Blog Books

This post my sound a bit like an advertisement, but I just wanted to share with you all one of my favorite products - Blurb Books!

Blurb is how I turn my blog into a hardbound scrapbook/journal each year.  It's definitely not as cutesie as Mixbook (the program I am using to create Daphne's baby book), but it's much more cost effective, gets everything into one place and helps me preserve my personal family history in an enjoyable way.

I also love that I can add things like Daphne's birth certificate and journal entries I decided were too personal to post on the blog.  I can also throw in lots and lots and lots of pictures of my favorite subject!

Blurb is also significantly cheaper than a bunch of the other online book publishing sites I've tried.  Rather than going up, the price actually goes down the more pages you print (cents per page that is).  You don't get charged for color or the amount of photos you use either.

A few weeks ago I finally printed my blog book from 2011 for $81 (with shipping).  It is hard back, has 281 pages and is jammed full of photos.

  

Now $81 might sound like a lot of money, but when you think about how much it would cost to print up all your pictures, plus the actual scrapbook, the paper, embellishments, pens, stickies, etc., this is actually a much more time and financially efficient way to preserve your memories.  And, let's face it, this is a much better product for me as I am a terrible scrapbooker to being with!  This way all the pictures are straight and the handwriting is legible.

Also, just a little tip.  I NEVER pay full price for ANYTHING on the internet anymore after discovering that you can search for discount codes on practically any sight.  My favorite place to search is RetailMeNot.  For example, a 2 minute search landed me a blurb coupon for 15% off my order, but I've found coupons for products on there before up to 50 or 60% off!  Pretty sweet.  Happy memory preserving!