Like these photos above. If they were stuck on a CD or in a digital format, I could never see them. But they are not. They are printed images that I can touch and hold.
So here's what I do and when I tell people they love the idea. So I am going to help you this year do the SAME thing. Each year (ok really the past 3 years) I make a yearbook....YES a yearbook. I know you are thinking I don't have time for that. But let me talk for a second. Last year my yearbook was over 209 pages and have over 900 photos!!! If I were to print that many photos and put them in a book or what I really like a scrapbook I would never get it done. I only have so many walls, so hanging all those photos would never work. My yearbook is bound, hardcover and custom to my story. And it takes me maybe 2 hrs a month to do!
The first week of every month, I upload all my images from my phone to my computer and transfer them to the site. Now I have chosen to use Mixbook because they offered the most pages. I think they can handle up to 400 pages. I know you are thinking that is a lot...BUT my 2014 yearbook (which was my first) was only 100 pages, my second one for 2015 was 209 and currently my 2016 yearbook is up to 259 pages. I still need to add the month of December. Another reason I love Mixbook is because they usually have a sale where I can get the book for 50% off. So I wait for a good sale.
So once I upload the images I arrange them to the pages. I add some captions, a few digital stickers and ta-da. Done. I save it. Then do nothing until the next month. This takes me a total of a few hours. Sometimes I do it all at once (I have to get up before anyone else wakes up for this) or I do it over the course of a few days. Either way, there's no mess of papers getting cut into pieces. No gluing. No clutter. No printing 100's of photos and trying to figure out where to put them. No bulky photo albums. Just one album with my entire year in one spot.
Plus the other nice part is that is is electronically saved. So once you do print it, if you have children or pets, if something happened to it, you can reprint it. It's kind of like an insurance policy knowing you have the option to order it again.
So how I am I going to help you??? Be sure to follow along my Facebook page. Every month the first week I will share a post reminding you to upload your photos and make your pages for the month. This will hopefully help you to make it a habit.
Now, for special photos and ones I really love I print and hang on my walls. I believe that your family should decorate your walls. Studies have found that having pictures of your loved ones on the wall, especially your children, helps boost confidence. ;) So, every day cell phone pictures that I wouldn't want hanging on my walls goes right into the yearbook. Special images or ones from a photoshoot with a photographer (yes I use a professional photographer to capture special moments too) I print and hang them up.
I'd love to hear back from you. Will this help you out? Are you excited to commit to a new goal to print your photos? Do you like this idea? Send me a line or comment. I would love to hear your thoughts!
-Trisha
(Mixbook is not paying me to advocate their services or product. I just love them that much and want you to experience the same joy I have that I am sharing this info on my own free will.)
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