It's that time of year again...Christmastime!
Okay so it's not even October yet but the end of the year will be here before you know it. And I'm always looking for meaningful gifts to give to family and friends. If you're like me, you like to make your gifts. I feel like the spirit of giving is greater if I'm able to create it rather than just buy it.
Sometimes I do succomb to the retail pressures and the bukoo advertising dollars spent trying to get me to buy the latest gadget, hip new iproduct, or newest fashions for the girls in my life. But not without a fight.
So over the years I've created some photo calendars and photo books (even mugs, ornaments, birth announcements, and Christmas cards...but that's for another day) for family and friends. Somehow just having pictures to look at in a compact little book or calendar far outweighs the many thousands of pictures on my computer. (And just on my iMac alone, not including the two other laptops, I have 34,921 pictures. Oh my!)
I love browsing through past pictures in my books, remembering the good times and all the warm memories. I'm somewhat of a photo freak...I must pull out a camera and snap a pic at things that I want to remember. I can't help it.
You've probably seen obnoxious Japanese tourists getting in the way and taking too many pictures? Yes, that could be me.
But you have to take lots of pics to get one good one. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
So this is only one of the many I've created, given to a dear friend for Christmas. Hope you enjoy it as much as I had fun making it.
PS Have you created one before? I've used Blurb, iPhoto, and Shutterfly. What have you used?
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Great idea Alison , thank you for sharing :)
Christmas in September?? I've heard October, but never December. I'm a last minute kind of guy myself ;)
Wonderful ideas. So thoughtful!
Yikes! Chrismastime! I better get on it. Thanks for the ideas!
I'm the grandmother behind you with her video camera on a tripod, cell phone in camera mode, and a microphone in your face asking questions about your tweeting...
Love your book idea!
We need photo assistants Alison...
I was just thinking of making up a "White House" cookbook for the family members for Christmas and putting in pix and recipes of all the many things we've made for holiday dinners.
I really like this flipbook tool though. what did you use for that?
I absolutely love this idea Alison. Which of the three companies that you have used before do you like the most?
Such a wonderful idea!
I'm with Batman there.....but it's a lovely idea Alison, and thatnks for sharing:)
What an awesome idea! I remember growing up my mom would always do cute photo stuff like calendars and mousepads. It's amazing the cool stuff we can do nowadays with everything being so digital.
Debbie, I forgot I did mousepads too! Uh...and I'm old enough to be your mom. LOL
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