In addition to The Shopping Mama, I write a family blog about the new and exciting things the kids are doing that only a mother (or grandmother) could love. I don’t keep a scrapbook and hardly ever print photos any more. I’m become so reliant on the blog as a means of sharing images of the kids that I’ve become totally lazy about making something you can actually hold and flip through. I’ve often wondered if I could just save and print my blog posts to make a memory book that way.
A friend answered that question for me when she directed me to Blurb. I was familiar with the website because my sister-in-law gave me beautiful book of pictures of Toddler Boy she created there. Blurb has a program to “slurp” your blog into a real Blog Book. How cool is that?
Here’s the process:
* Download Blurb Booksmart software
* Blurb imports and maps blog text, images, comments, and links into professionally designed page layouts
* Edit your book as little or as much as you like
* Pick the type of book you want – hardcover, softcover, etc
* Place your order and then patiently wait a week to 10 days for it to arrive
Prices start at $13 for a 40-page book which seems totally reasonable but I wonder how many posts fit on a page. (I guess I’ll just have to order one to find out.)
I see a book of our family blog in my mom’s future.
amy
March 28, 2009some of the books on that site are amazing!
-amy
**www.tinygiraffeshop.etsy.com*
Cheyenne and John
March 30, 2009Wow!! What a wonderful idea!! Thanks TSM!