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Moleskine + MILK Medium Landscape – MILK Books Photobook #Giveaway

October 1, 2014 by Bonnie Way

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Writer Bonnie Way shares a look at Moleskine + MILK Books Photobooks. She was compensated for her time in writing this post but all opinions remain her own.

My 18-month old turns to me with what we call her “wrinkly-nose” smile, an adorable face with a wide grin and twinkling eyes and a bit of a wrinkle across her button nose, whenever I point my camera in her direction. It makes me think that perhaps I take too many pictures of my girls, but hey, they are too cute. On a recent hike with my mom, my oldest (age 6) stopped at every tree and log to pose for a picture, until my mom told her that her iPhone was full and she couldn’t take any more pictures.

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However, the hundreds of pictures I take during a season often just remain on my computer. I love digital for my ability to take pictures and then delete the ones where the girls aren’t smiling or are moving too fast for my small camera to capture their movement. Yet often, once I’ve reviewed the pictures and downloaded them onto the computer, I don’t look at them again.

This is why I love photobooks. At the end of the year, or season, or for a special occasion, I can quickly browse through the pictures on my computer, arrange them into a digital scrapbook, then print the book and share all those adorable pictures.

 

Moleskine + MILK make this process particularly easy. Just pick the format of your book (portrait or landscape, size, etc), upload your pictures, arrange them on the pages and add captions if you want, then print and admire your memories. I’ve been doing an annual photobook for about five years now, so I’ve tried various companies and software programs, and I really liked the Moleskin + MILK website.

I wanted to create a small photobook of my daughters this summer for my grandparents. A friend of mine had captured some great pictures of the girls, so I included a few full-page photos of each great-granddaughter. We also made it back to Alberta to visit my grandparents this summer, so I filled one page with nine pictures of our visit. On other pages, I added captions to explain to my grandparents what was going on (especially because my grandma is very forgetful), like Lily’s fourth birthday or my graduation or our recent move.

One feature I loved while making my photobook was the ability to drag and drop photos. I had my photo file open on my computer to scan our summer memories, and when I found good pictures, I could simply drag them onto the website to upload into the book. Moleskine + MILK also uploaded the photos in the background, so I could keep working on layout or adding captions while the pictures were being processed. The photo uploader organized pictures either by date or by whether they were used or not, so I could switch between those to select pictures.

One thing I didn’t like: I could only delete pages four at a time. Once I got to the end of the book, I flipped back through the pages and found a few pictures that I decided I didn’t like any more. However, I couldn’t just delete one page–the book would only add or delete pages four at a time. That made it harder to edit and rearrange the pictures.

When the photobook arrived in the mail, the girls were really excited. They love flipping through our family memories. I like the fact that the photo book is a nice size for them to hold and look at pictures, and I don’t have to worry about the pictures falling out like I do with my traditional picture-glued-to-page scrapbooks. I really liked the big picture on the front and showcased a family picture taken this summer, along with a title for the book. I can’t wait to send it to my grandparents.

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One winner will win a MILK Medium Landscape with 60 Pages plus FREE shipping. Leave us a comment below telling us if you regularly make photo books or if you photos sit on your computer the majority of the time? Use the widget below to enter.

 

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About Bonnie Way

Bonnie Way is a freelance writer, editor, blogger, mom and wife. She has three daughters, ages five, three, and newborn, who take her to parks and read books with her and help fold laundry. When she's not hanging out with them or working on her computer, she enjoys rock climbing, scrapbooking and reading. Bonnie blogs at The Koala Mom.

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63 Comments

  1. Mary Songer says

    November 7, 2014 at 5:30 pm

    Congrats to Wendy H for her win!

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  2. Amy Lovell says

    October 25, 2014 at 8:54 am

    These sound quite neat. Never heard of beofre

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  3. Elaine Buonsante says

    October 23, 2014 at 2:09 am

    I don’t print all my digital prints but I like to take my favourite ones and put them in a photo book.

