DIY Parent Albums...Professional LOOking ones

luvly73 Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:25 AM

DIY Parent Albums...Professional LOOking ones

where can I have them done?
I can do the layout myself but where can I have them printed and have they come out looking like the professional ones?

Anyone do this?

TIA

Alyssa79 Posted: Jul 30, 2010 02:16 PM

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i saw an album Roz had at her shower that she had done from Shutterfly and it looked sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kris_gets_hitched Posted: Jul 30, 2010 02:17 PM

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I remember Sandra (springsandra) posted about ones she did on a website...I don't remember the site but I do (for some reason) remember that they were beautiful!

Sandra....where for art thou?

luvly73 Posted: Jul 30, 2010 02:43 PM

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Posted by Alyssa79

i saw an album Roz had at her shower that she had done from Shutterfly and it looked sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i had done one from them as well but i want flush mount. (the ones where the pgs are thick and like cardboard and the pic is direct;y on it)
i dont think the do those...or do they...hmmm i will have to check it out

miamimerger Posted: Jul 30, 2010 03:14 PM

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Posted by kris_gets_hitched

I remember Sandra (springsandra) posted about ones she did on a website...I don't remember the site but I do (for some reason) remember that they were beautiful!

Sandra....where for art thou?

Sandra used RitzPix...not sure if I spelled that correctly, but I remember how impressed I was!

Soon2BeMrsB Posted: Jul 30, 2010 05:04 PM

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I recently got an email from Kodak Professional, or something like that. You had to download a program onto your computer and then you create the layouts and work with a designer to finish the album. They were really nice looking, but cost $500+.

springsandra Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:37 PM

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Yup, I used ritzpix.com (which is Wolf Camera) and they have a few different options for page types. For my mom and ILs, I used the magazine pages (thin) and absolutely loved how they came out. My dad wants cardstock pages, so I'm making his with their fancier booklets (I can't remember the name for them, but they're about twice the price). The first two albums I made were only $34 each and the one for my dad will be about $60 when I finally get it done.

My landlord was telling me today about a website called inkubook.com that he absolutely swears by and says it's very easy to use.

I did a lot of publishing in college and just wanted something where I could customize the layout as much as possible. I'm a huge PITA when it comes to how I want everything to look perfect.

I think I still have a copy of one of the albums I made in my album.