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Make a Coffee Table Book That Mom Will Treasure
Photo books don’t have to be about family. 
They can be about any topic that moves you — or Mom, in this case. What does she like? What would she appreciate? Make her a coffee table book that she’ll show to everyone.
Suggestions for Photo Book Subjects
Here are a few ideas to get you thinking about the possiblities:
- Favorite Dogs or Cats
- Grandchildren
- Cookbook or Recipe Book
- Travel Destinations — Vacations
- Family History
- Favorite Poems (today I have Haiku poems featured on photo book pages)
- Favorite quotations with photos
- Flower Gardens
- Mom & Child photo moments
Get started on a special coffee table book for this Mother’s Day. She’ll just love it!
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.
6 Ideas for Creative Photo Book Covers for Mother’s Day Gifts
You say you’re really not creative? No problem. Making a photo book for Mom is easy and fun. Lifephoto’s site guides you along step by step. It gives you options for arranging photos, adding captions and text. It will even auto-fill your book with your photos — yet allowing you the ability to change them later.
The Cover Sets the Stage for Your Book
Mother's Day Flower Garden Photo Book with single image on front and deep green textured background front and back.
Let’s look at the cover possibilities for a Mother’s Day Photo Book about her floral garden: continue reading
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
Thank You Notes. Get Well Notes. Thinking of You Notecards.
Looking for something special to give a Mom, aunt or close friend for Mother’s
Day? How about a set of notecards, personalized with a photo they love!
You can make a set of cards in just minutes — simply upload the photo and you’re ready to go! Photo subjects you might consider:
- Lake cabin photo
- Bird or flower
- Nature photo — maybe an underwater shot!
- Garden photos
- Favorite pet
- Children or grandchildren
- Anything the recipient might love!
Two Notecard sizes. Background Optional.
Notecards are available horizontal or vertical, 4.25″ x 5.5″ or 5″x7″. A wide selection of backgrounds are available or you can have your photo cover the front of the card. Inside you can add a caption if you wish — maybe a description of what photo appears on the card. 
If it’s a lake photo, the caption might be: “Lake Emily, Amherst, WI.”
Start looking for good photos now and order your notecards as a wonderful Mother’s Day surprise.
Try Closeup Digital Photos of Your Puppy
If you can get your pup to stay still for more 
than a moment, try to capture a closeup shot like this one. I used a Kodak EasyShare Z980 in Sport (or Action) mode. I moved in close to the pup’s nose with my camera in a vertical position. (Had to clean the lens a couple of times from puppy nose juice before I got the shot I wanted!)
Snap a few shots — not everyone will work out perfectly — so give yourself some choices.
I “Photoshopped” in the Santa hat — which I downloaded from Microsoft’s ClipArt site. (Had to resize it a bit to work on this photo — but wanted it to look small and goofy on the pup. continue reading
Photo Notebooks Are Cool Stocking Stuffers
If you’re surprising someone with a puppy this Christmas, 
why not drop a subtle hint in their Christmas stocking? Upload a photo of the pup to lifephoto.com and in less than 5 minutes you can have that pup’s pix on the cover of a photo notebook.
It’s really easy and the notebooks will be a big hit. Lifephoto’s mini notebooks are $7.00 for a set of four (2.5″ x 3.5″). Just $5.00 for a 5.5″ x 8.5″ single notebook. And $7.50 for an 8.5″ x 11″ photo notebook. Read on to find out just how easy it is to make your own photo notebook stocking stuffer: continue reading
I occasionally read Photography Bay and found two tips in a recent post I’d like to pass along to you about taking great pictures. Many of us take a broad photo of a scene — the subject we want and all the scenery around that subject. Sometimes just zooming in tight on the subject creates a better photo. Here are two points from Chris Gampat’s post, “7 tips for shooting sports and action.” I think these tips are valuable for most any kind of photo subject. continue reading
