I’ve been thinking for a long time that I might turn the first year of my blog, my 366, into a book. It’s completely self-absorbed of me, but I like the idea of a coffee table style book featuring my nearest and dearest. Also, I’m pleased that I managed the 366 and it would be a lovely record of it.
To that end, I started looking at websites that would help me convert a blog into something that could be published. I tried several but the one I liked best was a company called Blurb. They allow you to “slurp” your blog into a format that they will print using something called Book Smart. I can’t begin to imagine how it works, but it’s all clever stuff.
Unfortunately, it’s fairly pricey and will involve a fair amount of work. While I can “slurp” all my entries and photo’s, I’ll then have to go into my photo files to find my original pictures and switch them in Book Smart. I convert my pictures to a smaller resolution to go onto the blog to make it easier to load, but those pictures won’t be good enough quality for printing.
As an experiment in how long it would take and what sort of quality book I would receive, I made January and had it printed up. I can’t remember when but it was well over a year ago. I was having a sort out yesterday and found my January book. I didn’t think much of it and left it lying around on the table.
The children found it earlier today and have spent hours going through it. They’ve been taking it in turns to describe the pictures to each other and having a whale of a time doing it.
While I was taking shots of the two of them I managed to get a good one of the boy (he’s gone all camera shy on me at the moment). It needs fiddling with to get the colours looking a bit better but that’s one of those things that I always mean to do and never get around to.
Oh what a great idea! So sweet that the kids love it!
fantastic memories – I bet they love it
The boy is so cute.