Published! Sort of

I get my photos printed through Shutterfly, which is an excellent service. The prints always turn out great, I don't have to wait forever, and they're reasonably priced. They also send me really nice freebie offers that I use to make photo gifts like mugs, calendars and tote bags. All I pay is shipping on the freebies, so when they offered me a small hardcover book for free I decided to give that a test try.

The web site helps you put everything together with their online maker software. While it looks complicated I was able to learn how to use it fairly fast, so that should be a ringing endorsement.

My photo book arrived today:

I'd like to do one for Oliver, but I don't have enough pics of the little guy yet. Really, everything is so exciting and new with the baby I forget to take pictures. So for this book I used my quilting work as a theme. As you can see the quality is excellent:

Beautiful colors, too:

Very happy with the whole thing. I might start making my own books of the kids and my photography from years past.

I think to get the freebie offers all you have to do is register an account with them. Anyway, if you're in the market for prints or photo gifts, I highly recommend Shutterfly.

Comments

nightsmusic said…

I like that! And what a good idea. And after all this time, I've finally joined them. If nothing else, I can get a couple pics of the dogs to hang on the walls ;)

October 26, 2019 at 11:37 AM

Maria Zannini said…

I made one of these books filled with Greg's baby and toddler pictures. It's nice to have a series of memories bound in one book. Definitely do one for Oliver.

October 26, 2019 at 11:56 AM

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