October 11, 2007
Make Your Own Professional Photo Book
Now even the creatively-challenged, too-busy, do-it-tomorrow types of moms like me have no excuse.
HP has made it so simple to create a professional looking photo memory book that even I have to admit I can take a few minutes to capture my family’s memories.
These days scrapbooking seems to be the hobby for moms. But some of us are either too intimidated or too busy to take up the craft. And so our photos remain as bits and bytes on our hard drives, or collect dust in cardboard boxes. (Janice loves to scrapbook but hasn’t made time for it in the last couple years. I’m a bit embarrassed to admit I have never even attempted to scrapbook.)
But now, with these easy to use photo books from HP, busy moms like myself can create a photo book complete with inspiring designs, custom captions and journaling.
The photo books come in a variety of colors and in two sizes: 5″ x 7″ or 8.5″ x 11.
You can print the pages on any inkjet printer or for an even more professional touch, you can use an HP Photosmart printer. In August we featured the HP Photosmart A626 Compact Photo Printer which you can use to print 5″ x 7″ photo books.
Creating your photo book is a simple 1-2-3:
- Into your computer, insert the CD that comes with your new photo book and run the simple install program.
- Point and click your way through the wizard to choose your design, size, layout, and photos—even add text.
- Press print, then stack and slide your pages into the photo book. You can add new pages whenever you like.
The unique binding allows you to insert other memories such as wedding invitations, birthday cards, birth announcements and more.
You can all get started with these photo books right away…
Two of you will receive a free book and everyone else can save 20% on their own photo books until December 31st by clicking here.
If you’d like to be entered in the draw for a free photo book, let us know in a comment on this post.
(This contest is limited to US shipping addresses.)
We will draw the two winners on Tuesday, Oct 25th.
Happy memory making!
Filed under Contests, Entertainment, Gift Ideas, Product Reviews, Scrapbooking, Shopping by Susan
262 Comments on Make Your Own Professional Photo Book »
#1 - Morgan @ 12:06 am
Oh how neat! I’ve seen where you can do your own books like that and I think it would just be way too cool. And since I’m an avid photographer it’d be perfect!
Thanks for entering me!
(I’m the first one–yay! :))
#2 - Amanda @ 12:14 am
oh awesome. enter me please
#3 - Ruth :) @ 12:28 am
Absolutely - count me in!!
#4 - ventanawhos daily @ 12:37 am
ooooo! that’s another great, must-have for any one!!!
#5 - ELLIE @ 12:41 am
Definitely count me in—-would love one!
#6 - Deanne @ 12:50 am
Oh yes, sign me up!
#7 - Erin Read @ 1:01 am
This is awesome. Please sign me up!
#8 - Kara @ 1:05 am
Oh, I would love this! I am so bad at never getting my pics printed and put in a book.
#9 - heather h @ 1:26 am
What a great idea! I’d love to make a photo book for the grandparents. What fun.
#10 - Debby @ 1:42 am
I have so many digital pics, this would be a wonderful way to display them in a book.
#11 - Jill H. @ 2:08 am
I could so use this - I keep taking pictures - but rarely print or scrapbook them…count me in please!
#12 - Lois Lane @ 4:12 am
LOVE this kind of stuff. Thanks!
#13 - TheAngelForever @ 5:17 am
Wow, this could just be the motivation to make me get the photos and things done for my little guys. Count me in!
#14 - Lisa Brendle @ 5:27 am
Even I could scrap book with this. Please coount me in.
#15 - Pamela @ 6:32 am
Please enter me for the drawing. These photo books seem so much less intimidating than other photo books and one would make a wonderful new baby gift.
#16 - Debbie @ 7:17 am
oh this is something that I would love to have. enter me in please.
#17 - Marci @ 7:35 am
Thanks a bunch. Please enter me!
#18 - Lu @ 7:37 am
Sounds great! Please enter me in the contest! Thanks!
