and art directors in the pregnancy, maternity, baby and children’s sector.
Dani Knapp, the founder, and her team have one single aim: to give you instant, easy access to high-resolution images of new products and existing best-sellers from a wide range of high street favourites and up-and-coming new brands.
No hassle, no time wasted waiting for a bike or a visit from the postie… just fresh, bright, high-res images downloaded right to your desktop – and each one comes with all the product descriptions, price and stockist information you could ask for, too.
Before starting Pic and Mix Images, Dani had already gained extensive experience as an in-house and freelance PR in the maternity, baby and childrenswear sector – including a year and a half spent running the PR department of a leading online, mail order and high street retailer, and has continued to play an integral part in the launch and growth of one of the UK’s fastest-growing and best-loved children’s healthcare brands over 5 years. Then, after a one year solo round the world trip that took her to South America, Australasia and South-East Asia, Dani returned to London at the beginning of 2006 to work with some of Britain’s up and coming and leading baby and children’s brands, and began researching and preparing for the launch of Pic and Mix Images.
Dani has assembled a hand-picked team of industry specialists for the launch of Pic and Mix Images, and her concept – that Pic and Mix Images will offer a one-stop, one-click solution to replace the confusing and time-consuming business of sourcing product images – has been greeted with great enthusiasm by PRs and a wide range of industry-leading manufacturers as well as journalists, editors and designers.
It couldn’t be easier
www.picandmiximages.co.uk is packed with bright, fresh pictures that come to you within seconds, ready-to-print, with all the proper info attached.
Our image library is easy to browse, by specific company or product categories and sub categories, we also have a keyword search facility, and locating and ordering up an image can take as little as thirty seconds – it’s quick and easy to use, and www.picandmiximages.co.uk means you don’t have to spend ages on the phone, wait all day for a courier, and wrestle with alien file formats that never arrive or no-one can open!
Our images are all high-resolution professionally-shot pictures, delivered as RGB jpg files (which can be quickly and easily converted to CMYK format as required). Dani and her team quality-check and upload each image personally, so all you have to do is pick them and click them!
The Top 80
Pic and Mix Images launched with a library of over 2,000 ready-to-use images, provided by more than 80 different companies in the pregnancy, maternity, baby and children's sector – with more companies coming on board each month. We can already offer a wide range of outstanding images, from outstanding companies large and small, well-established and absolutely brand new… and there are plenty more bright and beautiful images in the pipeline.
Check the topical Images sections for images that will be frequently updated to fit in with the features being covered in the daily and monthly press at that time. Our Latest news section of our homepage will keep you up to date on details of all the new arrivals, and a first look at next season’s ranges as well as any new features added to www.picandmiximages.co.uk.
A message from Dani Knapp - Founder of Pic and Mix Images
We want to make sure that we have done everything possible to make www.picandmiximages.co.uk the first place you’ll look when you need an image. So if there is anything at all we can do to improve our service, and to help you get the job done quickly and easily, please let me know. And feel free to let us know of any companies you would like to see on www.picandmiximages.co.uk so we can contact them, or feel free to let them know about us.
My personal email address is: dani@picandmiximages.co.uk, and I always look forward to hearing any feedback, suggestions, comments or questions from you and I will always personally reply to you very promptly.
Warmest wishes
Dani Knapp
WHAT THE PRESS SAY ABOUT PIC AND MIX IMAGES
“I have nothing but good thing to say about picandmiximages - The clear and easy to use website is fantastic - there is no chasing pr's for high res images as they are emailed quickly and directly from the site, the prices and stockist details are all included as well - wonderful when suddenly asked to compile an extra page. I have found some new and exciting brands that I had previously not heard of and they are constantly updating the site with designers from across Europe, which are emailed to you in a weekly update.”
Victoria Bain – Telegraph Magazine – Kids Retail page
“I'd have to say that pic and Mix Images is a godsend to journalists working to deadline or slaving away out of office hours when it's vital to have instant access to good info and pictures. The site is also a great way to keep up-to-date with what's new and happening in the world of baby and kids - invaluable!”
Alice Westgate – The Daily Express
“www.picandmiximages.co.uk is an invaluable tool for getting hold of high res images quickly and easily, it's my first port of call when putting together consumer and product-related features.”
India Lea – Prima Baby (Picture editor)
“A fantastic facility for time-poor journalists - I know I'll get hi-res images along with correct product details. The website is easy to use and kept up-to-date. It's a one-stop shop that's made my life sooo much easier! (please don't tell my Editor!)”
Karen Heath – Practical Parenting (Consumer editor)
"www.picandmiximages.co.uk has proved to be a valuable resouce for me when sourcing high quality, relevant images. The service is easy to use, the images are excellent quality, and having the images I need all in one place makes my job a lot easier!"
Amy Schofield - The Green Parent (Assistant Editor)
"Pic and Mix images is a great site and something I use on a regular basis. As a journalist I often need high quality images on a very short deadlines, which is where Pic and Mix images comes into it's own. Being able to search for images and have them in your inbox within 5 minutes is invaluable. It is often my first port of call when looking for products and I have definitely covered the companies on the site more often and more regularly because they where on the site."
