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Monday, March 9, 2026

Photo Books

I've posted before about the photo books I make every year and some of you have asked to see them.
I've tried different companies for this over the years and have decided that Mixbook is the best of all I've tried.  It's easy to work with, has so many options for backgrounds, stickers, fonts and layouts.  (I'm not getting paid to say this, I just think they are the best.)
When my kids were younger, I did scrapbooks for them. I like this better because you don't have to go to the store and get supplies, store everything and haul it out to work on. It's all on your computer!
Anyway, I do one of these every year for each of our grandkids, and I do it from one birthday to the next. I also do one for Bob and I, with all the fun and events of the year.

Here's what they look like:


Here's Alaina and Ruby's books.




This is a page in Alaina's book from when we took them to Greenfield Village.





This is a page from Ruby's book showing her entry in the school Art Show, and also the visit from my friend Jenny of I'm having a Thought Here




And here's Cassie and Connor's books.





This is a page in Cassie's book from a day she spent with us.





and a page of Connor being cute!






This one is Bob and my family book for 2025.






This page has Alaina and Ruby doing a craft and a visit from Terri of Your Friend from Florida.

It's so nice to have all these photos in books with dates and documentation.


Right now I'm working on another book that I'm really having fun with. It's a family history book with photos of both my Dad and Moms families, letters my Dad wrote to my mom when he was in the army and history of the farm I grew up on. I'm looking forward to getting it done and sharing it with my siblings.

5 comments:

Miss Merry said...

This post is just for me! I have used Shutterfly for years to make my family's books. They have changed the format a few times and I just made some books over the weekend. I am ready to try something new. I really like your Mixbooks. I will be looking into this.

The Happy Whisk said...

Holy cute pictures, Batman. These are some very, very cool books. LOVE this idea. What a pretty and fun gift.

Ginny Hartzler said...

This is wonderful!!!! They are so nice and done so well, full of memories.

Chrissy T said...

I love them. I do photo books too. I have tried a few too. I have not heard of that company. I have been using Amazon photos as of late. I like it okay. I have done several companies though. I use to scrapbook as well but I do find this is the best way. Now, that our kids are young adults I just do a family book each year. But I am sure when I have grandbabies I will do as you.
Your books look beautiful.

Susan said...

Those books are amazing!!! Lots of memories to treasure. I need to digitize some photos. Maybe I will make some books for Christmas!