Hello folks! Hope you've finally recovered from eating all that yummy food at Thanksgiving! How about starting off the holiday shopping season with a giveaway? THE PRIZES 14" x 11" Large Layflat Landscape Hardcover Photobook valued at $96.99 each (3 prizes available) 11" x 8.5" Medium Layflat Landscape Hardcover Photobook valued at $68.99 each (3 prizes available) There are … [Read more...]
MyPublisher Premium Album Flush Mount and Design Service Review
In celebration of Photobookgirl.com's 5th Anniversary back in February, MyPublisher sponsored a huge prize package worth $1495.00. One of my lucky, lucky readers won an amazing professionally designed premium flush mount album with all the bells and whistles. She said she was planning to use it to make a wedding or anniversary album. In that post I mentioned that my review of … [Read more...]
The Ultimate Lay Flat Photo Book Comparison Guide – A Book for Every Budget (Updated 2017)
When I first started this blog four years ago, there were few photo book companies offering lay flat photo books for the average consumer. Most of the lay flat beauties out there were marketed only to pros and for the obsessive DIY bride like me, that left just a few options. That's how this blog began - the more I researched options for making my own wedding album, the more … [Read more...]
Mixbook Lay Flat Photo Book Review Plus a GIVEAWAY! $300 in prizes (ENDED)
Skip directly to enter Giveaway I've been wanting to try Mixbook's lay flat book for a while now and it's been long overdue. Lay flat pages are one of my favorite options when I make photo books. It's more convenient and more enjoyable when looking at a book, especially a larger one, to have the pages lie flat without having to hold down the book. Lay flat pages also lend a … [Read more...]
Shutterfly Lay Flat Photo Book Review 2013 – Valentine’s Baby Photo Book Gift
Yea! I'm so glad to be out of January. Even though February is still cold where I live, as time passes, I feel like we're making progress towards Spring. One thought that warms me up is Valentine's Day. It's cheery, and it's full of bright, warm colors like red and pink. Plus, I don't have to apologize for cute heart overload. For Valentine's Day I decided to make photo books … [Read more...]
Bride Box Lake Review 2012 Part 1 & GIVEAWAY (International) ($329 value) ENDED
Hi all you brides and grooms out there. I know a number of you have been asking me when my Bride Box Lake wedding album review was going to come out. Well here's Part 1! I've decided to do it in two parts. This first part will be about the software, plus I'll also share some of my design thoughts with you. The second part will be a review of the book itself. PLUS! I'm sure you … [Read more...]
Q&A: Making Photo Books with Camera Phones & Lay Flat vs. Flush Mount
Here's another installment of my Q&A. I frequently get a lot of questions that come through various channels - my Facebook fan page, my contact form and as comments on my posts. From time to time I ask the reader whether he or she minds if I share the question if I think it will be of interest to my other readers. Here are a few recent questions from readers: Q: Hi Photo … [Read more...]
Multi-Volume Photo Books – Make a Series
So is anyone else having a snow day like me? We have about 20 inches of the fluffy stuff and I do not plan to even try to venture outside. I'm snug as a bug writing this post on the couch today! :) This post is about multi-volume photo books. From time to time I get e-mails from readers asking about page limits on photo books and if you're a photo and photo book lover like … [Read more...]
