https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 10:29:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-making-a-photo-book-documenting-los-entire-first-year#post-1886401 Thu, 02 Oct 2014 15:57:05 +0000 banana 1886401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What about both? That would be fun to do a split screen of newborn and 1 year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-making-a-photo-book-documenting-los-entire-first-year#post-1885914 Thu, 02 Oct 2014 12:12:00 +0000 Mrs.KMM 1885914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tarabonno: That is a really good idea! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-making-a-photo-book-documenting-los-entire-first-year#post-1885565 Thu, 02 Oct 2014 10:07:24 +0000 Chillybear 1885565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Here's the new born book<br /> <a href="http://www.adoramapix.com/book/designer/73719bbb-e62e-45d6-911b-6871822975be" rel="nofollow">http://www.adoramapix.com/book/designer/73719bbb-e62e-45d6-911b-6871822975be</a></p> <p>and as far as i've gotten on the one year book<br /> <a href="http://www.adoramapix.com/book/designer/72b82eb2-fe15-4981-8eb3-69efdb274386" rel="nofollow">http://www.adoramapix.com/book/designer/72b82eb2-fe15-4981-8eb3-69efdb274386</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-making-a-photo-book-documenting-los-entire-first-year#post-1885556 Thu, 02 Oct 2014 10:04:13 +0000 Chillybear 1885556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We also use adoramapix for all our albums. We did a 14pg 10x10 book with all the new born and hospital pics. so for her 1 year book the cover will be from the 1st birthday shoot and then open to month one, two , etc and end with pics from her 1st birthday party and shoot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-making-a-photo-book-documenting-los-entire-first-year#post-1885442 Thu, 02 Oct 2014 09:26:35 +0000 Mamaof2 1885442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did newborn on the cover and a 1 yr on the back </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-making-a-photo-book-documenting-los-entire-first-year#post-1885439 Thu, 02 Oct 2014 09:25:16 +0000 Alivoo01 1885439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did a newborn pic of him on the front cover and a collage of 1 year pics on the back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-making-a-photo-book-documenting-los-entire-first-year#post-1885418 Thu, 02 Oct 2014 09:20:52 +0000 pui 1885418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Tea: yeah I definitely can wait! I have a whole year to decide the cover. I just wanted to see what other Bees would choose! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-making-a-photo-book-documenting-los-entire-first-year#post-1885416 Thu, 02 Oct 2014 09:20:06 +0000 pui 1885416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I will be able to fit it in to one book. I have a "less is more" philosophy. :) Like I said, the book is still going to be massive lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-making-a-photo-book-documenting-los-entire-first-year#post-1885153 Thu, 02 Oct 2014 06:38:58 +0000 Mrs. Tea 1885153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Depending on how many photos you like to take, you may want to think about separating the year into different books.</p> <p> I started with the one book idea and ended up with ( gulp, I am a crazy one..) four for her first year. I ended up using newborn, three month, six month and 1 year photo for the covers. </p> <p>Maybe leave the cover until the end regardless and then you can decide when you are all done? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-making-a-photo-book-documenting-los-entire-first-year#post-1885140 Thu, 02 Oct 2014 06:08:16 +0000 looch 1885140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: I see, then I'd do newborn. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-making-a-photo-book-documenting-los-entire-first-year#post-1885103 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 23:58:49 +0000 lamariniere 1885103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did newborn on the front cover and a series of shots from him eating his birthday cake on the back cover. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-making-a-photo-book-documenting-los-entire-first-year#post-1885058 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 22:11:14 +0000 ALV91711 1885058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I split the first year into two books. The first book has a newborn photo and the second a 1 year photo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-making-a-photo-book-documenting-los-entire-first-year#post-1885042 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 21:48:44 +0000 fancyfunction 1885042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For the cover I used a pic from our 1-year photo shoot and immediately when you open the book it's her "just born" photo. I actually did the book over the course of the year b/c I knew if I waited to have all the pics, I'd be so overwhelmed and the book would never get done. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-making-a-photo-book-documenting-los-entire-first-year#post-1884965 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 20:04:24 +0000 MapleMoose 1884965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: Neat, sort of a combination photo album and memory book. Definitely something to treasure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-making-a-photo-book-documenting-los-entire-first-year#post-1884963 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 20:03:04 +0000 pui 1884963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MapleMoose: I'm doing 1 big picture (like bigger than a full page) plus some writing (milestones and such) and a 2 page spread for each month. I also plan on doing a 2 page spread for first Christmas, Easter, maybe her dedication... I also have some pages dedicated to the pregnancy. I know the book will be expensive, but it's worth it to me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-making-a-photo-book-documenting-los-entire-first-year#post-1884957 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 19:59:34 +0000 MapleMoose 1884957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just finished mine. I used a recent 1-year photo for the cover. It's neat to see the growth and change!