Have you ever made a photo book on an online site? It’s basically a hardcover book with pages filled with your photos. I rarely get my 4 x 6’s processed anymore. But, I still love holding the photos in my hands sometimes, so that’s what I love about photo books. I’ve gotten in the habit of making one of my family about every six months. I label the spine with “Spring/Summer 2013”, etc.
I also love giving them as gifts. It’s a nice, personal birthday or Christmas gift. In the above picture, the four books on the left are some of the photo books I’ve made online, while all the albums on the right are from the past.
The top 3 reasons I love making online photo books:
1. They take up less room than regular photo albums (see above picture).
2. You can make some photos small and some large. Sometimes if you have a picture of a whole room, it looks great when it takes up a whole page. And if you have a close-up of someone, you can make that 1 of 4 pictures on a page, etc. The large picture in the book below is my husband and daughter flying a kite.
3. You can put pictures side by side that show growth really easily. One of my favorites is the page below where it shows a picture of me holding my son when he was about three days old and then a picture right beside it with me holding him when he was about a year old.
The two sites I’ve used the most are Shutterfly and Snapfish. I’ve used them because I’ve been able to score a lot of free books by collecting points through My Coke Rewards, Pampers Points, and other reward programs. Also, sometimes Snapfish, Shutterfly, and other photo book companies will send you codes to make free books. If you get a code from them, you just usually have to pay shipping, which averages around $7 per book. Even if you have to pay full price, I think it’s worth it to make these books!
~Carrie
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Great idea. I have so many digital files that have yet to be printed (like the last 2 years of my kids life). I do get the PROMO codes, but then I have a hard time deciding what design style to choose and then I forget about it. Way to capture those moments.
With Love,
Al
Thanks Al! I know what you mean, I wish I took the time to make the books even more often!
Carrie
I use a mac and have loved being able to create their books thru iPhoto and get them in the mail. I have a nice book with only the ‘good’ photos and no processing.
Wow, Susan! I use iPhoto too and I didn’t realize you could do that. Thanks for sharing!
Carrie