I don’t know about you, but I have thousands of pictures on my phone… and even more stuck on my computer. I love technology since I can take a photo of EVERY moment I want to capture. Back in the day, you used to have to bring a camera or buy one of those bright yellow disposable cameras. (I fully understand I am showing my age here.. but I digress) Then you would have to take the film to a store and wait for it to get developed. In high school and college it was so much fun to go pickup your prints since we usually had no idea what we would find on there!
Old school photo book!
My husband and I have books and books full of pictures from those days and we look at them every now and again. We recently showed them to our kids which was so much fun. It makes me sad that those books went away once technology improved. I know I have all the pictures saved on a hard drive, but it isn’t the same. I used to make a Shutterfly book at the end of each year, but I stopped doing that since the thought of creating the book was daunting to me. It is easy, but it does take time. Also, I was only using the best pictures… and sometimes the candid shots and more mundane moments are the most memorable. I needed a way to make a custom photo book in minutes.
Now Shutterfly is solving this issue with the Make my Book feature. All you do is upload your pictures, select the book size and theme (they have a ton to choose from), click through a few questions, leave a note for your designer and you are done. For an extra $9.99 they will create a beautiful, customized photo book. They do all the work!
I decided to make a book using the pictures on my phone that may have been deleted otherwise. The silly dress-up pictures of Mila, Hudson in his best ninja pose, family selfies that look cute.. but not frame-worthy cute. 😉 The snapshots of my life that are simple and silly… I don’t want to forget that stuff. I used the Shutterfly app which uploads the pictures I select directly from my phone in minutes.
Don’t let those memories go to waste. Don’t lose precious moments because your phone is full or your hard drive bust. Take 5 or 10 minutes and get those pictures into a book to enjoy for years to come! Go to Shutterfly and check out the Make my Book feature… and be sure to search around for coupon codes, since Shutterfly always has great deals!!
I seriously love shutterfly! I use them a ton for creating photo books and gifts.
Such an awesome idea. Definitely going to do this for my babe’s first year!
I love Shutterfly!! Often I think of making a book but get intimidated or overwhelmed with options. This is super helpful!
Seriously??! I literally *just* wrote “create a photo book” on my to-do list, but had a thought in the back of my head that it wouldn’t get done because it takes too much time. This is amazing!!
I have never made one of these books before! I need to get on it!
Paige
http://thehappyflammily.com
I love using the Make My Book in Shutterfly. We use it every year for holiday gifts:)
Finding this post came at a perfect time. I was just saying I need to do something with my old photos. Right now there just sitting on a tub in my closet. Thanks for sharing
I use Shutterfly for all things photo related! I make sure to use my free 101 prints when they have those specials and I am even making a family calendar this year! And NOWWWW I will have to check out this book!!!
I know! And they always get me with the free gifts.. haha
Awesome post! I love shutterflly, recently received a photo book as a gift….one of my most treasured things ever! It’s fast, easy and sharp looking!
It makes an awesome gift and with social media it is easy to sneak pictures from friends to make them something really special. 🙂
I love shutterfly! I make these every year for family at the end of the year!
such a good idea! I need to start doing that!
Awesome option for the every day photos that I can’t categorize! I’m inspired to do a yearly image book for the family!
YES! like a family yearbook! Such a great idea!
Shutterfly is great. I love making books of all our vacations with them!
yes and I have also made a few birthday party books too after the kids had a good party 🙂
I love Shutterfly! I made a book with our engagement photo’s. This is a great idea! I love the pic of you with your kids looking through your memories 🙂
Yes my kids LOVE photobooks! haha
I haven’t used the Make My Book feature yet but it is very appealing to me. While I love their hand made books it does just take so much time to get it right!
yeah for an extra 10 bucks it is totally worth it, and since shutterfly always has coupons you can usually save a bunch on the books anyway!
Love creating phonebooks! However I feel I am so behind in mine, I haven’t done any since my second was born!
I know.. it is hard to keep up, which is why I love this new feature! It makes the process way quicker.