Photo Book....kinda

[balliali]

My Mum has a lot of newspaper cuttings from down the years, and I would like to get them put into some sort of order in a permanent book for her wedding anniversary. Has any of you knowledgeable folk ever got a kind of a photobook done, or even is it possible. In my mind I picture getting her wedding photo on the cover, and her newspaper cuttings inserted, instead of where photos would normally go.... if this makes sense to anyone. Can someone please guide me what do I do, or have some of you done something like this previously? Or links to websites that might sort me out? All help and advice appreciated, please....

[bednobs]

cant you just buy a scrapbook or photo albu and do it yourself? You'll have to sort them all out anyway

[balliali]

would prefer something permanent, almost like a book or magazine, with her cuttings interspersed with photos....

[rockyracoon]

If you want it to look like a proper printed book, then the best thing to do would be to scan and save everything you want in it to your computer. Then go to one of the companies that do this sort of thing (I used Tesco) and it will guide you through the whole process. You upload the images you want on each page, placing it where you like, choosing the cover and any text you want to have.

https://www.tescophoto.com/photo_books?gclid=CK2y-5GCsdECFRHgGwod5M0Pzw

[rockyracoon]

When you scan and save, I think (but am not super sure) that you need to save them in a certain format, like jpeg. Hopefully someone more techy than me will be along to help.

[balliali]

Thank you for that, sounds like an idea that might work. I suppose my biggest concern is (never mind the amount of scanning to be done...) all that sorting, but I really think it might work, and it would be so worth it.... and an heirloom.

[rockyracoon]

It's a lovely and idea and the book will be treasured forever. i got hold of a load of black and white photos of my mums family from many years ago, I put them all in a photobook and gave them to her for Mothers Day a couple of years ago. She was over the moon with it.

Good luck with the scanning.

[MallyJ]

if you create it you could have it professionally bound...and maybe a copy for you...Whe I was having a dissertation bound he was working on the memories of an elderly woman who had died and all her direct descendents were going to get a copy...the latter may not be appropriate but they come back just like a book and with title embossed on it too. Made my work look brilliant!

[Robinia]

This is a lovely idea, my sister's birthday is coming up. Hope I've got time to sort and scan...and probably customise :)... all the pics.

Rocky what size book did you choose and do b/w photos print clearly? Some of the ones I've got are quite small.

[rockyracoon]

Hi Robinia

I think the book was about 20cm by 15cm. Most of the photos were black and white and some were that small size of around 8cm x 5cm and they came out fine in the printing process. They were quite good quality to start with, if they're not it will reflect in the end result. I had the added bonus of them already being digital copies as my cousin emailed loads to me. It made the job much easier.

[Robinia]

Thanks rocky. I don't know where to start...probably with the most embarrassing ones :)