Finally, FINALLY, I've made some more blog books. 2010 and 2011. It's taken me about a month and half to put it all together (Blurb is the best option I've come across and, still, its book-making program could definitely use some tweaking), squeezing it in whenever I had a bit of free time.
Sometimes this here blog would suffer- I'd spend all evening formatting pages and transferring in old blog photos and content, then realize I hadn't done a real post that day. Slap a couple photos in and call it good. Funny thing, letting our present suffer as we focus on the past, there's a lesson in that.
But I'm so happy to have these two books. Everything in that book was something we've created- the words from my fingers, the photographs from Sean and I, the subject matter our family. It's just so special.
Look, Liam's found his first photos! How easy it is for him to look through his past.
And they're still cracking themselves up. Dash was laughing at a face Liam made as a six-month old. I think when we have some more financial wiggle room, I'll get a copy for each child. Just thinking of that makes me so happy.
Now I just have to do two more years and I'm all caught up! Ha. But really, it'd be nice to have Grey's life accounted for. Two more books, here I come!
We do a Blurb book every other year. Phew. That stuff is exhausting!!! But well worth it, especially since your photos are always GORGEOUS.
ReplyDeleteI don't know how you do it! I have been wanting to book my blogs for YEARS. The first time I tried with blurb (around 2009), I got some message like "your blog is too full for us. go away!" or that is how it felt--like the uploader had a hard time with the amount in my blog. *sigh* Teach me your ways, oh book blogger.
ReplyDeleteYour books will be a family treasure FOREVER. I just love it.
Good for you!!! I want to get caught up on my books again this year too!
ReplyDeleteThat is soooo cool!!!
ReplyDeleteI use Blurb too! I've done a book each year and LOVE it! I don't do the "slurping" from my blog though... like you said- the formatting needs tweaking. Instead I just start from scratch and do it on my own- that way I'm not fixing the formatting I don't like. ANYWAY... it's great. I love your books!
ReplyDeleteWay to go! Progress feels good, especially when you have the beautiful reward to look at often ;)
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