Hello Monday: Chatbooks

Hello Monday...hello, friends! I hope the weekend brought you some (more) family time, some self-care, a good movie or two, and maybe a good book too. I feel more settled starting the week than I did at the end of last week. We have somewhat of a routine, and online learning starts today. This weekend, we had some rain which helped wash away some of the pollen. We still managed to get our walks in, and had one trip to the grocery store.

For this week's edition of Hello Monday, I'll be talking about using Chatbooks to make a vacation photo book. And making that photo book before you even leave your destination.

If you been around the blog awhile, you might remember that I used the Chatbooks app to make photobooks for all of my Instagram photos from our life in England back in 2014. This was an easy way to chronicle this special era in our lives, and you can do it all from the app on your phone. For that project, I used their 6" x 6" books.

On one of my many podcasts that I listen to, I heard about the idea of making a Chatbooks photo book on the last night on your vacation. I thought this was a genius idea since I rarely get around to making a vacation photobook. Sorry I can't remember who recommended this!

So on our last night in Mexico, I picked my favorite 30 pictures to make a photobook. It was so easy and fast! I decided to make this book a hardcover 8"x8" book to match my annual Shutterfly photobooks.

I placed the order Friday night, and I think I received it on Wednesday. (It's hard to remember with the days blurring together during our social distancing.) The quality is excellent, and I'm so happy with it.

You can make photo collages on each page, but I opted to just keep it simple with one photo on each page. You can make the pictures a square with white border all the way around, white border on top and bottom, or fill the whole page. You can also write captions, which I didn't bother with.

I am so happy to have this reminder of our spring break trip to Cancun, Mexico. It's better than a souvenir or tshirt! The hardcover book is around $20, but there are always discount codes to be found on the internet.

Who knows when we'll go on our next vacation in today's world, but you can bet I'll be making another Chatbooks. Making the book before you come home is fast, easy, and a great way to keep the memories.

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