New Tradition: Family Yearbook on AdoramaPix

By Jennie

A while ago, I read a post on Young House Love about creating a family yearbook (my friends think this term is ridiculous, but I think it's kind of charming, SO I WIN). I decided I also wanted to create a family yearbook with highlights from the previous year, and then I immediately shelved that idea because I'm very, very good at coming up with good ideas and doing nothing about them. 

Thankfully, I stumbled upon this at Pinterest about the best sites to print photo books and it reminded me of my desire to print a yearbook.

I settled on the site AdoramaPix. 

First, here's the price breakdown of photo books:

(Click to enlarge!)

I chose the 10x10 book with 26 pages and found a 30%-off coupon. (My total cost of the book was $45.92 including shipping.)

AdoramaPix easily let me upload photos from both my laptop and Flickr, so it was no problem importing. It also showed me which photos were in use in the book at any given time, so I didn't double use one.

You can choose from a variety of layouts and themes.

I chose the Year in Review theme and then Yearbook.

I kept my layouts pretty straightforward, just to protect my sanity, but if I did want to remove a photo or text square, it was easy to do. I also swapped out some fonts and treatment and that was no problem, either.

When the book came, I was blown away by the quality, quite honestly. The stock was substantial, and nearly all the photos turned out crisp and eye-catching.

Some photos my book:

(Back cover)

(I loved how some of the photos spread across two pages, without issue at all.)

I was so pleased, and hope to print future books with this company!

Comments

[Jen]

I love photobooks.. I make one for my son and daughter each year (an individual book for each). She is 5 and he is 2. I make copies for the in-laws and they make perfect gifts. Something to sum up the latest year of their grandkids life for their friends to look through without having to flip through a stack of photos. They sit nicely on their coffee tables. I also find many buy one/get one free offers in my inbox and take advantage of those. Great idea... and I like the name YEAR BOOKS...LOL