Wedding Photobook Ideas?

We used Shutterfly. Personally, it was the easiest one to configure and the prices are amazing. I paid $100 for a 108 page book with lay flat binding (they are always running sales). They are still holding up very nicely. I went through the USB our photographer gave us and then moved photos I loved the best into another folder and used them in the book. Often we'd have 5-6 photos of the same shot with different expressions/lighting.

Shutterfly is the best!! It is user friendly and great quality. You can personalize it just how you like! =)

Thanks, ladies!

@JuneBride Great to know they hold up well - that's definitely important. I hadn't considered binding options, so I'll definitely have to look into the lay flat now. I appreciate the tips!

I used MyPublisher.com. They offer books and albums with several options.

Never, ever pay full price on MyPublisher. There is always a coupon available, particularly if you get on their email list.

I also tried ArtisanState.com but I found their design software annoying and restricting.

Shutterfly is the biggest company of their type (there was part of shark tank last week that involved shutterfly). I LOVE my shutterfly photobook...and everything else I have gotten done from shutterfly (literally I have cups, ornaments, pillows). Definitely upgrade to the layflat pages. They are completely worth the extra price, the pages are so much nicer.

For all my own personal printing, I love my shutterfly books. The Custom path is pretty easy and you can make it totally unique. A few suggestions: Keep it simple so your photos shine. I like to start with the "instagram" style design or the "portfolio" design style they have. That way, you can add a few details here and there with the stickers and it doesn't overwhelm the theme of the book.

Pick a few of your top favorites from before the ceremony (his and hers, if you have them) and the ceremony itself, then use a few more supporting images from each part to build the story of your day.

Use a couple to a few of the pages for portraits, and a couple for details. The reception can be broken into: details, cake & toasts, tosses and party/frivolity. I would use a page or two for each of those. Hope that helps!

It was a bit more than Shutterfly, but I found mixbook.com A LOT easier to navigate and like the options a lot better than the other.

I second mixbook.com like Maltese.. I've been playing around with it too and find it easier than other sites.

Ooh I've never heard of mixbook so I will have to check that out. Thanks!

@Metcalf thank you for the photo suggestions, I know that choosing the ones to feature is going to be super challenging. I like your idea of breaking down the reception into categories!

Hi date twin!! Tomorrow we will both be married for 4 months, woohoo!!

I use Shutterfly for regular photo books but wanted something more for our wedding book.

I ended up using Artisan State, they run 25% promo's and my total cost ended up being $280 for the heavy "bend resistant" pages, lay flat binding with a cameo cover, size 12" x 12"

Below is the link to my book.

http://www.asovx.com/upload/Preview?projectId=2FC908FCA7B2A06A&webClientId=1

As for picking which photo's, narrow it down, then narrow it down again, then start making the book and it will all work it's way out.

Good luck!

Artisan State is a GREAT one for DIY. It is more expensive than most book-making websites but still very affordable (it runs around 100 bucks for 20 spreads) and their books are beautiful. Great quality flush-mouth leather albums, and simple tu use.

Mixbook is good too, very user-friendly, and cheaper than Artisan State.

I use mix book or adoramapix for all of my photo books.

@SherBear your book is beautiful and your wedding is stunning (not to mention looks like so much fun)! Thank you for sharing. Ahh tomorrow IS 4 months! Yay for being date twins

@Jamie, thank you!! I popped in on your page and your photo's are really beautiful, I love your dress!

I took a look at my photo book when I posted the link and I used 56 pages and about 250 photo's but I love pictures and budgeted for it.

Good luck with your book and post a few of your favorite photos :o)

@SherBear Aww thank you! I'm excited to get this book going!

I just got my shutterfly book, and I LOVE IT!!!! Instead of a wedding book, I did my own "custom" book using one of their layouts. I have a few minor issues (the review process kinda sucks, my full page pictures are a little grainy, I couldn't adjust the font so on the pages I wrote something, you can't really see it). BUT. I used WWs freebie and a shutterfly discount, so I got my 24 page book for $10 shipping. Most pages have 3-4 pictures. It was an awesome way to get those pictures that I loved, but I didn't want to fill a wall with 75 pictures!! I love my cheap book

There is a groupon for shutterfly right now.

I used Shutterfly and also had a free 8x8 photobook code. I upgraded to 8x11, lay flat pages, only had 24 pages but got everything covered. I think it was $58 after the free book code and other sale discounts. I also ordered a duplicate to give to our venue owners - they have several others that they pull out for prospective brides.