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How To Use Shutterfly To Create A Summer Memory Photo Book + Get Up To 30% Off Now!

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Now that my kids are back in school, I plan on spending time on putting together a photo book of our summer memories.   I used to be the queen of scrapbooking but since having a second child, not so much.  I have created a couple of beautiful photo books in the last few years though and I just love looking through them and sharing them with friends and family, over and over again.

Photo book from a few years ago
Photo book from a few years ago

I am going to spend the next week or so looking through the more than one thousand photos I took this summer and will choose a few dozen photographs that represent our summer well.  Then, I am going to import those photos into my Shutterfly account.  What’s really cool is that I am not limited to importing photos from just my computer. I can also import photos from Facebook, Shutterfly, and even Instagram.  I just might  take more photos with Instagram now that I know that they can be easily added to a Shutterfly photo book.  I’ve been wondering what exactly I would do with Instagram photos besides share fun, filter-effect photos, so being able to add them to a photo book is just fabulous!

I was browsing the selection of photo books on Shutterfly today experimented with their new Custom Path feature.  With Custom Path, I can create a photo book based on one of many designs, add text, even use one photo for a two-page spread like in the image below.

I can also choose a hard cover, soft cover, padding cover, leather cover, or cloth cover for my photo book.

I have a few photo books and I never get tired of looking at them.

Shutterfly photo book
Two-Page Spread/One Photo

 

Find the perfect photo for a two-page spread might be a little tricky but I’m determined to pull it off.  This will be the best photo book yet!

Do you use Shutterfly to create photo books or do you create scrapbooks the old-fashioned way, with paper, die-cut shapes, and actual printed photos?

Right now (8/24/12) , Shutterfly is offering 30% off on 12×12 photo books, 20% off on 8×8 and 8×11 photo books, and 15% off on 7×9 and 5×7 photo books!  This is a limited time offer.

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“Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer” Movie Release & a $100 Shutterfly Gift Card Giveaway!

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Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer movie

This year summer may officially begin on June 21, but summer FUN begins promptly on Friday, June 10, 2011, when Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer opens in theaters nationwide!  This summer, third grader Judy Moody (played by Jordana Beatty) is planning the most super-duper, double-rare summer vacation ever with best friends Rocky and Amy. But it turns out Rocky (Garret Ryan) is going to circus camp to learn to tame lions, and Amy (Taylar Hender) is headed off to Borneo with her mom to save a lost tribe while Judy stays home with her pesky little brother Stink (newcomer Parris Mosteller) and second-best friend Frank Pearl (Preston Bailey). Just when she thinks things are as rotten as they can be, her parents announce that they will be going to California and Judy will have to stay behind with her Aunt Opal (Heather Graham) who she’s never even met!  It looks like Judy’s best summer ever has just become her worst summer ever.

But feisty, fearless and ever-funny Judy Moody never gives up!  With help from some unexpected sources, she’s headed for a summer full of surprises in this charming and spirited family film.

About “Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer” movie:

When her best-laid plans for a summer full of fun go comically awry, an imaginative young girl creates her own vacation adventures in Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer. Based on the beloved, bestselling book series by Megan McDonald, Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer is an irresistible and delightfully funny treat for adventure-loving kids and adults.
This summer, third grader Judy Moody is planning the most super-duper, double-rare summer vacation ever with best friends Rocky and Amy. Except that it turns out Rocky is going to circus camp to learn to tame lions, and Amy is headed off to Borneo with her mom to save a lost tribe while Judy stays home with her pesky little brother Stink and second-best friend Frank Pearl.
Just when she thinks things are as rotten as they can be, her parents announce that they will be going to California and Judy will have to stay behind with her Aunt Opal, who she’s never even met! It looks like Judy’s best summer ever has just become her way worst summer ever.

Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer arrives in theaters nationwide on June 10, 2011.


GIVEAWAY

To celebrate the release of Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer, we are giving a lucky reader a $100 Shutterfly gift card!

To enter, leave a comment below telling us what you would do with the $100 Shutterfly gift card and/or what your most fond movie theatre memory is (when you were a child or with your own child).

Entries accepted through 11:59pm June 17th
Contest open to U.S. residents over 18 years old

Earn extra entries by doing one or all of the following:

 

Alicia Hagan, Editor

Shutterfly Holiday Cards – it’s not too early to get started on your holiday cards!

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Shutterfly photo giftsI can’t believe it but we have NEVER had a professional family portrait taken.  One of my all time favorite family photographs was one that my mother took of Tim, Sebastian and I (pre-Madelyn years) in front of the Christmas tree.  So, I printed a million of them and put them in Christmas cards.  I haven’t done that since.  Call it lazy, over-whelmed.. I don’t know.  It’s just not happening.   That’s why I’ll be designing and getting our holiday cards from Shutterfly.com this year.  Now to find someone to lucky enough to try and get a great photo of the four of us!  I’ll be sure to update you all when that happens! 🙂

Besides a huge selection of holiday cards, Shutterfly offers shoppers a great selection of photo gifts including wall calendars and stationary.

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Shutterfly shoppers can choose from a variety of holiday card styles.  Are you a simplistic kind of gal?  No problem.. choose a classic, simple holiday card design. If you love bright colors and fun type faces, you’ll love Shutterfly’s more charismatic holiday card designs.

Shutterfly holiday photo cards

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Now I just need to find a photographer to shoot a few (hundred.. it’ll take that many to get one good shot of the 4 of us I think!) photographs of us for our holiday cards. 🙂

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