Sunday, March 24, 2013

A gift for my son



A few weeks ago, Blurb offered me an early trial of their new Designer Photo Book Templates. The last photo book I made (in November) was for my "Beautiful Girl." You can see that one here.


So, of course I took this opportunity to make a photo book for for my "Beautiful Boy." My husband and I have been wanting to give him a photo book since he turned 10 last June, but we never got around to it...until now!



I'm going to sound all promotional, but Blurb's new designer templates really do make it simple to create a lovely book without putting in countless hours. That's big for me, because I can take forever to do a job like this. We were getting ready to head out of town and I was able to put his book together in two hours.

My boy seemed genuinely touched with his surprise gift.

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14 comments:

  1. Bex DoctorMarch 24, 2013 at 6:57 AM

    Wow! this is soo amazing Joann! I love thee outcome. awwwwe your boy is growing soo fast! Lovely and inspiring post as usual....

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    1. JoKnowsMarch 24, 2013 at 7:27 AM

      Thanks! You are so sweet. Yes, he is growing fast. Soon it's on to the teenage years. ;)

      Joann

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  2. Suzie BMarch 24, 2013 at 3:00 PM

    Aww! What a wonderful gift! You did a great job!

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  3. UnknownMarch 25, 2013 at 7:18 AM

    So cool! The discount seals the deal for me, I'm gonna make one of Thing 3's art photos-- she'll flip out!

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    1. JoKnowsMarch 25, 2013 at 9:32 AM

      That sounds like a great idea. I'm sure she'll love that! :)

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  4. MichelleMarch 25, 2013 at 9:55 AM

    My teenagers have recently told me they hate all of their "little kid" pictures, so the three of us put together a photo book of more recent photos. They love it and I love that I can have it out all the time to show people without hearing teenage groans!

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    1. JoKnowsMarch 25, 2013 at 1:48 PM

      That's so great Michelle! I do think they will appreciate seeing the "little kid" pictures when they are older though. :)

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  5. Adriana RoblesMarch 25, 2013 at 12:05 PM

    How sweet! I know what you mean about taking hours to make something like that. My parents have three large seperate photo albums with photos of my brother, sister, and I. Glad to hear that your son really liked the gift. :)

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    1. JoKnowsMarch 25, 2013 at 1:50 PM

      Thanks! I am uptight about doing these things. That's part of why it takes me so long...finding good pictures and putting them in the right order. I tried to just "let it flow" with this one. ;)

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  6. AnonymousMarch 26, 2013 at 4:45 PM

    So sweet!!

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  7. CarolynMarch 26, 2013 at 9:06 PM

    Oh I love Blurb! This looks like it turned out great!!
    Carolyn

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  8. SemiCleanSlate...In ProgressMarch 26, 2013 at 9:08 PM

    I tried to make a photo book from a vacation we took with good friends a few years ago as a thank you gift but it was too hard to pick pictures..the book would have cost me a small fortune lol. I like how yours turned out though. I must try again :)

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  9. Heather@Tatter and FrayMarch 27, 2013 at 10:01 AM

    I should really try them someday. I tried to make a photobook a few years ago on another site and it was super complicated. I love your end product, though, so I might be inspired to try again!

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