Blurb’s wedding photo albums
Granted, it’s only been three years since I got married, but in those three years technology has come a long way — especially where wedding photo albums are concerned! Back in 2004, if you wanted to make your own wedding album (because what DIY bride is going to buy an album from her photographer?), your options were pretty limited and the results were, well, pretty disappointing.
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Now, however, there’s Blurb! And 2007 brides, I am jealous. Really jealous. Blurb’s wedding photo books are way better than the options that were available after my wedding, featuring truly well-designed layouts, four different sizes, and a drag ‘n’ drop interface that is awesome and easy and fabulous. (And makes me cringe when I think of the hours I spent clunking around three years ago with the wedding books I made.)
Seriously, I am so jealous of what you ladies can do with your wedding albums now …
You can do all sorts of cool shit with Blurb — it’s not just about making a wedding album after the fact. You can also create unique wedding guest books or a “Story of Us” book filled with photos and anecdotes about you and your beloved (imagine the baby pics … aww). Or you could even make a book filled with photos and stories about family, friends, and the wedding party, as a way to make your “tribe” of friends and family feel like they’re really part of the event.
The results are totally coffee-table ready and trust me on this one: wedding albums make perfect family Christmas gifts after your wedding. My in-laws are still cooing about the books I made them in 2004 — and need I remind you again that the books I made SUCK compared to the books from Blurb? I’m so embarrassed for the 2004 me …
Oh, and for all you Flickr geeks, Blurb can totally pull your wedding or honeymoon photos from your Flickr photosets and wedding groups. Blurb’s tools make it super easy to “slurp” all the wedding photos from guests from a Flickr group into one book. Seriously: in 2004, I was like, “Why can’t I make a book from all my guests pictures in my wedding group?” Tada! Three years later, Blurb to the rescue!
So, summary: Blurb makes it easy to create your own wedding photo books that totally kick ass and make me and my crappy 2004 wedding books feel extremely jealous. I’m actually going to re-make my wedding album using Blurb this month — I’ll let y’all know how it goes.
*The fine print for the free shipping: To qualify for free shipping, you must enter promotion code obbship in the space provided at checkout. Offer is good for free UPS Ground shipping within the continental U.S. (or apply $7 value to outside U.S. or toward expedited shipping) and is for one book only. Offer expires midnight PST November 20, 2007. Limit one-time use per customer.
Comments
14 responses to this entryShelene
October 3rd, 2007 · 8:32 AM · #OMG THANK YOU for this information! I was meeting with photographers all last week and one woman actually quoted me that it would cost $1000 to make me a coffee table book because of all the hours of labor and such. I just kind of looked at her like “Why would I pay you to do soemthing I could do?!?” Thanks again, Ariel!
Kelly Mahoney
October 3rd, 2007 · 9:07 AM · #Thanks for the cool find. I made my mom a book of photos for her recent birthday (It ended in 0 but we’re not allowed to say the number) and the choices were a bit limited. I’ll have to use this one next time instead.
Cody
October 3rd, 2007 · 3:45 PM · #Awesome. I’ve seen the Blurb link on Flickr a few times, but for some reason a wedding album never crossed my mind.
&y
October 3rd, 2007 · 6:39 PM · #Take note, readers: this glowing testimonial profits this website every time you click. I wouldn’t even have noticed if it wasn’t so blatant. One link would have been sufficient, but when you pepper an advertorial with two dozen sponsored links it really dulls down the impact.
Large grain of salt. That’s all I’m sayin’.
Molly
October 3rd, 2007 · 8:29 PM · #Who cares if it’s a sponsored link? It’s an awesome product. I don’t think Ariel would accept advertiser money from a company that she didn’t actually want to write about or think was awesome. She’s not that kind of girl.
Thanks for this, Ariel. Awesome resource.
Ariel
October 3rd, 2007 · 9:02 PM · #&y, your comment totally confuses me. Offbeatbride.com is an advertiser-sponsored site and I’m totally transparent about that. The post is clearly marked as paid content — did you not see the word “Advertisement” before the post on the homepage?
I made a big announcement when I started running ads on this site. My rates and policies are linked from most pages. And Molly is right: the first thing you’ll see in my advertiser FAQ is that I’m super picky about who I accept advertising from. I turn down about half the inquiries I receive, although I have no control over what shows up in my Google AdSense sidebars, which kinda bugs me.
I’m just not quite sure what the problem is here, other than the fact that you don’t seem to understand how I run the site. If any of my regular readers have questions about advertising, feel free to ask! I ain’t got no secrets.
Sharon
October 3rd, 2007 · 11:24 PM · #Considering all of the FREE advice and entertainment this blog provides me, I am happy to click on an ad or two if it means helping to keep the site going. And frankly, I think most readers here are able to make pretty informed decisions about our products we buy anyway.
Summerbride2008
October 14th, 2007 · 5:30 PM · #Thank you so much for the free shipping promotion! We published and ordered our own engagement photobook today. I love Blurb!
xo,
Summerbride2008
Molly
October 30th, 2007 · 4:55 PM · #For what it’s worth, I just received my first Blurb book, and hope it’s just the first of many! My only complaint is that the cover printed a little dark and a little red, but otherwise, I couldn’t be happier!
Simone
December 11th, 2007 · 8:50 AM · #I just tried using the coupon code and it did not work. Does it have an expiration date???
Ariel
December 11th, 2007 · 8:52 AM · #Simone: Yes, it did. Check the fine print at the end of the post.
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