For my nephew's second birthday, I made him a personalized alphabet book using pictures I have taken of him and combining them with words he was familiar with. He really loves letters so I thought this would be a fun book for him to look at as he continues to learn and practice his alphabet. But honestly, I think his mom was the one who loved the book the most!
To make the book I made each page in Picasa that easily allows you to make collages and add text. I then uploaded the pages into Shutterfly (which I had a coupon for). For smaller books like this, I think Shutterfly offers a great product and often has promotional coupons that get you nearly free books (I have gotten free book coupons from buying a camera and from Target at the checkout stand on top of other occasional discounts they offer).
I made my daughter one of these awhile back when Shutterfly was running a special! She loves it, and we flip through it constantly while she learns words. We were just talking this weekend about making her a new one! This is such an awesome gift.
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute! Keeping this in mind for a present! :)
ReplyDeleteSo cute! I made one of these for my daughter's teacher as a gift - each kid was the letter their name started with. Such a great gift idea and the kids thought they were famous :) I LOVE your version!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool idea! I love that it's dual-purpose: practical learning book now, and touching keepsake for years to come.
ReplyDeleteAdorable! I love the baby yoga poses. :) This is a great gift idea.
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OMG I love it, from his name to the book, lovely!
ReplyDeleteThat is sooo cute! I love this idea and I'm totally stealing it :) Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteEven I could read this over and over and over. I'm still smiling.
ReplyDeleteCute cute CUTE!! What great photos! I made ABC books for my two granddaughters for Christmas, and was pleasantly surprised at how well iPhone pics reproduced... but your pictures are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteSO cool! I'd love to make one of these someday - thanks for hte inspiration!
ReplyDeleteSo sweet!! He will treasure this book forever. How cool it will be for him to pass this down someday.
ReplyDeleteI love the idea too. I need to find the time to make one for my jewelry biz. It would be great to have a "catalog" for folks to flip through
a-ma-zing! You are so creative. I seriously love it. Sorry I'm a bit behind on reading... :D
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