#19 - Amberly @ 7:41 am
This would be perfect–I love taking photos!
#20 - Carey @ 7:51 am
Please count me in too. Thanks.
#21 - Shana @ 7:54 am
This would be great to go along with the the pretty pink camera. Count me in!!!
#22 - Jessica @ 8:07 am
I love these photo books. Great Christmas gifts!
#23 - Liz @ 8:09 am
This would be a great way to showcase my trip to Ireland. Count me in!
#24 - Kandy Smith @ 8:09 am
Enter me please! And add me to the list of another one who would love to scrapbook but has been too intimidated to try it lol!
#25 - Heather @ Desperately Seeking Sanity @ 8:12 am
What a neat idea! Count me in!
#26 - Lisa O @ 8:17 am
I’ve been really wanting to try one of these. Hope I win!!!
#27 - Demeter @ 8:23 am
Oooo, me please!
#28 - Saph -Walk With Me @ 8:28 am
Please enter me!!!! Yup, just like you said, I just don’t have the time to scrapbook although I’d love to. I’m going to look into digital scrapbooking.
#29 - Donna @ 8:29 am
Me too please:)
#30 - workoutmommy @ 8:31 am
that looks great,please enter me!
#31 - Wendy @ 8:37 am
oohhh! I love this:) Count me in!
#32 - Lee @ 8:43 am
A great idea!
#33 - Jess @ 8:47 am
That is very neat, very much like snapfish, but on your own computer.
Enter me!
#34 - Melissa @ 8:48 am
Awesome - count me in!
#35 - Brandi @ Home, Hope and Future @ 8:51 am
Definitely Sign Me Up!!! I love scrapbooking without any work!
Thanks
#36 - Kim @ 8:52 am
Enter me please..
#37 - SJ @ 8:59 am
I am one of those Mom’s that is very intimidated by scrapbooking, and haven’t picked up the hobby yet because I really don’t think I have the time to put into it.
Yet all my Mom friends scrapbook!
This book would be great for me, enter me in the drawing please!
#38 - Heather @ 9:00 am
Great idea!
#39 - Tricia @ 9:05 am
What a great contest and even if I don’t win the 20% off is awesome.
#40 - Heidi @ 9:08 am
I love to scrapbook, but I just don’t have the time to sit down and devote to it, nor the room to spread everything out. I’m so behind!
This would be a great prize to win! Sign me up!
#41 - Tina @ 9:10 am
Please count me in!
#42 - ktjrdn @ 9:12 am
This sounds like such a neat time-saver. Scrapbooking takes so long!
#43 - Christina E @ 9:12 am
I’d love a book!
#44 - S.P. @ 9:22 am
That would be cool!
#45 - Tracy @ 9:24 am
I would love a photobook.
#46 - Cory @ 9:24 am
This sounds like a wonderful product. I’d love to win one of these. Thank you.
#47 - Bess @ 9:26 am
How cool! Love to have it!
#48 - Jean @ 9:27 am
This would be awesome! This is my kind of scrapbooking.
#49 - Andrea @ 9:38 am
I would LOVE one of these!
#50 - Rene @ 9:42 am
Wow! I have been trying to get myself together to get pics of my little guy organized! This would be the answer to getting it done nicely and professionally! Thank you & please count me in the drawing!
#51 - Barbara H. @ Stray Thoughts @ 9:57 am
Count me in!
#52 - Tonya Hall @ 10:00 am
this would be great initiative with a new one on the way!
please enter me!
#53 - bebemiqui @ 10:00 am
Count me in.
#54 - Amy @ 10:06 am
Yay! Pick me, pick me!!
#55 - ~Lana B~ @ 10:07 am
This is totally cool! WAY better than all the time traditional scrapbooking requires. Count me in! Thanks so much!!
~Lana B.~
#56 - Jodi @ 10:20 am
Awesome!! Count me in!
#57 - Jodi Elizabeth @ 10:45 am
Aww! What fun — please enter me !!!!!!
