Blurb Blog Book - A Review in Pictures

In case you needed a little more motivation to get started on that blog book...

Pictures!

Here's a spread of my recent book. It covers a year and a half and is 123 pages long! It includes, chronologically, the birth of both of my boys. I LOVE this book!

The front cover.

The back cover, which includes each boy's birthday.

This is the first time I opted for the 12x12 size. Granted, it's more expensive, but I was also hesitant because 12x12 books don't fit quite the same as 8x11 books in a bookshelf. (And someday I plan to have a whole slew of these blog books lined up on a shelf!)

In the end, I'm pleased as punch that I took the leap. When designing the page layouts, it is much easier to fit big, beautiful photographs on 12x12 sheets, and the book itself has such a substantial feel (kind of like a professional wedding album). If I had a coffee table (and if I had bought an extra copy that I didn't mind getting handled frequently by toddlers!), this would be the perfect book for it.

I'd say it was well worth the hours I spent laying out the pages. But stay tuned for a review of another blog book printer, blog2print. The advantage of their service is that less customization equals a quicker end result.

I hesitated to say it in my last post about blog books for fear of sounding too self-promoting, but another option is to pay me to do it! That's how much I enjoy making these babies. :) So if you're overwhelmed or uninterested in making your own, please feel free to contact me: letwhylead (at) gmail (dot) com.

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