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?
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
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