While I’m busy sorting through our photos from Costa Rica, I’ve been inspired to create a photo book as a keepsake of our travels. I first got introduced to photo books when searching for a present for my parents’ 30th wedding anniversary. Eventually, I stumbled upon Pinhole Press and was thrilled with the results. I’ve since used them for another photo book project as well as personalized wine labels for our wedding last year. I’ve also used Shutterfly in the past (which is also a great option since they often have sales) as well as Indigo Album Design for a guest book.
Then I started seeing names of other companies that create photo books and was intrigued. One of my daily reads, Young House Love wrote a post about MyPublisher and how they strive to create a photo “yearbook” of their lives’ each year. I fell in love with that idea and made a promise to myself to create more photo books to commemorate milesones as well as capture fun events.
It truly is a fantastic way to display photos and a wonderful memory to look back on. In today’s digital age, we have the capacity to take tons of photos but actually displaying them kind of becomes an afterthought.
The hardest part (as we all know) is actually taking the time to make the photo book. A lot of the sites make it easy, with templates and quick editing options. But if you’re anything like me you will obsess over the tiniest things and it will still end up taking you a long time, but in the end it will be worth it.
I’m curious, how do you feel about photo books? And do you have any favorite sites to create your own?
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2 Comments
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April 30, 2013 at 7:17 amOne of my favorite things to do is look through the photo albums my mom diligently put together throughout our childhoods. There's something about photos in hard copy that can't be replicated by clicking through a folder on a computer.
Because of that, I think it's so important to actually create something with the pictures and memories you have, and photo books (while I haven't done one yet myself) seem like a great option. I love the idea of making one per year — sometimes it's the ordinary moments, not just the special events, that mean the most to look back on.
Kasia
April 30, 2013 at 12:35 pmI completely agree, looking at physical photos is a completely different feeling. I love looking through old photos (many which we took and scanned for my parents anniversary photo book) another tough project but so worth it!
Yes the one per year thing is my new goal. Hopefully I can make it happen 🙂