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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Works for me Wednesday



Have you ever made a photo book online? I recently did this after buying a groupon to Shutterfly. It was really quite easy and I had such fun doing it.
I used pictures I had taken a few years ago when Bob and I went to Colorado, to see Andy when he was at Fort Carson.
I was amazed at how quickly the book came to me. I put in my order last Friday and the book came to my house the next Wednesday. It looks great!
Here is a link to it if you are interested in looking.

Click here to view this photo book larger



I will definately be doing this again!
For more tips and ideas, visit Kristen at We are THAT Family.

20 comments:

Momma Roar said...

I've only done one, but it is something we all enjoy looking at! They are great!

Cindy said...

This came out great! I've been wanting to do one of our NYC trip and also Disney!

Sandra said...

What a great idea Mari, thank you for sharing :)

Kathy said...

I have a friend who uses something similar, but it's called Smilebox. It's sent as an e-card, and it's just like a scrapbook. What wonderful concepts with our growing technologies!

Unknown said...

I've done one book and it was so special. I would love to do more.

Damsel said...

I haven't made the leap yet, but I plan to! We have lots of friends in the military who do these after they leave each duty station, making a book to remember each one. I think that's a great idea, and I'll be making one for this duty station after we move this summer!! Plus, I'll be much better about taking pictures for one after each of our other duty stations.

Pamela said...

Your photobook is beautiful - you took some awesome photos. I made one for a friend for visited Rhode Island - we did a lot of sightseeing in our local area and she loved that I added all the journaling. I don't think she would have remembered all the details about everywhere we visited.

Shelly said...

AWESOME!!!!!!!
THE PICTURES ARE GREAT TOO. THAT IS A GOOD COMPANY AND I BELIEVE IT IS THE NEW SCRAPBOOKING.

Hootin Anni said...

Super!!! I could barely get beyond the welcoming hug! So so sweet was that, it melted my heart. And then seeing all the attractions in and around the area of the "Springs". Like 'old home week' for me.

I've been trying to play catch-up this morning to my blogging buddies...and I must say I enjoyed the 'baby doll' post below this...what an adorable group of photos...and then, the rabbit...how wonderful to have such wildlife come pay a visit.

Hootin Anni said...

PS...is the 'shutterfly' where we go to compose a book and then purchase one?

Unknown said...

We made these for teacher gifts at the end of the year. Each parent in the class sent me a picture of their child doing something they like. I started the book with a poem about teaching (everything you need, you learn in kindergarten). Teachers loved it!

Mari said...

I've often thought this would be a excellent gift idea...but when it would come to gift giving, I forgot about the idea. Thanks for the reminder. Have you printed your blog into a book??? I've thought about doing that too. What do you think?

sara said...

I love making photo books!! I switched to digital books from scrapbooking about 6 years ago. I now make one for every vacation and important event in our family!!

Anonymous said...

Someone mentioned that in a comment on my blog yesterday & I'd never heard of them before... & yours is beautiful! =)

Debbie said...

I made one for my mom a couple of years ago and I would be willing to say it is the best gift I've ever given her. She loves it.

Brooke said...

we often do photo books for gifts. our moms at least claim to like them ;)

Sharon said...

Those were sound beautiful photos
What a great idea and I would like to get that done also
Thanks for sharing yours with us.
Hugs

septembermom said...

That looks like fun! Thanks for the suggestion Mari :)

Melanie said...

Great tip! I would love for you to come link up at my new "Encouragement is Contagious!" linky party! You can share your favorite posts from someone else's blog to encourage them, and share your favorite from your own blog and get lots of visits :)

Have a great day!
Melanie :)

A Stone Gatherer said...

I love photo books and love getting them cheap!!