Picture booksby stampkrl | More from this Blogger 20 Jan 2007 11:58 AM I wasn't at the office more than 10 minutes and the receptionist called me. She was quite excited and had something at the front desk she wanted to show me when I had a minute. The receptionist's daughter had come for a visit over the weekend and brought her a picture book with photos from the daughters wedding last year. It was a hard cover bound photo book, what I would call a coffee table book. Several of the pages had photos full bleed (all the way to the edge of the page). I must admit this was so much better than a scrapbook for these particular photos. Don't get me wrong I have been an avid scrapbooker for over 10 years but this took it to a whole different level giving the photos the presence they needed.
If you haven't seen one yet they are a great gift idea for a family member or friend. Talk about a personalized gift that they can't return. Although who would want to return one of these great gifts? Her photo book was from Kodak but I have seen several other companies, like Snapfish, offering these now also. I have seen prices as low as $7 up to $100, it really depends on how many photos you put in them. I was actually quite impressed with the quality of the book for the price. There are even new products on the market that allow you to create your own picture books in the comfort of your home. Again I urge you to think outside of the standard picture frame or scrapbook. There are so many other options out there to take your photos to the next level. Relevantphotography tags User Comments  Lisa P (24013) 20 Jan 2007 07:50 PMPicture books are great - and so easy to make! We live far from other family members, so I make a "yearbook" (of our son's year) every November to give to grandparents, great-grandparents and Godparents for Christmas. I also have 2 extra printed - one for us and one to save for our son. It is a nice way to document his life :-)  Valorie Delp (49340) 21 Jan 2007 05:29 AMioo like this idea! My daughter will be entering an art show this spring and plans to enter in photography so I'll be reading intently Thanks ladies  stampkrl (257) 24 Jan 2007 03:24 PMI think I am going to make a picture book for my son's band director for the end of the school year. What a neat way to capture their year of performances.  floridamama (9691) 25 Jan 2007 06:45 PMI have a ton of beach photos, kid photos, interesting "thing" photos...lol! I have always thought of composing a coffee table book of pics... this is a great idea! Discuss this article
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Several of the photos had captions to them. Of course proud mom was adding a lot of her own commentary as she showed off the book to me. Her daughter was also able to create custom books for each family member from the wedding. It really highlighted the photos that were important to each person. For the bride it was very important to customize each book since the brides parents are divorced and remarried. 
