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Mehul's Birthday Photobook



So I got an offer from Shutterfly 2 days ago to create an 8x8 inch photo book and get another one free. As some of you might know, I had created Mehul's first birthday album pages already. I had been reading about this photo book concept and really liked the fact that it was cheaper and much more durable because of being in a book format. I was thinking of going with full 12x12 format but that's HUGE for a book. So I had almost decided on getting an 8x8 book made. And then I got this offer. So I took the plunge and resized my pages the last two nights, uploaded them and ordered! Offer expired yesterday at midnight so I had to finish it yesterday. No procrastinating. Now it's done done done.
If you're curious, I've shared the photobook and you can check it out by clicking here.


I deliberately did not use the mirror images of the layouts on facing pages, but kept the similar angles. I like it better this way. I hope it'll look ok in the book as I only had a traditional scrapbook in mind when I did the pages.

I haven't been running faithfully as my hobbies are keeping me very much occupied these days. We had someone dig out some space in the backyard for making a herb garden. It's more like a furrow but whatever. I love it. Yesterday we went and bought a few packs of the gardening soil. Today it's a bit chilly again but by the weekend, we should have the seedlings planted outside. I don't know if there are many squirrels here, guess I'll find out! I'm also reading Nora Roberts Garden Trilogy at the moment, so it all flows together ;)

I also joined another CT - Lisa Whitney. Here's a link to her store at ScrapArtist! Woohhoo! I LOVE her designs and buy them all the time. So cool.
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Erin (moviemuse) said…
Wow, Shalini, it is absolutely wonderful! If you posted all the pages previously, I had not seen them. That book is going to totally rock! Let me know what you think of it when it arrives. And I think erfect mirror images on facing pages would have been boring. "Real" books don't work like that, so why should this one? It is great just like it is!
7:32 PM
Shalini said…
Thanks, Erin! I hadn't posted all the pages here. I was still looking for a good way to share them, this is perfect!

My most favorite part is the cover. It's not cluttered and red is my favorite color these days :)

I'll let you know when the book arrives, it has been shipped today!
2:24 PM
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