A Nice Photo Album

[bainbrig]

We want to give a young relation a photo album as a wedding present, with a load of ancestral photos included - parents, grandparents, parents as children, and so on.

The ones that Google chuck up don't look too 'classy'. We want it to accommodate 2 5x7 inch pics per page, or one A4 cut-down, and be easy to arrange and re-arrange - plus a good lot of blank pages for them to add their own pics.

Any suggestions as to a suitable album? Thanks.

BillB

[Guilbert53]

Can you scan the images in to a computer?

If so then go to the Photobox web site and upload the photos to there (easy to do).

Then go to their "books" page and create a new book, selecting all the photos (easy to do) and Photobox will create a "default" book with the photos in it.

Once you have the default book you can add new photos, remove photos, change the size and shape of photos, move photos to other pages in the book, have more or less photos on each page, add text next to each photo, add text to the front of the book or the spine etc.

This is all very easy to do just using a mouse and you can make as many changes as you like till your ready.

Then when you are happy with the book select the print option and they will print it and send it to your home address (you could even print two or more copies to keep one for yourself or other relatives).

I did one of these for my sons 40th Birthday a few weeks ago and the quality was fantastic.

Photobox web page here (already on the "books" page)

https://www.photobox.co.uk/shop/photo-books

Note other photo companies offer similar options to produce books.

[bainbrig]

Thanks Guilbert, they're certainly worth a thought, although we would prefer an old-fashioned one where they could add their own pics, which of course you can't do in a Photobook. But certainly a possibility, thanks.

BillB

[roopower]

Boots used to do a range of good albums. Not been in there recently so don't know what the position is now

[bainbrig]

Thanks roo.

[follyfancier]

have you looked in John Lewis

[woofgang]

Have you looked on Etsy? Some nice one offs on there
https://www.etsy.com/search?q=photo+album&explicit=1&locationQuery=2635167

[gingejbee]

JLP have just three......

https://www.johnlewis.com/search?Ntt=photograph+albums&Nty=1&_requestid=22314004

[mazie]

How about getting one made

http://www.blurb.co.uk/photo-books

[Guilbert53]

>>>How about getting one made

Didn't you bother to read the first reply which suggested just that?

btw bainbrig, You could leave some blank pages a the end of a photo book (you don't have to fill it full of photos) so they can add their own photos.

[bainbrig]

Guilbert, NOBODY reads the other replies!

Thanks for the added tip re. blank pages; might be a viable option.

B