#58 - Adena (cre82learn) @ 10:46 am
I would love to win this. I used to scrapbook all the time but since the baby, I just haven’t had enough time. Digital scrapbooking seems to be the way to go - much less time and space needed to do it! I really hope I win.
#59 - Christy @ 11:12 am
I would love to make a photo book of our trip to Norway. I have been looking at different options and would love to win this.
#60 - Amy @ 11:13 am
Please count me in!
#61 - lace @ 11:45 am
I would love to get my photos off of the computer and into a book!
#62 - Doll Clothes Girl @ 11:48 am
I’d like to win a free photobook - of course that means I will actually have to get around to changing the color cartridges on my printer and downloading all teh photos on my camera card. Maybe this would be my motivation
#63 - Kristine @ 11:58 am
Looks like a great way to scrapbook!
#64 - Southern Girl @ 12:05 pm
I’ve been wanting to do one of these for a long time — sign me up!
#65 - Casey @ 12:09 pm
This is great. I hardly ever have time to actually scrapbook, but I have all of these pictures laying around. Perfect!
#66 - CINDY @ 12:16 pm
LOVE TO SCRAPBOOK, REDOING MY GIRLS BOOKS. I LOST THE BOOKS I HAD FINISHED DUE TO A HOUSE FIRE IN JUNE 06. THIS SEEM LIKE A QUICK WAY TO CATCH UP.
#67 - Allison Long @ 12:22 pm
Would be great to have this!
#68 - Michelle @ 12:26 pm
Please enter me in your drawing.
#69 - Marissa @ 12:32 pm
This would definitely help out with the mountain of photos slowly taking over the house…
#70 - Carrie @ 12:40 pm
Photo books are awesome! I’d love to win one!
#71 - Shera @ A Frog In My Soup @ 12:41 pm
I could always use something like this!!!
#72 - Deb @ 12:44 pm
Love it!
#73 - Stephanie @ 12:49 pm
Ooh I want to make my own book!
#74 - digiMom @ 12:52 pm
I’d love to give it a try, I usually order them online.
#75 - Mary Schoenrock @ 12:56 pm
I absolutely love the idea of being able to work on the scrapbook online and then printing it from there. It not only makes the process more doable, but it also ensures that the end product looks highly professional in quality. Yet, in order to take advantage of this, you can only be using digital pictures. One thing to consider, however, is that if you want to do the same type of thing with older pictures of yours that are not currently in digital form, get them scanned and then you’ll be able to do this for all of your photos!!
#76 - Sara @ 1:00 pm
THis looks like my kind of scrap booking!
#77 - FeeFiFoto @ 1:09 pm
This is so much cooler than the old stick-on scrapbook pages I put my photos on when I was a kid!
#78 - Aimee @ 1:16 pm
Count me in! I would love to win a photo book!
#79 - Richelle Robinson @ 1:18 pm
How is it that my husband works for HP and I never hear about these great items they have?
#80 - Angela @ 1:32 pm
Enter me please!
#81 - serina @ 1:48 pm
Count me in!
#82 - Richelle F @ 2:17 pm
I would love to win!!
#83 - Heather @ 2:17 pm
As one of the scrapbooking-challenged, please enter me for a free book! I need all the help I can get!
H.
#84 - sue @ 2:20 pm
Pick Me Pick Me . I would LOVE one! Hope I win and thank you for the chance!
Sue
#85 - Courtney @ 2:25 pm
Please count me in! Looks great!
#86 - Amy A. @ 2:40 pm
This would be awesome! Thanks for the chance.
#87 - Kelly @ 3:01 pm
Please enter me!
#88 - Sophia Lindsay @ 3:25 pm
This would be a great help to me…count me in
I’m one of those who has pictures sitting on my hard drive and in boxes because there is just not enough time to take up scrapbooking.
#89 - robin @ 3:30 pm
looks like fun! Thanks for the contest!
