Book Ideas

Design Idea: Turn Your Lists into Beautful Photo Book Layouts!

List Photo Book Layout Ideas

If you’re anything like me, lists play an important role in your life. I use lists to get organized, be reminded of things, and be able to physically see my goals for the day, week, or month! Lists are also a great way to remember highlights from an event, trip, or even just a great [...]

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10 Ideas for Creating a Collaborative Family Cookbook

10 Family Cookbook Ideas

Everyone in my family loves to cook and eat great food—and it’s always been that way. My sister and I grew up cooking with our mom, who—before it was trendy—chose farmer’s market produce and experimented with vegetarian options. She also always cooked from scratch, which I have always admired and emulated. Spending time in the [...]

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3 Ways a Photo Book Can Help You Thank Project Donors

Crowdsourced Project Photo Book Idea

One of the most revolutionary uses of online social media for creative types—second only, perhaps, to the collaborative photo book—is the rise of crowdsourcing websites that help to raise awareness of—and funnel money to—projects aimed at social good. A great example of one such project is a film entitled “Way of Life,” which is currently in [...]

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Custom Guestbooks: They’re Not Just for Weddings Anymore!

Tips for Turning a Wedding Guestbook into a Birthday Party Guestbook

Guestbooks aren’t just for weddings, anymore. With parties celebrating various life milestones – such as a Sweet 16, graduation, or retirement – custom guestbooks are becoming more and more popular. Let’s refer back to Jocelyn, who will be celebrating her 18th birthday in September. The last item we need to complete her Masquerade Party is [...]

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5 New Themes for Your New Arrivals

New Baby Photo Book Themes

Announcing five new baby photo book themes! If you’ve got a new addition to your family, you’re going to love Mixbook’s five new baby photo book themes. There’s one to reflect each little boy and girl’s personality. If you’re looking to really showcase photos of baby’s hand-sewn booties, pastel wallpapered nursery, or favorite onesie, you’re going [...]

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8 Ways to Create a Photo Book Time Capsule of Kids’ Artwork

How to Create a Kids' Artwork Photo Book

Kids are prolific when it comes to creating art. Their imaginations drive them to execute multiple studies on a single subject—a proclivity that makes even the most disciplined artists blush. As a parent, I love seeing the abundance of creative outpouring. But the side of me that likes to keep my home relatively streamlined and [...]

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5 Non-Photo Photo Book Ideas for Every Hobby

Hobby Book Ideas

Here at Mixbook, we love photo books dressed up with custom stickers and design elements created by you from scans—you are such a creative bunch! But did you know that scanned objects themselves can be the basis for a themed photo book of a different variety? If, like I do, you have boxes full of [...]

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5 Tips to Take Better Close-Up Photographs

macro photography tips

Macro photography is a great feature most—if not all—point-and-shoot cameras come equipped with. In its most general terms, the macro setting tells your camera that the subject you want to photograph will be closer than normal, allowing it to focus on the finer details of the subject. The macro setting (usually denoted with a flower [...]

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5 Simple Ways to De-Clutter Your Life with Mixbook

We’re not saying that we’re anywhere near being featured on the next episode of Hoarding: Buried Alive, but we have been guilty of allowing photos, classroom art projects, old greeting cards, movie stubs, and scribbly recipes to claim serious real estate in our homes. But we’ve had enough! We envision a home where “junk drawers” [...]

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5 Simple Ways to Track Exercise with Mixbook

Here at Mixbook, we’re a creative bunch. But we also like to get off our butts once in a while and do something active. And if we can add a little creativity to the getting-in-shape process, we’re naturally that much more motivated to track exercise progress and weight loss benchmarks. A year ago, I decided [...]

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