Photobooks

I LOVE pictures and I love taking pictures too. “You only regret the pictures you didn’t take.” I have so many pictures that just sit on my computer or my hard drive. How often do I go back and look at all those pictures on the computer? Hmmm… well not very often! So I needed a solution… and now I have a love for photobooks and for making photobooks!

I was a scrapbooker back in the day with my Mom and I loved it. I loved being creative and remembering all those adventures in life. But as I grew older scrapbook supplies got more intense and way too expensive for me to continue. It was time consuming and you could only really do it one place unless you wanted to take your supplies with you. After we got married I decided to try making photobooks and I haven’t looked back since. If you have a laptop you could make them anywhere.

As the years have gone on and I have made many photobooks I have learned many tricks and tips and you can definitely tell. I am an awful journal writer and so these photobooks have become my journal. You can make them for anything and it is fun to capture all those memories. I have made photobooks for my dance tours in Europe, my Grandparents life and ancestors, family trips, peoples wedding books and guest signing books, the boys NICU experience, photography books and last but my most favorite… I make one for every year! I guess you could call it our yearbook. J

I have used many sites… Some I like and some not so much. You can also find discounts almost anywhere. Walgreens and Shutterfly offer the most discounts.

• Mixbooks- Awesome quality but more on the expensive side
• Shutterfly- Took practice to figure out the site but now I love it. Their price adds up fast.
• Walgreens- It’s my go to! This is the first site I started with so I know it the best so I’m fast with it. The quality is great and definitely more reasonably priced.
• MyPublisher- I did my wedding book from here and I love it. The quality is good but for some reason I’ve never used them again.
• Snapfish- Has the same program as Walgreens but not as good of quality.

Now that I’ve given you a brief summary on my photobook obsession in future posts we’ll do some tips, tricks, and advice. Until then happy Photobooking!