Shutterfly Photo Book Deal

I love creating photo books for important memories. Today, Groupon and Shutterfly want to help you capture your memories in an 8x8 photo book.

For just $10 you can create an 8x8 hard-cover photo book, regularly $29.99. The offer is only valid on the hardover, not leather, padded, or soft covers. The photo book purchase price includes 20 pages. Additional pages may be added at $1/page. Taxes, shipping and handling are not included (shipping & handling starts at $7.99). This offer is only valid for new Shutterfly members. You have until 11:59p on Tuesday September 20, 2011 to purchase this deal (or while supplies last). The certificate is only valid until October 28, 2011 so don't plan to use it for a Halloween book (at least from this year).

There is so much that you can do with a photo book:

You can capture special vacation memories in a photo book. You can create a year in review. You can commemorate a milestone birthday or anniversary with photos through the years. Photo books can also be used to capture all of your child's artwork. You can scan or photograph the art projects and then compile them into a photo book for long term retention.

Cinderella Signature Page
from my Shutterfly photo book

I just finished a Shutterfly photo book for my daughter to use as an autograph book when we go to Disney World next month.  The original idea is thanks to my brother who did this earlier this year for his daughters' second trip. My daughter has been to Disney World many times (thanks to my parents who are Disney Vacation Club members), so I had a ton of pictures to choose from. I went with a single picture in the background and other photos as collages. I made sure to leave room for the characters to sign. Shutterfly gives you a number of options for page layouts, but I opted to make my own collages and save them as JPGs and then use them as a full page photo to gain more control. I used Collage Creator for the Mac and was very happy with it. (I also used Turbo Collage - Collage Creator to create the header and logo for Ann Arbor With Kids). Collage Creator can be purchased from the Mac App Store for $3.99 (currently 75% off on sale).

What are your ideas for a photo book?

Don't forget the other great deals available today:

• Talladay Corn Maze Discounted Admissions
• Meri Lou Murray Rec Center Membership for $30
• Zoobooks Subscription for $15

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