Robin
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#91 - Ashley @ 3:35 pm
I would LOVE this!
#92 - Briana @ 3:40 pm
I would love to win a photo book, and if not, I may use that 20% off.
#93 - Dawn @ 3:51 pm
Please enter me. I really need to start getting my photos into albums and this would really help.
#94 - jenna @ 4:00 pm
wow! Such a great idea. Enter me please!
#95 - Dori @ 4:03 pm
Enter me please!
Dori
#96 - Striving\Tessa @ 4:23 pm
Very neat. Thanks for the chance.
#97 - Jennifer @ 5:06 pm
Great idea for grandparent gifts!
#98 - Mommy Bee @ 5:07 pm
Oh this would be great! My mother in law just handed down all of my husband’s baby pictures. Right now they are in an old, old album! Yikes! I am working now to scan them all and put them in better storage. Then, I plan to surprise her and make her an album!
#99 - Faerylandmom @ 5:29 pm
These are cool…and there are a million companies that do them now. Very cool.
Don’t worry about adding my name…I’m a scrapper :-).
#100 - Stephanie @ 6:01 pm
This sounds like what I need! An easy , simple scrapbook! Count me in!
#101 - Sarah @ 6:01 pm
Yes, please enter me! I would love a photo book…I have too many photos waiting for a book!
#102 - Lauren Anderson @ 6:23 pm
Ooh! Enter me please!
#103 - Tiffanie@Three Peas in a Pod @ 6:29 pm
Pick me! Pick me!!!
#104 - Mary B. @ 6:36 pm
Would love love love this! Count me in.
#105 - Naomi @ 6:58 pm
I would love to try this out and make a new photo book…
#106 - Brooke @ 7:02 pm
Please enter me!!! This could actually inspire me to do something with all the pictures I take.
#107 - tasha @ 8:13 pm
count me in!
#108 - SarahHub @ 8:32 pm
My daughter’s first birthday is fast approaching, and this would be a great way to capture her first year. Please enter me — if I win, my digial pics will finally make it off the PC!
#109 - Laura @ Laura Williams' Musings @ 8:36 pm
I would love to win one of these. I have made photobooks for gifts for my mother-in-law, father-in-law, and hubby for this year. I want to make one for my sister too and this would be perfect.
I blogged the contest too.
http://laurawilliamsmusings.blogspot.com/2007/10/thursday-edition-of-contests-galore_11.html
#110 - Beth S. @ 8:36 pm
What a neat idea. Please enter me in the contest.
#111 - Jess @ 8:45 pm
Wow…what a great idea. This could really help our scrapbooking issues!
#112 - Jill @ 8:46 pm
A scrapbook for the scrapbook challenged? Brilliant! Count me in.
#113 - Lanna @ 9:04 pm
I would love it. I’ve attempted scrapbooking but it just overwhelms me.
#114 - Amy R. @ 9:05 pm
Wow, this would be so great!
#115 - Jendi @ 9:46 pm
I would love to try that. I have a box full of photos and files full on the computer.
#116 - Arin @ 10:02 pm
Would LOVE a free photobook. Count me in!
#117 - Natalie @ 10:48 pm
I’d love to win!
#118 - Overwhelmed With Joy! @ 11:12 pm
Please enter me in for this drawing! I really need some help in this department!
#119 - Jennifer @ 12:14 am
Count me in! I am a photography & scrapbooking addict, so this is right up my alley. Good luck to everyone! Have a great weekend!
Jennifer
#120 - Casual Friday Everyday @ 12:50 am
this would be a dream come true!
#121 - tanyetta @ 3:47 am
yes please!
#122 - Zukppr @ 6:52 am
Easy Photo Books? Nice ones ? Can I play?
#123 - Donna @ 7:25 am
I’d love to win one!
#124 - Christina @ 7:58 am
Please enter me in the photo book contest. Thanks!
