I made a photobook from Shutterfly of things we did at the beginning of our relationship before we got engaged. It came out so well, and we love it. It is a hardcover book, like a storybook, so not super fancy. We will probably make another from our honeymoon.

It was an easy drag and drop method, and it was super simple to make changes. You can also upload all the photos you want to use at the beginning of the process, and then the site keeps track for you of ones that haven't been used yet - very helpful for not having one of those "oh, I forgot the picture of me and..." moments. The captions are a really nice way to add in info, and I liked the background options. From what I remember, they had categories you could pick, and then within the categories they had relevant backgrounds. I hunted around, though, and found some that I liked in different places other than my theme, so check out the other ones as well.

A friend of mine used Shutterfly to make a book of her bachelorette party. It was so great! We all loved passing around the book and laughing at all the goofy pictures.

It was pretty thin which, in my opinion, is a good thing. It takes up less space and is easier to store than a big bulky scrapbook. You could attach an envelope to the inside cover to hold any small keepsakes (like napkins, flower petals, etc) if you want to include those with you pictures.

Everyone thought it was so nice and she was so proud, she has now been deemed Photo Book Girl. She is in charge of taking all of our pics from girls nights and parties and putting them in one of these books. She said it was so easy, she didn't mind taking the job. Now we all get these great photo books of all our times together!

A site that I would definitely recommend is blurb.com. It is the same concept as apple but cheaper, more customizable, and you download the program and never have to get on the internet again until you are ready to order the book. It also has tons of template page layouts to choose from so you aren't wondering if those two squares are the same size. I studied photojournalism abroad in Italy last summer and that is the site our prof recommended using. The book I made turned out beautifully. My only complaint is that I went with a solid black background and i think it made some of my pictures look a little darker than they actually are. Hope this helps :)

I want to create hardcover photo books for "the parents" after the wedding, and want them to look really nice. I love the leather option and wanted to thank you for this post! The breakdown of all of the services was really helpful as well.

Check out MyPublisher.com. I did our wedding photo book for both sets of our parents here and I loved it! So easy to use and such wonderful options.

I got married last summer and because I bought my dress at David's Bridal I got a coupon code to get a free Shutterfly book. Although the final product was wonderful, the process was TERRIBLE!!! It took me such a long time because as I moved on to do the layout for the next page, the previous pages would not save! It was so frustrating, took lots of time, and several calls to Shutterfly. I wouldn't recommend them. I WOULD recommend Snapfish, though. I haven't gotten a book from them, but their pictures are great quality! When my sisters started having kids they each joined a different photo sharing site so I signed up for them all, ordered pics, and compared the quality. Snapfish is the best! AND once you join they e-mail you GREAT deals, like pics for $0.01 a few weeks ago! I got over $100 pictures for that great deal!