Archive for the ‘Personal Journal’ Category
Check out Lifephoto’s FAQs to ensure photo quality
Personally, I never read instructions. I simply jump in and start “doing.” Sometimes I need to go back and find out if I’m doing it correctly. That’s why I recommend you review the FAQs on the Lifephoto site before you upload your photos. Only takes a minute, but will help you get better quality photo reproduction for your photo gifts. You’ll find the FAQs and other good information about Lifephoto by clicking “ABOUT” at the bottom of any page.
.JPG and DPI Matter
- Be sure your photos are saved in the .jpg format before uploading.
- Use 300 DPI for images smaller than 12″x12″.
- 150 DPI for images larger than 12 × 12″ with an sRGB color profile.
- Try to upload your photos in the order in which you think you will use them– if including them in a photo book, journal, calendar or day planner. You can always rearrange them later, but it’s faster if they are already in the order you’d like.
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Lifephoto is celebrating the unveiling of its new Web site design, easy-to-make photo gifts and the added convenience it offers photo customers.
Shop by Celebrations – shop by holidays and special occasions
Shop by Lifestyle – shop by hobbies and other favorite lifestyle activities
Faster photo gallery – enhanced upload and loading speed
Product build upgrade – create products fast and easy with our new build process
Photo print quick order – order prints directly from your photo gallery
New backgrounds – choose from hundreds of new designs for photo books and greeting cards
Expanded photo sharing – send eCards and eBooks online
Check out the new site — upload your photos and start creating!
Lifephoto brings more photo gift ideas and easy-to-use features to its new Web design
At last, it’s here! Lifephoto has totally redesigned its 
Web site for the convenience of its customers– and with a special introductory offer of FREE SHIPPING:
- Simple Navigation. Find photo gift ideas by celebration, lifestyle or catalog tabs.
- The Celebrations page suggests photo gifts for such
occasions as Father’s Day, Christmas, birthdays, baby showers, weddings, graduations and more.
The Lifestyles page suggests photo gifts for hobbies and special lifestyle interests such as vacations, scrapbooking, gardening, cooking, pets, home decor and more.
The Catalog page gives you the full array of photo gifts you can easily make on Lifephoto: photo prints, photo books, guest registries, journals, metallic cards, photo cards, calendars, magnetic calendars, daily planners, photo signature boards, posters, banners, vinyl wall murals, dry erase boards, photo notebooks, art prints on canvas, paneled pop art and playing cards.
- Fast and Easy Photo Gift Making. You’ll find it so fast and easy to upload your photos and make incredible photo books, albums, greeting cards, calendars and other photo gifts. Simple-to-follow instructions guide you effortlessly through the creation process. Hundreds of new backgrounds are now available for photo books and cards.
- Photo Sharing is Even Easier. Photo albums and your photo projects can be quickly shared by e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, other social media, blogs and Web sites. Best of all, sharing from Lifephoto is free. Your family and friends can then choose to order their own photo prints or the photo gifts you’ve created right from the link.
- Introductory Offer — Free Shipping. For an order of $50 or more, you can have your photo gifts shipped free. Use Promo Code: FREESHIP50 — but hurry. Offer ends May 31, 2010l
Make a Mother’s Day Gift Mom Will Enjoy Forever
So she’s got a favorite pup or two. 
Why not make Mom a special photo book for Mother’s Day all about her dog (or cat). She must have tons of photos she’s taken over the years. Or just snap some yourself. Here’s a sample of a pet-focused photo book that begins when Daisy was just a pup — back at the mythical Daisy Hill Puppy Farm.
Background on these pages of the pet photo book was created on Photoshop from a picture of Milkbone. I just copied/pasted the small graphic a number of times. Uploaded it to my Lifephoto folder and used 50% opacity for the faded look.
Use as many photos as you like. Maybe add a story about the dog. Wouldn’t Mom just love that! Give it a try! If Mom is a cat lover, check out my post on a cat photo book.
Pick One Topic Mom Loves and Build a Photo Memory Book Around It
There’s no doubt, Mom is special. 
You want to give her something special, too. A photo memory book about something she loves would be perfect — and very personal. Easy to do and it can be inexpensive, too. But all the love you put into it will make it her most memorable gift this Mother’s Day. Here are tips, ideas and samples of books others have made.
Choose Mom’s Favorite Topic
What is she passionate about? Then start digging up photos and other scannable items from her and other family members that you can include in her topical memory book. Think about some of mom’s favorite things to do, to play with, to visit, to see: continue reading
Photo Books are Fun to Make and Share
Think you don’t have the time or creativity to make a photo book? Nonsense! 
It’s all about the photos and the fun you’ll have sharing your book with family and friends.
Need a Gift? Consider a Personal Journal with Photos
A Personal Journal can be the perfect gift for a guy or gal:
- Birthday
- Mother’s Day
- Father’s Day
- Anniversary
- Engagement, Wedding or Shower
- New Parent Gift
- Graduation
- Christmas
- Bon Voyage Gift
You can choose 20 or more pages — some blank, some with photos as you wish. 
Great for a diary, travel log, sketches, personal notes, recollections of a memorable vacation, recollections of a successful hunting/fishing/sports season.
Several page layout and background options are offered, including a photo fade on blank writing pages. Here’s an example of a personal journal themed with Hawaiian vacation photos. (Note the varied layout options used on the pages.)
Electronically Share Your Personal Journal
When you’ve completed the Personal 
Journal, you can e-mail it to someone or share it on Facebook, Twitter, a blog or Web site. If your friends/family like it, they can order a printed copy right from the link you sent or posted.
Encourage Kids to Write in a Journal Notebook
Kids have thoughts, ideas, dreams and wild stories in their heads.
Encourage young children to start recording them in a journal after they have learned to print. Here’s what one expert at the Creativity Portal thinks about children’s journaling:
Journaling: A Perfect Way to Enhance Your Child’s Literary Skills
By Day Penaflor
Call it a journal, a diary, a spy pad, a writer’s notebook, or a daybook. Whichever name you prefer, they all mean the same thing: a fun, personal, perfect way to enhance your child’s reading and writing skills. Journaling encourages children to be observers of the world, to be reflective of their experiences, and of course, to become expressive writers.
Make a Journal Notebook with Favorite Photos on the Cover continue reading
Four Valentine Designs Make Photo Sharing Fast and Easy
Better than a box of candy. More romantic than flowers. Give your sweetheart a book of love — filled with photos and personal messages.
Upload Your Photos. Finish a Valentine Book in Minutes.
A 20-page custom photo book is also inexpensive, starting at $6.95 for a 6″ x 4″ softcover book. Fit as many as 40 photos if you wish, add text and you’re ready to print — or share with your love via e-mail.
Start your book of Valentine love now.