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  4. Ani says

    October 22, 2014 at 7:14 pm

    I wouldn’t say I “regularly” print them, but every once in a while.

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  5. Mandy Kauffman says

    October 22, 2014 at 5:27 pm

    We print digital photos about once a year. Thanks for the giveaway! 🙂

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  6. Reshmi chatterjee says

    October 22, 2014 at 4:34 pm

    Yes, we print them regularly

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  7. claire says

    October 22, 2014 at 4:04 pm

    I don’t print any pictures 🙁

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  8. Sara Negron says

    October 22, 2014 at 3:01 pm

    I print them in photo books. I put together a year at a time of my best photos and print them. Family yearbooks 🙂

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  9. Fiona N says

    October 22, 2014 at 2:27 pm

    Yes, I do print some digital photos frequently!!

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  10. Kimberly says

    October 22, 2014 at 1:01 pm

    I don’t print regularly. I used to make photo books, and I’d really like to get back into that again.

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  11. kathy dalton says

    October 22, 2014 at 9:37 am

    I dont print regularly but i do so occasionally

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  12. ashley cossette says

    October 21, 2014 at 11:57 pm

    YES! I am constantly printing my photos!

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  13. Judy says

    October 21, 2014 at 11:08 pm

    I want to but haven’t printed photos in a long time.

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  14. Kelly D says

    October 21, 2014 at 7:55 pm

    No, I don’t print my digital photos too often.

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  15. Barbara Montag says

    October 21, 2014 at 6:56 pm

    I seldom print my own digital pictures.
    thank you

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  16. Gail Williams says

    October 20, 2014 at 3:36 pm

    I regularly print about 1/3 of my digital photos.

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  17. nicolthepickle says

    October 20, 2014 at 8:35 am

    No, I don’t, and that is the sad part of digital, at least with film you had to print them.

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  18. loucheryl says

    October 19, 2014 at 10:17 pm

    Not anymore. But I do print some for my mom and friends.

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  19. Lori Bazan says

    October 19, 2014 at 5:40 am

    I very rarely print digital photos. I love these photo books!

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  20. Margarita says

    October 19, 2014 at 1:04 am

    I don’t print any pictures 🙁

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  21. John Hutchens says

    October 19, 2014 at 12:20 am

    I only print a few of them

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  22. Erika says

    October 19, 2014 at 12:11 am

    No, but I’d like to print more so my kids can look at them.

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  23. Allyson Tice says

    October 18, 2014 at 11:20 pm

    I print pictures a lot! I want my kids to have them when they get older!

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  24. Nannypanpan says

    October 18, 2014 at 9:33 pm

    I dont

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  25. Bailey Dexter says

    October 18, 2014 at 4:02 pm

    I do print off a few, but now I am a new Nana so I will be printing off many pictures!

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  26. Belinda McNabb says

    October 18, 2014 at 3:40 pm

    No I do not regularly print

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  27. Andrea Amy says

    October 18, 2014 at 2:19 pm

    i don’t but I should. I try to do a photo book yearly of my favourite pictures but didn’t do one last year. Need to get one done of the kids this year though, can’t forget!

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  28. David Fultner says

    October 18, 2014 at 1:30 pm

    NO i do not.

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  29. Megan C. says

    October 18, 2014 at 11:10 am

    I do print all my pictures. I want my children to have the same experience as I did flipping through an old photo book

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  30. Amy Heffernan says

    October 18, 2014 at 7:50 am

    I try to on good memories or special pictures!

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  31. Esme says

    October 17, 2014 at 12:03 pm

    Yes, for myself and for others.

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  32. Suzanne Johnson says

    October 16, 2014 at 1:33 am

    I tend to just sit on the pics, so this would be great for me!

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  33. Danie says

    October 13, 2014 at 6:30 pm

    Not really. I print ones that I really love and put them around my house. I try to switch out pictures every few months to keep them up to date.

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  34. Dominica H. says

    October 13, 2014 at 6:19 pm

    No I don’t regularly, but from time to time I do.

