Design Tools
Blurb or MdBy: Which should you choose?
When you have a story to tell in print, your first order of business is finding the ideal book format. You've probably been researching Blurb and MdBy—looking at sizes, ...
Planning & Creating
How to pick photos for your photo book
Part two of three of how to print your photo book with pro photographer Jared Platt
Editor's note: In this three-part series, pro photographer and educator Jared Platt will teach ...
Planning & Creating
The case for printing photo books
Part one of three of how to print your photo book with pro photographer Jared Platt
Editor's note: In this three-part series, pro photographer and educator Jared Platt will teach ...
Ideas & Examples
Behind the Book with Jane Powers
What do delicious drinks and vibrant designs have in common? They both have starring roles in Fruitful: A Book of Unabashedly Fruity Cocktails, by Jane Powers. We love everything ...
Planning & Creating
How to Scan Your Old Photos
Nowadays, most of the photos we take are stored on our phones and digital cameras. It’s easy to turn these digital galleries into physical albums with bookmaking software like ...
Photography
Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: Film vs Digital Photography
I was fortunate to come up in photography during the analog era. My love of photography began in the darkroom while watching my first print come to life in ...
Ideas & Examples
13 Crafts to Do at Home
When you’re looking for a new at-home activity, there’s nothing like dreaming up a creative project, designing a unique look and feel, and putting your idea in print. Sometimes ...
Photography
How to Take Better Photos with Your Phone
When taking photos on the go, it’s natural to reach for a camera phone, then point, shoot, and post. Even if you’ve got the basics down, you might still ...
Ideas & Examples
Behind the Book with Elliot Ross
With his new book, The Mirror Pond, fresh from the printers, we caught up with photographer Elliot Ross to talk photography, book-making, and more.
1. How did you get interested ...
Ideas & Examples
10 Ideas for a Pet Photo Album
No matter how many photos we already have on our phones, taking more pictures of our beloved pets is simply irresistible. Our furry pals, feathered friends, and little swimmers ...
Ideas & Examples
Graduation photo book ideas and tips
Know what goes great with any diploma? A graduation photo album! If you’re a grad, making a graduation book for yourself (and your friends, and your family) can become ...
Ideas & Examples
10 Yearbook Ideas: Themes, Pages, Covers & More
Since no school year is the same, no yearbook should be the same either! It can be tough to come up with fresh, fun, and creative yearbook ideas that ...
Ideas & Examples
10 Baby Keepsake Book Ideas
Every day with your baby is a new adventure filled with new memories to treasure. And like every new parent, you probably wish there was a way to slow ...
Photography
The History of Photography—10 Moments that Changed How We See
In the last 100 years, technology has radically changed the way we see and remember in our daily lives. The history of photography illustrates just how drastically those technological ...
Photography
How to Be a Photographer
Dan Milnor has built a wide-ranging and hugely successful career out of his passion for photography. So who better to ask how to become a photographer? Whether you’re just ...
Planning & Creating
How to Curate Your Family Holiday Photos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bge1TIBdvF0
During the holidays, everything is a little bit more beautiful. From decorations to delicate sweets, to parties, and visits with faraway family and friends, ‘tis the season with a ...
Gifts
The 1-Hour Gift Book
Avoid the panicked rush of last-minute gift buying this holiday. You can make a beautiful, unique gift in just one hour. Here’s how:
The Mobile Photo Book
Nowadays, most of our ...
Gifts
Hit the Books: Notebooks & Photo Books | Webinar Recap
Hit the Books with Dan Milnor is a monthly webinar about all things book-making and self-publishing. This month, Dan will be exploring Blurb’s new custom Notebooks and Journals—now available ...
Photography
Daniel Milnor’s Notes on Photography │ White Sands
Notes on Photography is a blog series all about images. Each month, Daniel Milnor will share photography tips by revisiting an old photograph and sharing his notes on what works ...
Gifts
12 photo book ideas that make great gifts
There’s no question that photo books make beloved presents. Not only are you giving a loved one something that looks beautiful and is made to last—the photos you choose ...
Ideas & Examples
30 photo book ideas to get you started
Whether you’re setting out to make a personal memento or working on a professional creative project, there are a million different ways to make a good photo book. Here ...
Photography
Daniel Milnor: Notes on Photography │Sahara
Notes on Photography is a blog series all about images. Each month, Dan Milnor shares photography tips by revisiting an old photograph and sharing his notes on what works ...
Photography
Hit the Books: How to Take Photographs on the Road
I have a long and interesting set of memories when it comes to the road trip, with both family and friends. There was the agonizing trip to the Football ...
Ideas & Examples
16 Ideas for Making a Memory Book
When you’re younger, everything is new and every “first” gets written down or saved. But as we get older, our lives are filled with memories that shape who we ...