Family Yearbooks

I've been meaning to create Family Yearbooks for some time now.  With buying a new house and adjusting to our new situations, unnecessary expenses have been put aside for now.  But we got a coupon from Target for a FREE shutterfly 8x8 photobook.  I figured, what the heck, I might as well give it a try.  I did pay abou 4 dollars for extra pages (you know me) and then like 5 bucks for shipping or something.  Overall I am pretty pleased.

Pros:

• The book designing software was easy to use
• Pretty customizable (some extra "things" were extra money and weren't covered under the coupon)
• Good quality
• The have an option for lay-flat pages (kinda pricey though I'm not sure what they may cost on other sites)

Cons:

• This particular size book is a bit small for my liking (especially because some of my pages have a ton of pictures on them)
• Some "extra" things cost extra money (certain stickers etc, they have an option for a pocket in the book)

Overall, it was definitely worth the price in this case.  I'll try to do some pros/cons of other sites I might use for photobook printing!  (And hopefully I will be back more regularly soon!)

Check out the book I created on Shutterfly:

Click here to view this photo book larger

Photo Book Tip: Create an adventurous travel photo album at Shutterfly.com.

August Family/Maternity Photos 2012

In the middle of October, we had some family/maternity photos done.  I'm not gonna lie, it was a little hard for me to come to terms with finding another photographer since we had used Rachel Naft in DC for engagement, wedding, maternity and newborn photos.  But, turns out there was a photographer who is a friend's sister/someone I knew in Chicago.  And her prices are totally fair and her photos are great!  So this post is very photo heavy.

All photos are compliments of Jordann Tomasek Photography.  Check her out on Facebook.  She's great to work with and the photos came back to us so quickly!

Thanks Jordann!  Hopefully this baby will come soon so we can get some newborn photos done!  (P.S. Today is Grandparents Day, it would be a nice day to have a baby.  I'm just saying, Universe!)