Our smartphones come with us everywhere making them the device we use most often to capture photos of our lives. What do we do with those photos though after taking them? They tend to stay on our camera roll until we run out of storage space, often causing us to lose some of our most precious memories. Here are some good ideas to inspire you to get those photos off your phone and onto the pages of a custom photo book, without breaking the bank.

Custom Gifts for Friends

Our lives are busy. Finding a balance between work, family, and friends is not always easy. A long girls' weekend is the perfect way to reconnect with your friends without the interruptions of everyday life. After the weekend you will find yourself wanting to hold onto the memories because it may be quite some time before you get away for another one. Gifting all your girls an affordable photo book of your weekend together is a great way to let them know that they’re just as important to you as that time away. Your weekend will be preserved for all of you for years to come!

Unique Wedding Party Gifts

Planning a wedding can be stressful. Having people by your side to help along the way can ease some of that stress. Your wedding party has been there for you for a long time leading up to your big day. Far too often brides and grooms focus on spending a certain monetary amount to show their gratitude. Instead, focus on giving a personalized thank you that your wedding party will appreciate far into the future, without breaking your budget.

Nothing says thank you quite like a personalized gift that looks like you spent a ton of time and money to complete. They’ll never know how easy and affordable it was. An 6x6 high quality soft cover photo book full of photos of you, your partner, and your favorite memories with your wedding party is something they will keep forever. Ordering gifts for your wedding party in bulk is a great budget trick. After the big day has come and gone, the photos will be a way for you and your wedding party to remember all of the best moments from the day.

Girl's Weekend Trip by Poppy and Gray Co

Capture Their First Year Month by Month

It’s true what they say; the days are long, but the years are short. The first year of your baby’s life goes by in a blink. Instead of waiting until their first birthday to create a photo book, create a smaller book monthly so you don’t miss a thing! Making smaller books along the way is a good way to stay on budget. It can also feel easier to complete than one large book at the end of the year. Save the yearly books for later. That first year is going to be full of so many moments worthy of their own monthly photo book.

First Day of School Photo Book

Most parents have a collection of first day of school photos stored somewhere on their smartphone or social media accounts. Much like those baby years, the years that follow seem to go by just as quickly. Every parent can remember their child’s first day of kindergarten, and much like that day, their last first day of school is just as memorable.

Having a child start their senior year of high school is a big milestone. In a span of thirteen years you took thirteen first day of school photos. Create a photo book with all of their first days in one place for you and for them to look back on together. It will be a great memory book to give them when they leave the nest for their next adventure.

Vacation Memories

You took so many photos during your amazing vacation. You can’t decide if the sunrise photos or the photos of you and your husband snorkeling are your favorite. Either way you know you want to have a book to keep on your coffee table for your friends and family to see when they visit. These photos deserve their own landscape book. In fact every trip you take deserves a photo book. Keep it affordable by designing a softcover book in an 8x6 size. Keep traveling and before you know it you’ll have an amazing library of travel photo books to enjoy.

Things to Consider Before Ordering Your Photo book

Much like your unique photos, not all photo books are the same. Here are some things to consider before you order your custom photo book:

Quality: You want your photos to look great. Print quality and finish are important. Mixbook offers upgrades like semi-gloss without charging a premium.

Value: Look for things like discounts on bulk orders. Mixbook offers discounts for bulk orders over ten books making it affordable for you to give a personalized photo book to friends and family.

User Experience: It’s important that the site is easy to navigate and easy to use. Your life is busy. You want this experience to be as easy as possible.

Options: You want to have a variety of themes and templates to choose from. This allows you to be creative without making it difficult.

Write Your Story

You are busy writing your life story. Every time you take a photo of your life, it becomes part of that story. Don’t lose a single chapter. There are so many affordable options to put those photos into their own book, and every story deserves a book. After all the years have come and gone, the stories you wrote along the way will be your most valuable possession.

“The best things in life are the people we love, the places we’ve been, and the memories we’ve made along the way.” -Anonymous

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