Corinne Davies – My Child
"We publish trend forecasting books and are launching a unique one focusing entirely on kids. Your website has been invaluable in finding some great producers of products to feature so thank you. No doubt I will be downloading even more in the coming months so keep up the good work!"
Tanya Marshall - Trend Bible Kids Lifestyle
"As a regional paper, with less staff and time than bigger London publications, it's vital that we have immediate access to PR images online, saving us the hassle of having to contact individual PR companies direct. Pic and Mix is great because there are so many companies and you know you'll always find what you want. For mother and baby images I rarely use anything else."
Rin Simpson – Western Mail
"Pic and Mix images represents one of the most useful tools utilised by the editorial staff at Pregnancy & Parenting magazine. Sourcing hi resolution images represents the single most frustrating and time-consuming element of magazine production. The ability to download quality images, across some of the most reputable parenting brands, day or night and at a moment's notice is simply invaluable."
Suzanne Gunn - Pregnancy & Parenting Magazine (Editor)
"I found picandmiximages to be a really useful tool. It makes researching and sourcing info for my features much easier and quicker helping to reduce my stress of trawling the net! The site is really well set out and easy to navigate and I would recommend it to anyone in the media industry needing info on family orientated features."
Becky Morling - No-Ink
“Picandmiximages.co.uk is a useful tool for a busy editor on deadline. The easy-to-navigate website and emails that are sent straight to my inbox with PR and stockist details makes my job a lot easier. Makes my job a lot easier.”
Anucyia Victor – Step Ahead Magazine (Editor)
"A fantastic resource, your website has saved me hours of precious time - it is just what I need, fabulous - thank you!"
Susie Blake, PR Consultant, Baby Hampshire Magazine
"What a wonderful site, tres convenient"
Afua Korang - Pride Magazine
"There are lots of Pic and Mix clients in our next issue - it made the Christmas Gift Guide an absolute doddle not having to contact PR people who don't always reply straight away. You'll see a lot of familiar names and images in our December issue!"
Robina Cowan – Families South East Magazine
“Exactly what us journalists need, it would be the first place I would look for images. What a time saver!”
Rebecca Twomey – Your Family Magazine
“This is a great idea. Having access to all the companies in our market on one site really cuts down on research time!”
Charlotte Coleman – Pregnancy & Birth Magazine
“This will save everyone so much time. This is the website I have been waiting for”
Boo Hill, Stylist – Pregnancy, Baby & You Magazine
WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY ABOUT PIC AND MIX IMAGES
"picandmix is an invaluable pr and marketing tool for BABY LOVES SHOES. It puts our products straight into the picture editor`s virtual in-tray. We have been downloaded by high circulation publications and sales are increasing..."
Sally Timms - MD - Baby Loves Shoes
"Pic & Mix has enabled our company to be featured in a variety of magazines that otherwise would not have head about us. For a new company like ourselves that in itself is invaluable. It's a one stop shop for journalists that is quick and easy to use and gives us more time to concentrate on making more beautiful clothes knowing our press is taken care of by Pic and Mix Images. A fantastic website that does exactly what is says on the tin! "
Jessica Seaman - Director - Poppy & Ned
'Pic and Mix has been a great source of business for us. Within a month of joining, we have had numerous image downloads, all to be featured in top magazines. Pic and Mix is well worth the investment, as it helps build invaluable editorial contacts, obtain magazine features and thus generate more sales'.
Louisa Westwood - Managing Director - Coccolare
"I have been using Pic & Mix ever since it launched and it has definitely changed the way I work! It's so much easier for journalists to access suitable images and saves time emailing large files over or sending out CDs. I always recommend Pic Mix to any journalists I speak to and the awareness is certainly growing! I know Dani has worked really hard to launch the site and always keeps it looking fresh and up to date, making it worthwhile for journalists to keep re-visiting the site."
Shoshana Kazab - MD Fuse Communications - Mini A Ture and Inch Blue
“Pic and Mix has been excellent for promoting our products in those all-important magazine features, a really good way of getting ‘in’ with editors and getting great coverage in the body of the magazine rather than in the classifieds. We have found it cost-effective in terms of generating sales and awareness of our websites. “
Sheryl Mills - Managing Director - Hippins and Funky Kids Furniture
"Pic and Mix has made our media work at Cuddledry so much simpler - journalists are downloading images of our baby and toddler bath towels and creating features around them which is fantastic. In addition, when we have worked with a journalist on a piece of editorial about Cuddledry, we can refer them to the site for swift access to high res images, making their life easier. The more we can do this, the more editorial we secure, and the number of people hearing about Cuddledry increases - great for business!"
Helen Wooldridge - Managing Director - Cuddledry
"We've been with Pic and Mix Images from the start and have found it a useful tool in helping generate extra childrenswear editorial for Matalan."
Fiona Cunningham - PR Manager - Matalan
“We are receiving lots of enquiries since having our images on picandmiximages, including many new publications we didn't previously have contact with, picandmiximages.co.uk is a fresh way to contact journalists.”
Emma Vyvyan - PR Manager - Frugi