September Photo Book Month
September is the Photo Book Month, and I decided there was no better time than the present to finally put together our wedding book! We recently celebrated our one year wedding anniversary, so I figured it was about time to get working on the photo book.
I had the opportunity to work with Snapfish and try out their very nifty new photo book tools. Snapfish offers a variety of photobooks from 8×11 custom cover books to 12×12 signature photo books and even 2×3 mini books.
The process of making my wedding book was easy and fun, and took a lot less time than I expected. I simply uploaded the photos, and went to work at arranging them on the pages. Here are just a few things that I loved about Snapfish:
- There are dozens of different layouts and you can choose to have 1 large photo on the page or many small ones, and anything in between.
- Many layouts allow for some writing to be included on the page. If you want to only include photos, you can use the Magic Layouts tool (my favorite) to get rid of the text boxes and allow for more photo space.
- There are many options for photo book covers ranging from leather to linen to customized covers with photos. There are just as many options for page designs – I chose to go with the pre-set page designs and they turned out fabulous.
- If you pick a photo with a low resolution, a handy warning sign will pop up letting you know that this photo is not recommended to be printed in the size you selected.
- The undo tool allows you to reverse unwanted changes. There is also the handy safe area tool – when you preview the finished photo book, you can select the safe area tool and see exactly how the photos will be printed on the page.
I received my photo book in about a week, but there are expedited options available. Here is the packaging that the book arrived in:
I knew that the book was 12×12, but I did not realize how large and absolutely beautiful the photos would be! The quality was amazing and the finished product easily rivals the photo books that my wedding photographer offered. The trend in professional photography is going towards having the journalistic type of photo books with photos printed directly on the page, and that is exactly what I got with Snapfish. Except, instead of spending over a thousand dollars, I spent under $100!
Here are some photos of our wedding book:
With digital photos, all of us have files upon files of photos that never see the light of day. Photo books are an excellent way to display those photos and they also make great gifts. I’ve given a “Grandkids” book to my grandmother for Christmas, and a “Photos of Us” book to my husband and both were a hit!
I would love to hear about your experiences with photo books! If you have any questions about making one, leave a comment here and I’ll reply.
Category: Etc., Gift Ideas, Personalized
I love your photos. I missed seeing this post so it was agreat surprise. One more year to go for us and it will be 20 years. So hard to believe the time goes so fast. I inherited all of my mother’s photos, have loads more of my own. Now I am wondering what to do with them all. I had them in a small linen closet before, but where will they go in a two bedroom apartment. Need something way of storing them so I can still get them out and wander through them. Have two large binders from my trip to China and Japan that I love to look at.
Carol Wong
I love photo books and the fun part is in creating them. It’s an artistic process that I enjoy every step of the way. I love that these photo pages are easy to create, are meaningful and lasting. I like to create themes (birthdays, special occasions) so they are like personal story books. I agree they make ideal gifts.
Your wedding photo book turned out very lovely.
It looks like you had a beautiful wedding! I’ll be making a photo guest book at my upcoming wedding. I like the idea of putting together pictures of my fiance, me, and our family and friends into one photo book and having our wedding guests being able to browse through the book after they sign in at our wedding.
That’s a great idea Jeanie, wish I would have thought of that!
Your book looks great-I have never made a photo book although some of my friends have done photo books of trips. The great thing about this is that you could make a few books and give them away as presents to your family members.
My mum and I were looking at an ad for Snapfish photobooks a few weeks ago, wondering how they worked and how they’d turn out – thinking it’d be a great thing to do for Christmas presents for the grandmothers. Now that I know it’s easy to use and def a good experience, we may have to experiment! I scrapbook like crazy, but this would be a nice way to have a more “professional” product for special occasions (“once upon a time” whenever I get married
) or for gifts — scrapping individual albums come gifting time would be a serious endeavor! Yep, gotta experiment with this I think 
I just love snapfish! I haven’t made a wedding album using their services, but have made numerous photo books for family for Christmas or birthdays. We made a gorgeous one for my mother-in-law last Christmas, and it just meant so much to her! We have also made mugs, totes and mousepads with snapfish, and they always seem to be a hit! By the way, I love your photos! You look beautiful!
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