Sharing Our Wedding Photo Book

Big news! We just got our wedding photo book back and once again; I am reliving the entire weekend one photo at a time.

When our photographer sent our photos last month, I’ll admit I was slightly overwhelmed. I mean, there were hundreds, maybe thousands even, to sort through. The thought of creating a photo book seemed just a bit daunting, but I also had this feeling that if I didn’t do it soon, it might never get done.

And so last Sunday evening I sat down with a glass of wine, a good movie, and the mission to create my book on Shutterfly. Now Shutterfly can be a dangerous site for me if I’m not careful. Iat always starts with just one item (like a photo book) but the next thing I know I’m ordering mugs, pillows, t-shirts, coasters, magnets, I suddenly think I need everything with my photos on them because Shutterfly’s products are just that fun.

In short, I’m pretty sure I’ve ordered almost every item Shutterfly offers over the years, but hands down our wedding book is my new favorite. I can’t even begin to express how wonderful the quality is- but I’ll try. I’ll also show photos (of photos) but they just don’t do it justice.

I love this photo of Chris and his friends in the pool while all of the girls were spending hours in hair and makeup. Also the blueness of the water and overall beauty of the day captured in this image has me craving a hot summer day very bad right now as snow is falling outside.

For starters, let me give you the details on the book we ordered because Shutterfly offers a wide variety of choices. We chose the 12 x 12 book (perfect size for a coffee table) with a premium leather cover, double thick pages to prevent tearing, and true spread pages to allow photos to spread across the binding of the book.

I knew that I will only make a wedding book once in my life, so I wanted to do it right.

I’ve mentioned before I’m not the best at design stuff, I just don’t have “the eye” for knowing what looks the best so I opted to use Shuttefly’s Make My Book service. This allows Shutterfly designers to assist in curating your photos to ensure you make the best book possible, which made the entire process so much easier than I thought it would be. I don’t know why I even stressed for a second about making a book because it was no trouble at all and less than a week later I already have it in my hands.

If I sound like I’m gushing now, I totally am. The quality of the photos completely surpassed my expectations and looking at them right now takes me back to Steamboat all over again.

I had some fun with the party photos as you can see… I really wanted to capture the essence of the evening. I think I did a pretty good.

Best part of all? The photo books on Shutterfly are very affordable, a great alternative to purchasing a book straight from a wedding photographer- and you get to be a part of the process!

If you’re still sitting on all of your wedding photos and aren’t sure what to do with them, think no more and start creating your wedding photo book on Shutterfly today! You’d have it in time for the holidays!

And that’s a wrap! Happy Thanksgiving week, everyone!

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