#125 - Linda SS @ 8:15 am
Thank you for offering a photo book. I’d love to win:)
#126 - Mindy @ 8:28 am
Count me in too please!
#127 - Julie Sivley @ 9:12 am
I can’t even explain how many pictures I have to put in scrapbooks… pick me!!!!
#128 - Lisa W @ 9:13 am
I would love to win this book because I can’t seem to get any scrapbooking done any other way!
#129 - Rachel Bolin @ 9:26 am
I can see some awesome Christmas gifts for Grandma made with this!
#130 - Vearnail @ 10:24 am
Now THAT is a scrapbook I can handle. I thought I was surely the only mother who never attempted the project!!!
#131 - Christina @ 10:30 am
TOO COOL!!!
Pick me, pick me…
#132 - Jenn @ 10:41 am
Not a “scrapbooker” but I am very interested in digital scrapping. I would love to win this! :o)
#133 - Alexia @ 11:06 am
You know, I have all the stuff to scrapbook, but never seem to have the time to print pictures and cut and paste - I would absolutely love to win this!
#134 - NannaBees life-Be a Voice @ 11:28 am
This is great…Count me in..I’d love one!
great contest,,thanks
#135 - Krista @ 12:13 pm
I love scrapbooking! But these would be perfect to give as gifts. Not so time intensive as my scrapbooks!
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#137 - Kim @ 12:37 pm
Ohhhh!!! I would love this fancy scrapbooking program!!
#138 - The Wooden Porch @ 1:07 pm
Please enter me too!
#139 - emily @ 1:26 pm
What a great idea!
#140 - The Other Elle @ 1:35 pm
I’d love one! Thanks!!
#141 - Tanya Moyer @ 1:56 pm
How cool is this! Please enter me! Thanks!
#142 - Pam @ 1:58 pm
Oh, I would love to win!!!!
#143 - AshleyR @ 2:27 pm
Count me in!!
#144 - Danielle @ 3:00 pm
Count me in! This is something I want to do for the grandparents!
#145 - Emma Kieninger @ 4:29 pm
Please enter us for one of these beautiful books!
Emma and Baby Tea
#146 - Lisa @ 5:54 pm
I’d enjoy having this — please count me in!
#147 - Becky @ 9:11 pm
I’d love to get this. I really enjoy taking pictures and scrapbooking. It’s a fun hobby and this would go great with the pink camera.
#148 - Brandi @ 10:01 pm
I am sooo busy. This would save me time, and allow me to save our memories.
#149 - NTE @ 10:32 pm
I’d love to be included - it sounds fantastic!
#150 - Taowyn @ 12:25 am
That’s so neat. I’d like and entry please.
#151 - michelle b @ 12:45 am
please enter me in this contest.
#152 - Caryn @ 1:03 am
Count me in please! : )
#153 - Candice Domerese @ 1:10 am
I love scrapbooking but since I had my 2 kids it just hasn’t happened.
#154 - BlurMommy @ 4:02 am
Pleasee enter me! Thanks!
#155 - Pauline Burns @ 7:20 am
I love scrapbooking! I’ve never used a smaller book though. Would love to have the opp. to try! Thanks.
#156 - Daniel Hatt @ 8:19 am
Sounds like a nice thing to have
#157 - holli jo @ 10:39 am
Would love to win!
#158 - Kim Allmon @ 10:51 am
I really love making memory books electronically…would be great to win!
#159 - Linda Pinto @ 1:35 pm
I have so many pictures that I need to put in an album. This would be great.
#160 - Sarah @ 4:01 pm
Yes, please!
#161 - oona baker @ 7:41 pm
I would love to win this for my grandma for Christmas!!
#162 - Briggie @ 7:56 pm
I have so many pictures of my kids when they were younger and I want to put them into a nice book, this sounds like it would be great for me to use. Count me in.