</p> <p>ETA: I made a 12x12 but limited the number of pages by grouping according to month. Each month was a 2-page spread. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-making-a-photo-book-documenting-los-entire-first-year#post-1884942 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 19:51:45 +0000 Smurfette 1884942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: 8x10! I couldn't narrow down pics!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-making-a-photo-book-documenting-los-entire-first-year#post-1884930 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 19:40:27 +0000 pui 1884930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: How big (dimensions) was your books? I'm doing 12x12 so I can fit quite a few pictures in each spread. I'm still going to have like 70 pages though lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-making-a-photo-book-documenting-los-entire-first-year#post-1884910 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 19:18:47 +0000 Smurfette 1884910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had this idea too. Only I had so many pictures I ended up with one for every 3 months. I just picked a picture from the first month of the book. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-making-a-photo-book-documenting-los-entire-first-year#post-1884900 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 18:57:19 +0000 mlm2934 1884900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: what a good idea, I'm totally gonna copy you and start keeping a book YTD so it's ready to go at 1 year. Smart lady. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-making-a-photo-book-documenting-los-entire-first-year#post-1884897 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 18:55:42 +0000 Ginabean3 1884897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tarabonno: oh I like that idea of using a birth announcement for the cover! stealing it! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-making-a-photo-book-documenting-los-entire-first-year#post-1884869 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 18:29:10 +0000 pui 1884869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: I have a few photobooks already (Engagement, Wedding, ect) and I always do one photo in the front with the background blurry background of that photo continued on the back (if that makes sense lol). I wanted this book to sort of "match". I'm already doing a big photo per month (plus a spread of photos) on the inside. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-making-a-photo-book-documenting-los-entire-first-year#post-1884868 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 18:27:04 +0000 tarabonno 1884868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am using an image of her birth announcement for the cover... so it's a newborn picture but has her name and birthday on it. Inspired by Pinterest, of course! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-making-a-photo-book-documenting-los-entire-first-year#post-1884866 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 18:22:18 +0000 pui 1884866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@reverie: I always order from Adoramapix because their quality is amazing, but yes I always wait for deals! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-making-a-photo-book-documenting-los-entire-first-year#post-1884855 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 17:55:47 +0000 reverie 1884855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did this and I picked newborn. Keep your eye out for groupons/amazon local deals. I got a great deal on Picaboo books. I really couldn't believe how cheap they were! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-making-a-photo-book-documenting-los-entire-first-year#post-1884854 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 17:54:46 +0000 looch 1884854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Are you doing a jacket? You could do newborn on the front, 1 year on the back. You could also do a 3x4 box, one per month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-making-a-photo-book-documenting-los-entire-first-year#post-1884852 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 17:52:52 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1884852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One year shoot assuming that's the better looking photo. Looking back as an older child or adult, opening the book to a newborn photo feels more emotional. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-making-a-photo-book-documenting-los-entire-first-year#post-1884851 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 17:52:22 +0000 mauxie 1884851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went back on forth on this too and ended up using a professional photo from her 1 year shoot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-were-making-a-photo-book-documenting-los-entire-first-year#post-1884849 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 17:48:23 +0000 pui 1884849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For the cover, would you use a picture from his/her newborn shoot, or 1 year shoot?</p> <p>LO is only one month old, but I've already started working on a photo book (I want to keep it updated monthly so it doesn't end up being a project I never get done). I was thinking I would use a photo from her newborn shoot for the cover... but then I thought it might be nice to have a picture when she's a year old and then when you open the book and see her newborn pics you really get a sense of how much she's grown.</p> <p>Just for fun, which would you pick? </p>