Hola!
I used to like to take pictures. One drawback was, that I couldn't see the picture before I took the film in to be developed...I would have high hopes, thinking the lighting was just righ
t or that I captured a wonderful expression on someone's face. Then I'd get the photos back, and ... not so much.
THEN...some
genius came up with digital cameras. I can LOOK at the photo, seconds after I take it, and if it's a bad one? Delete! No wasted film processing fees or materials. Wow. Could this be real? If I miss a perfect expression or snap the photo too late, NO BIG DEAL! Now I REALLY like to take pictures.
I also used to like scrapbooking. But I got a little burnt out of it: it's messy, lots of materials to keep organized in drawers, and I could never get "caught up."
t or that I captured a wonderful expression on someone's face. Then I'd get the photos back, and ... not so much.THEN...some
genius came up with digital cameras. I can LOOK at the photo, seconds after I take it, and if it's a bad one? Delete! No wasted film processing fees or materials. Wow. Could this be real? If I miss a perfect expression or snap the photo too late, NO BIG DEAL! Now I REALLY like to take pictures.I also used to like scrapbooking. But I got a little burnt out of it: it's messy, lots of materials to keep organized in drawers, and I could never get "caught up."
THEN...some genius came up with digital scrapbooking. I can do it all on the computer, and there's no mess to clean up and put away when I finish my session, whether I worked on it an hour, or just 10 minutes. I can not BE a professional, but my results look professional. I really like scrapbooking again!
Notice that I did not say I can be "caught up" with digital scrapbooking. I have accepted that it is simply an ongoing hobby. Even if I only do a few pages a year for each of my kids, it is more than they would have had otherwise, right! Those few pages look pretty cool.
OK: all that, to get to my drumroll please...we have been back from living in Mexico, for about 3 1/2 years now.
I finally finished our Mexico Book! (And there was much rejoicing.)
I have quite literally been working on pages, off and on, between other projects and life, etc., for 3 years.
Shutterfly lets you upload pages and they will put them in a bound book for you. We received it yesterday, and we like it very much! (Probably nobody likes it as much as I do, but...the rest of the family still likes it.)
Notice that I did not say I can be "caught up" with digital scrapbooking. I have accepted that it is simply an ongoing hobby. Even if I only do a few pages a year for each of my kids, it is more than they would have had otherwise, right! Those few pages look pretty cool.
OK: all that, to get to my drumroll please...we have been back from living in Mexico, for about 3 1/2 years now.
I finally finished our Mexico Book! (And there was much rejoicing.)
I have quite literally been working on pages, off and on, between other projects and life, etc., for 3 years.
Shutterfly lets you upload pages and they will put them in a bound book for you. We received it yesterday, and we like it very much! (Probably nobody likes it as much as I do, but...the rest of the family still likes it.)
I can't send you the book. I only made one. But I can give you the website, so you can page through our book!
http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AatGrVo2ZMWLrw
http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AatGrVo2ZMWLrw
Try it: go to the site, then click the yellow "View Photo Book," then click "Full Screen" in the upper right. If you also click the single square: "Single Page View" above the picture, it makes it a little bigger. It will play the slide show, or you can turn pages at your own pace.
Happy Wednesday! Kari
1 comments:
Kari, that book looks so great! I bet it was worth the time and energy for sure. I ned to get on Shutterfly and get my parents history on book. It seems so overwhelming though. I hear it is easy but?
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