Brad and I have over 6,000 pictures on our flickr site. Even so, it's nice to have favorites printed.
Every year after Kate's birthday, I make a photo book that includes my favorite pictures of her from the past year. I write a letter to her in the beginning of the book documenting her milestones, personality, friends, trips, events, etc. Oh, and I gush over how wonderful she is. I will do one each year until she is 18. I think it will be a great keepsake for her someday. For now, I love curling up on the couch and flipping through the pages of her life. My what a beauty I have! I'm already making notes for Sara Paige's first book.
I've used mypublisher to make Kate's first two books but this time I used blurb and couldn't have been more pleased! I know I can create a similar book in iphoto so maybe I'll do that next year. Anyway, I thought you might want to take a peek at Kate's books. Each is about 60 pages.
Kate's Book (0-1 year):
Kate's Book (1-2 year):
Kate's Book (2-3 year):
Letters in each book:
What a fab idea about writing a letter to her. I love it!!!
That is so incredibly cool! I gotta check that out cause after these last 86 pictures I just printed out to put in albums…I’m DONE…off to virtual scrapbooking here I come! Kate, and of course Sarah Paige, will SO love that when they are older…so much better than just a baby book and they will have an entire library devoted to themselves…how awesome is THAT?!
I LOVE the books! That is exactly what I hope to do for my little guy’s baby book. I’m afraid children #3 and #4 didn’t get much in their baby books, so I decided not to bother with one for baby #5, and just do a photo book for him (and hopefully one for the girls too, to make up for their lack of baby book stuff!)
What a neat tradition! She will love having those as an adult! You should check out Heritage Makers too! That’s where I make all my books. http://www.allmyheritage.com.
I’ve only used Shutterfly to make books so I thought I’d check out the programs you used… I feel like a complete idiot! I tried Blurb and I was working on the cover – I couldn’t even figure out how to move the text so it wasn’t directly covering her face on the picture I chose!!! I’ll try MyPublisher. If I can’t figure that out I guess I’ll have to go back to Shutterfly.
Julie, So sorry you were having problems with Blurb
I wish I could help. Let me know if you have better luck with MyPublisher.
what a great idea! I will have to look for it in my country and see if the prices can match up…
So I am just now getting around to catching up on blogs and I saw this adorable idea. I love how you journal in the beginning of each one, what a wonderful way to capture everything. I keep a journal for each kid, but this may be a better (and less time consuming) way to do it.
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