Thursday, October 6, 2011

BLURB BOOKS

Since we received our final disc of pictures from Heidi back in March, I have been slowly working on designing our wedding albums. I have been really excited about designing this book for several reasons ...
• I get to choose which pictures are in it
• It is a great way to have all your pictures in one place rather than individually printing them all
Blurb now has an amazing InDesign plug-in that allows designers to customize their book any way imaginable


The books arrived a month ago and they are gorgeous. No, not because it is millions of pictures of Brandon and I, but because of the quality. I chose image wrapping for the hard cover, their new pro-line uncoated paper for the interior, and the largest square size available - 12"x12". The large size was quite surprising, but amazing. I love how vibrant and bold the pictures are. 


I would definitely recommend Blurb to everyone - it is not just for weddings. There are so many choices and templates (for the non-designer) to choose from that it makes the process really fun, and straight forward. Here are a few pictures of my blurb book:





you can see the rest of the book here

For the parents I chose a smaller size, 7"x7", and it turned out just as cute, and much easier to handle! I think they have really enjoyed having all the pictures in one place for easy browsing. You can tell the proportion differences in both sets of pictures.

5 comments:

  1. I LOVE that Katie Beth!! So glad to know about that site!

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  2. I LOVE blurb! I made a couple of books of when I lived in Italy and were so pleased with them! I have started a book for Brodie this week with the new layouts and love them!

    Btw, your pictures are gorgeous!!

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  3. I wish I had read this post before so I could have seen this last night. I'm sure they are beautiful!

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  4. Hi Katie Beth! How were you able to get your cover image to wrap around the spine of the book? I am in the process of making a book and I cannot seem to figure that out. Is it an option on the InDesign Plug-in? Any help you can provide would be much appreciated. Many thanks!

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