Fliers // Brought to Life

These redesigned fliers by Cardon Copy made me smile...

[left: redesigned flier; center: original flier; right: replacing old with the new]

[left: redesigned flier; center: original flier; right: replacing old with the new; see more redesigns and read about their mission here]

[And this has nothing to do with fliers, but if you read our family blog and can't access it anymore, please let me know. Over the past couple weeks we have been getting hundreds of hits a day from all over the world because of the NextBlog feature. Needless to say, for a personal, family blog it wasn't something I felt good about. There is a setting to turn that feature off, but it wasn't working, so I went private on that blog for the time being. But I'd love any and all friends to have access to it, so just let me know!]

2009 Yearbook

I've mentioned my fondness for Blurb before, and how I make a yearly photo book for our family with photos and blog entries from our family blog [last year's pictured here]. For me it is quicker and easier than making a scrapbook or ordering the pictures and putting them into an album. I can't say enough about the quality of these books, especially considering how reasonably priced they are.

This year, I wanted to make a little yearbook for the grandparents that captured our year in pictures. Fortunately for me, Blurb now lets you upload a PDF, which means that I can design my album in InDesign and then just upload it to the site. This brings me much happiness. Here are some snippets from this years photo yearbook [cover pictured above]...






And I did make another blog/photo album this year...here's the cover:

Next up, I'm going to try to figure out a clever way to store and save all the beautiful holiday cards we get every year...I just couldn't bear to throw away all those sweet pictures. Any suggestions?

Baby Books

So, I love this baby book by Binth, however I'm not so in love with the $110 price tag. I mean, I get it -- it's a beautiful, quality, handcrafted product -- I personally just don't want to spend that much on a baby book. Have any of you out there found a baby book that you love that doesn't have such a hefty price tag? I've contemplated designing my own and having it printed through Blurb, problem is I just don't have a lot of extra time at the moment...I still might do it, though, if I can't find anything else...

Got More to Say?

Introducing complimentary black and white printing on the back of all b.wise papers custom cards! Recently moved? Big family news? This is a great way to keep folks up to date.


And if you don't see a format that would accommodate your information, please contact us -- we can customize any of these designs.