#163 - Linda Price @ 8:12 pm
I JUST MADE AN AWESOME MEMORY BOOK FOR MY GRANDAUGHTER. I HAVE A NEW GRANDCHILD ON THE WAY AND THIS WOULD BE PERFECT….ITS A WONDERFUL WAY TO KEEP CHERISHED MEMORIES~I WOULD LOVE TO WIN. THANKS.
#164 - Christy @ 9:36 pm
Perfect for a busy mom. Count me in.
#165 - Shay Thatcher @ 9:53 pm
My daughter tore up her baby photo album (she’s only 2) looking at it sooooo much I decided to bind her pictures by making a book. This would be awsome I’m just finishing a book on shutterfly for my daughter for Christmas.
#166 - Aimee @ 12:22 am
So cool! It’s amazing what is out there! I would love to win!
#167 - Jean F @ 5:00 am
This reminds me that I seriously need to get my photos organized!
#168 - Michele @ 5:01 pm
Please enter me!
#169 - Lisa @ 6:36 pm
Ooh- what a great gift idea! Please add me to the contest!
#170 - pickel @ 10:23 pm
We just created one of these books for our future birth mother but did not get the chance to get ourselves one. We would love to have one of our family just for us…or when our new baby joins us.
#171 - Veronica @ 10:58 pm
I have tons of photos! A photo book would be a great way to display them.
#172 - Anna Marie @ 11:39 pm
What fun! What great keepsakes!
#173 - Natalie @ 1:20 am
Count me in! love it
#174 - Tisha Margraves @ 7:46 am
Oh, I love this idea!! I just sold ALL my unused scrapebooking stuff in a garage sale. I would have time for this.
Count me in!!!!
#175 - Tara McBrayer @ 1:13 pm
I am a scrapbooking fool. I take pictures everywhere and at every event to try and capture the memories our brains can sometimes forget. Please enter me to win! Thanks.
#176 - Juliet A @ 2:18 pm
I love digital scrapbooking, and I’d love to see my efforts in a hardbound edition. This would be fantastic!
#177 - Jennifer @ 6:09 pm
This is my kind of scrapbooking!
Thanks!
#178 - Tracey @ 7:55 pm
great books- enter me please!
#179 - Jane @ 10:09 pm
Thanks for entering my name! What a special treasure that would be!
#180 - JoAnn Zimmerman @ 1:51 am
great deal
#181 - Janine @ 2:19 am
I’m in!
#182 - Amy @ 9:20 am
I love to scrapbook, but never seem to have the time anymore.
These books look great!
#183 - Kelly @ 10:01 am
I too have let my scrapbooking fall by the wayside. These books look like they’d be just the jump start I need!
#184 - amber @ 10:29 am
I’d love to win this! What a great Christmas gift.
#185 - Aimee @ 11:15 am
I’d love to be entered!
#186 - Kristen @ 11:33 am
This would be a great gift for my mother-in-law who loves out of state. She loves to recieve pictures of the grandkids.
#187 - Carmen @ 12:40 pm
Cool, I would love to win a photobook. Please enter my name into the draw. Thanks!
#188 - April @ 12:41 pm
Please pick me, I would love one of those.
#189 - Jennifuzz @ 1:57 pm
I’d LOVE this for my daughter
#190 - lishjo @ 2:38 pm
please add me
#191 - TONYA @ 3:27 pm
I have a 4 month old and a 2 year old and this would give me some organization over all those pictures!!!
#192 - Sarah @ 3:45 pm
This would be great to win!!
#193 - E @ 6:30 pm
What a great giveaway to have before the holidays!
#194 - rebecca @ 7:41 pm
Please include me in the draw for the photo book!
#195 - Jess @ 7:54 pm
what a great giveaway! i’m feeling lucky and would love to win this!
#196 - Susannah @ 8:31 pm
That book is wonderful for a busy mother! I’d love to win it!
#197 - Adrienne @ 9:00 pm
I would love to win!
#198 - Hollie @ 9:57 pm
This