Creating a Memorable Christmas Card I’ve heard it said that there are three kinds of Christmas cards: the best ones make it onto the fireplace mantle, the nice-but-not-great ones might be stuck on the fridge, and the rest are piled into a bowl and never get seen again. In my house, it’s usually the photo […]
Best Lay Flat Photo Books: A Guide
Photo Books With Lay Flat Pages Lay flat photo books are becoming mainstream as more and more photo book services come out with this style. It used to be that they were primarily for the wedding album market because they were so monstrously expensive. I love that now there are affordable lay-flat books for all […]
Valentine’s Day Photo Gift Ideas
February is here and that means Valentine’s Day is coming up! If you want to do something special for your honey, children, parents or all the above, I’ve got a few ideas. Make a Photo Book Photo books always make great gifts because they are so personal and certainly less fattening than a box of […]
Shutterfly’s New Custom Photo Book Path: Is It An Improvement or Not?
A few months ago Shutterfly updated its Custom Path for creating photo books online. On one hand, they added some cool new options like more scrapbook-like designs and embellishments, yet on the other hand some users feel the changes make them more restricted instead of giving them more creative freedom. Is that true? Let’s take […]
Start Planning Your Holiday Photo Cards Now to Save Money
It’s almost November and I’m already thinking about making my Christmas photo card. I just love giving and receiving photo cards for the holidays, it’s so much more personal than a generic store-bought card and can actually be very reasonably priced. By planning now – taking my photos and choosing my card design – I […]
Photo Printing Options Add Convenience and Choices Galore
After a summer filled with vacations, family gatherings, days at the beach and more, you have probably accumulated a lot of photos, sitting there, ready for something to be done with them. You have a lot of flexibility these days for printing your digital photos. Perhaps the fastest and easiest is printing them at home […]
How to Get Cheap Photo Prints Without Sacrificing Quality
Do-it-yourself photo printing may sound good, but when you account for paper and ink costs it can be rather expensive and results may be iffy. With the abundance of online photo printing companies it’s really not hard to get low-cost prints and, I’ve found, at surprisingly good quality. While for the most part many of […]
