Trust me this will simplify what you are seeing as you keep adding photos. My last tip- turn on the viewing mode for your photos that only allows you to see the photos you HAVE NOT USED yet.It gives the book a nice flow but keeps the rest simple and totally open to whatever layouts I wanted to use in the rest of the book. The one thing that tied my book together is definitely the Month title pages and instagram grids. Decide on a layout you like for the whole book and stick to it.I promise you this will make things SO much easier. Complete all folder organizing BEFORE you start your book.I created a “HORSESHOW” folder inside the folder titled “JUNE” and drag and dropped the photos into the corresponding sub folder. For example, there are a series of photos I love from a Horse Show we went to while visiting my parents. I used subfolders inside the month folders on the desktop to drag and drop photo collections from iPhoto.
This was a simple way for me to add in all the instagram photos I loved but keep them small and confined to one page layout (there are definitely lots of instagram photos used in pages beyond the month titles but you get the idea). Then on my desktop I created a series of 24 folders- one for each month of the year PLUS an extra one for the Instagram “grid” pages that corresponded to each month in the book (you’ll see these below). I had a little notepad next to me and I could jot down “events” that I’d use as whole pages. I did a few things over the course of creating this book that made it easier for me to put the whole thing together:
It was also awesome that the software didn’t crash or get stuck like some photo book systems do when you are dealing with large files and tons of photos. I promise you it is super user friendly and you won’t be overwhelmed with a million options. You can simply drag and drop photos onto the pages, add text boxes, move stuff around, save layouts and view previews of your book.
It’s a super self explanatory software that you can use offline to build your book layouts. I keep flipping through the pages and am just continually blown away by the quality and finished product that I’ve been wanting to share with you all!įirst- I used Blurb’s BookWright program. A few weeks ago our Blurb family photo album (yearbook) came and since then I haven’t been able to put it down.