Looking for a snazzy gift for your loved one? Put together a photo album or calendar of pictures together. Better yet, have someone else do it! Nowadays, there are many online services that will take your pictures and put them together in a photo album, calendar, and book. Don’t worry, you don’t have to be a tech expert to set it up. As long as you know how to register and browse to a picture, you’re good to go.
Here are my favorite websites for customizing and organizing your pictures:
- Shutterfly – This takes the number one spot since you can do so much with your photos. You can create photo books, calendars, holiday cards, stationary, and my favorite, wall-canvas art.
- Adorama Pix – Touting their high-quality photo books, this online computer service offers lots of layouts and themes to choose from. They also offer calendars, greeting cards, and canvas pictures, called gallery wraps.
- Snapfish – Just in time for the holidays, this service discounts up to 60% for some of its holiday greeting cards, photo books, and calendars. You can get 20 photo prints for free to test them out first.
The best way to set up a photo album is to first of all, not to panic. Yes, you have smurfloads of pictures, but just limit your project to your child’s first year, or boyfriend’s last few years. You don’t have to fit someone’s whole life into a photo album because that will be daunting and well probably would minimalize his or her life anyway. So, define your project in a narrow scope and then check out my top 3 online PC or Mac services for organizing all your pictures together in a great way for a gift or personal keepsake.
