Shutterfly Photobook Ideas:

I'm giving away a Shutterfly prize package, as you may recall.

I created a book of pictures to give as a thank you for letting us stay at a friend of a friend's cabin.

To enter this contest you need to create a photo book and share it with me. You don't need to buy your book, you just need to create one and show me. Maybe I'll order it. Which would be super awkward you know trying to explain to my friends why I have a photobook full of people I don't really know on my coffee table.

I thought I'd share some photo book ideas with you as inspiration for your own creations.

Jim at Sweet Juniper has made lots of books for his kids because, you know, he's like that. Here are two he created for Shutterfly.

This one's a Greek Mythology Alphabet

Here's his latest contest, about food! Enter this one and maybe you can win TWO prizes!

Maggie Mason at Mighty Girl made this great book about Hank's Feelings. I wish I'd done this when my kids were little, at this point my book would be full of "Maddie Is Feeling Annoyed By Her Mother's Existence." Enh, you know, she's always been that way.

Liz at Say Yes To Hobeken created this book of words for her little guy, also named Hank. Apparently it's a law to name your kid Hank if you live in San Francisco.

Kristen Chase at Cool Mom Picks made this book for her husband returning from a military deployment. I love this one because it shows how you can use scans of your kid's artwork and incorporate them into a  book.

 

Party Perfect is one of my favorite blogs. If you're someone who gets party invitations from me, please don't go to that site. I copy her parties, you'll be disappointed. She made her own word book and it is an amazing use of this program.

Go! Create! Then Share It at my share site to enter the contest (password is goober if you need it) You know you've been meaning to do this.

Comments

[delia]

Thanks for giving me a jump start on creating a book for my husband. He leaves in February for a year long deployment (a year! ack! can you imagine?!)and I put together a book with pictures of him and the kids through the years. I'm hoping it helps him remember the fun we've had and the fun we will have once he returns home to us.

[Lisa]

(I'm not playing right ... sorry ... ) Just wanted to chime in with an idea - when we sold our house in Seattle, our real estate agent make a photo book using the photos from the listing. (It was staged since we had already moved out / overseas.) It make our house look WAY nicer than it ever did when we lived there! Another Shutterfly gift idea: I wasn't ambitious enough to do a book for my DD's K teacher, but since I went on nearly every field trip and volunteered in the classroom a lot, I had a ton of photos from the year - so I had a CD made from them on Shutterfly for her.

[Sarah]

Hello - thanks for the push. I think I uploaded my book (a fun project on family weddings I have been thinking about for a few months). Can you see who we are on your end? My project was the old B&W weddings if not...

[Eleanor]

Love your new header!
I cannot think of a clever photo book to create....
And with those examples you just showed, anything I make might be good for your next post:
These Are The Photo Books That Will Not Win My Giveaway!

I wish I was cleverer!

[Melissa Summers]

No! It's random, you should just make a book if you have pictures you want in a book. Everybody is entered and has an equal chance to win.

[medusa]

Hey, how did you find that picture of me?

[Donna]

Whoa, your cabin photobook is BEAUTIFUL!