Making a Photobook on Shutterfly

Anyone do this?? I am in the process and OMG is this HARD! I really had no idea what an ordeal this would be.

Good thing I'm not so busy at work

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I tried once, got about halfway through and gave up lol. I think (or at least hope) the fact that I need a new computer made things much worse. I found that it took forever to upload pics and I kept losing them once I did. That isn't even touching on the aspect of picking out which pics to use!

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Id di it once - took my 3 months to finish, but it was well worth it with the final product!

I'm working on a new one now and I'm so behind! It's for last year!

Making a Photobook on Shutterfly

I'm currently working on a book for dd's first year. I'd like to do one for every year. We'll see how that goes.

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I do 2 every year... You get the hang of it !

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I've done a bunch for myself and my parents. Once you do it the first time, it's pretty easy and fun to choose different themes, page layouts, etc.

Making a Photobook on Shutterfly

my plan is to do one for each year. dd is currently 9 months, i add photos to it monthly and will put the finishing touches on it when she turns one

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Making a Photobook on Shutterfly

I've done a bunch and like a PP said, it gets easier as you get used to it. They have an option where it will place the pics for you but I find that ends up being more work because I have to move everything around.

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I made one for my wedding and one for my honeymoon. Hard work but they came out amazing.

So then I attempted to do DD's first year The hardest thing was taking 10,000+ photos and narrowing it down to 1,000 (max for the book). I still have to delete 300 more but at least I got rid of more than 8,750 photos!

Then designing it... I end up getting so OCD over it. I over think every placement, background, layout, etc.

But I know I will love it if I put the work into it now. It's taken me months already and I'm only up to her 4th month!!

Making a Photobook on Shutterfly

I love them. They get easier and it goes faster.

Making a Photobook on Shutterfly

I did this and had to do the entire year and it was a lot of work. It truly took me MONTHS to really commit to doing it a lil every night and then I just crammed it all in over a week of every free moment I had I was working on the book. It ended up coming out gorgeous and Im soooo happy I did it.
And now my dd is 16.5 months Im going to just add slowly so I can do one every year and not try to cram it all in the last minute.

I say while I know its time consuming the end product is totally worth it! I used shutterfly and was REALLY happy with the quality.

Making a Photobook on Shutterfly

I can do a big one in about a week and just did a smaller one (love the free coupons from Target) in about 2 days. I like doing it but you do blink and suddenly realize 4 hours have passed!

Making a Photobook on Shutterfly

I have to do one this weekend. My biggest problem is narrowing down the photos but I love when they are done.

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I make one for DS every year. This is the third year I will be making one. I actually need to get on it. It usually takes me 3 FULL days to do, and I make big books, eg 90 pages.

It takes a long time and is tedious but I LOVE my books and I love that I have made them.

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I made my mom one of DD's first year for Mother's Day, and just made her one of our family cruise for Chanukah. The first one I did less customizing, and this one I did a little more. They are very time-consuming, but go smoother the more time you spend on it. You get used to the user interface and it gets less confusing. I still haven't ordered a book for us of DD's first year, and she's 17 months now!

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DD is 9 months and I do one for her each month and write a letter to her in it. They are time consuming but the more you do the easier it gets. My problem is I take so many pictures it's overwhelming, lol