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  35. Liza Ramsey says

    October 13, 2014 at 5:13 pm

    My photos tend to stay on the laptop. I have years worth of pictures to print and photo books would be a great way to do that. I have baby photo books for my kids made and I love them.

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  36. Crissie Woolard says

    October 12, 2014 at 1:49 pm

    I DO ALL THE TIME!! I LOVE MY PHOTO ALBUMS

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  37. Jen F says

    October 10, 2014 at 9:45 am

    I sometimes print my digital photos, although I really need to start doing it more!

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  38. Karen Lynch says

    October 8, 2014 at 2:31 pm

    No, I upload them to our digital frame, and save them also on a jump drive

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  39. Cindy Brooks says

    October 8, 2014 at 1:56 am

    Yes, I print my photos and also store them on DVD. Nothing gets erased from my memory card until this is done.

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  40. Jessica T says

    October 7, 2014 at 4:53 pm

    They all sit on my computer – or worse yet. . . iphone!

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  41. ginette4 says

    October 7, 2014 at 8:30 am

    No I don’t usually print my digital photos

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  42. mrsshukra says

    October 7, 2014 at 3:20 am

    I have not printed photos in a while but need to do so soon!

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  43. Kathy stevenson says

    October 6, 2014 at 5:08 pm

    Unfortunately, I usually just leave my pictures on the computer.

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  44. D Schmidt says

    October 5, 2014 at 10:31 pm

    I try to print them every month.

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  45. Amyc says

    October 5, 2014 at 8:36 am

    I try to print them regularly.

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  46. danielle says

    October 4, 2014 at 8:25 pm

    I print my photos as often as I can

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  47. Angela Saver says

    October 4, 2014 at 7:04 pm

    I print some of my digital pictures, but not real regularly, but I need to start doing it more though!

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  48. Amanda Hardesty says

    October 4, 2014 at 5:44 am

    I try to print photos as often as i can and love giving photo items and gifts too

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  49. Christine says

    October 3, 2014 at 4:20 pm

    I hardly ever print my digital photos. I need to do that more often.

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  50. Camille says

    October 2, 2014 at 9:39 pm

    I would love to regularly print my photos but my printer is just not doing that great of a job! These books look beautiful!

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  51. Tava says

    October 2, 2014 at 8:21 pm

    Yes, at least bi-weekly – but there are just as many that go straight to the recycle bin on the computer!

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  52. Kerrie Mayans says

    October 2, 2014 at 4:59 pm

    I don’t print enough of them. Typically I just keep the files.

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  53. Terra Heck says

    October 2, 2014 at 1:29 pm

    I have a few photos books but a lot of pictures are on my computer. Thanks.
    partymix25(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  54. Wendy hutton says

    October 2, 2014 at 1:23 pm

    most are saved on a cd but I do print ones that I want to share with family

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  55. anne says

    October 2, 2014 at 12:47 pm

    I print many photos which I frame and have in photo albums.

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  56. Melanie F says

    October 2, 2014 at 12:19 pm

    Yes… well, I really try to keep up on it! That was actually my new years res… well & loose 5 million pounds) Lol! Thanks for the sweet chance!!

    Reply
  57. Brittany says

    October 2, 2014 at 11:52 am

    I do not print them, they just sit there on the computer.

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  58. Meagan bs says

    October 2, 2014 at 10:40 am

    i print them sometimes, but only when i need them for something specific, i should do it more.

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  59. Saver Sara says

    October 2, 2014 at 10:35 am

    No, I’m really bad about doing this. I keep the cards, jump drives and store a bunch online.

    Reply
  60. Jingle says

    October 2, 2014 at 8:14 am

    I print them from time to time. Mostly when I need them for a project.

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  61. latanya says

    October 2, 2014 at 8:12 am

    no, I do not print them

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  62. Barbara Platt says

    October 2, 2014 at 7:07 am

    I print some, but most stay on file.

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  63. Austin Baroudi says

    October 2, 2014 at 1:05 am

    I do print my digital photos quite frequently.

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