I was able to do all the layering I'd hoped for, including using several images as the backgrounds on the pages and creating that scrapbook / magazine feel to the album. I made two copies of this first attempt, one for my mom and one for my grandfather. I'm going to make another for FIL and MIL for Christmas because I'm so happy about it! I'm going to splurge on the probook paper for my dad's album when I get around to doing that.
In all, it took me about 3 hours to make, but the final product is fantastic. The women at the store were saying that it's one of the best albums they'd ever seen! I'm so proud!
If anyone else received high res photos from their photographer and wants more info on how to do this sort of thing yourself, let me know and I'd be happy to show you what I'm talking about!
I went with wolf camera / ritz pix because they allowed you to personalize the backgrounds, which really made such a difference. I think my grandfather is going to love it when I see him next week.
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amazing Sandra! I have to make one for my parents! Great job!!
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All photos by Brian Calabrese Photography.
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OH I LOVE IT!!!!!! im def going to go to this site and make one for my FIL!!
we didnt get him one from our photographer cuz they wanted to charge $500 for an extra parent album!!!!
then i wasnt going to get him one at all and then my BIL who got married a month after us got him one and now i feel awful and a horrible DIL! so i was going to make one for him online, but i didnt want it to look cheap!
THis looks fantastic!! thanks!!!
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amazing Sandra! I have to make one for my parents! Great job!!
Thank you so much!!!! I'm so excited about it! It took soooooooo long, but I want to start uploading more pictures (it took overnight to upload them!) so I can get started on the next one!
The entire album (which was 34 pages) only cost $50!!!!
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That came out AMAZING!! Great job! I wish I had my pictures on a disk so I could do this
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OMG!! This is a beautiful album! You are so creative!
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amazing Sandra! I have to make one for my parents! Great job!!
Thank you so much!!!! I'm so excited about it! It took soooooooo long, but I want to start uploading more pictures (it took overnight to upload them!) so I can get started on the next one!
The entire album (which was 34 pages) only cost $50!!!!
and the parent album that was included in our package was just 24 5x7 picutres!! umm this is soo much nicer! i almost wish i didnt get any and just used this website!!
any tips on how to make this process of making an album easier would be greatly appreciated...how many pictures total did you have?
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Sandra, You are truly talented. I remember all the things you did on photoshop too! I think this album is incredible!!!! WOW!!! Thanks for sharing it!!!
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wow!!!!!!!!! u dd an amazing job
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I notebooked this! You did a great job and I definitely want to try this. I wish I had my pro pics on disk already errrr!
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WOW!! GREAT idea!! We didn't get parent albums because we figured it would be too expensive and we could probably get them done elsewhere for less. So this is a great help for me. I will def look into this when the time comes!!!
Thank You!!
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i am so glad you posted this!!!!! i have been SEARCHING for a good place to make some parent albums myself.. AHH!!! thanks! yours came out great!!!
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i am so glad you posted this!!!!! i have been SEARCHING for a good place to make some parent albums myself.. AHH!!! thanks! yours came out great!!!
Yay! Glad to help!!!
Soon you'll be making baby albums!!!!
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amazing Sandra! I have to make one for my parents! Great job!!
Thank you so much!!!! I'm so excited about it! It took soooooooo long, but I want to start uploading more pictures (it took overnight to upload them!) so I can get started on the next one!
The entire album (which was 34 pages) only cost $50!!!!
holy cr-ap!!! I can't believe it's only $50, it looks great!!!! Once I get my high res I'm so bothering you about this :)
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What a gorgeous album Sandra!!!!
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OMG! that's gorgeous!!!! i can't get over how beautiful it is! SO talented girly!! :o) LOVE IT!!
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looks great!!!
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holy cr-ap!!! I can't believe it's only $50, it looks great!!!! Once I get my high res I'm so bothering you about this :)
LOL I'd be happy to help you with it, Liz! It took a ton of time but I'm so pleased! I spent the day uploading the next batch for the ILs album, so that's next. Just make sure you get really high res pics to use.
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OMG...it is so professional...you're so talented!!!!!
