There are several websites out there to make photo calendars/ photo books. I would like to make a calendar for my mother in law with pictures and everyone's' birthdays/anniversaries etc. What site is the best?
Shutterfly, hands down. I've made at least 10 photo books and probably 3 calendars on their site. They have tons of page color/styles/fonts to choose from and I've been happy with every one of them. They also have great sales; sometimes their photobooks are 50% off. What a deal!
Shutterfly, they do an amazing job and have great customer service. I've been doing five calendars for gifts a year and have made countless books. It will tell you if your picture should not be printed a certain size because of the size of the pictures.
Hands down, Shutterfly. No other sites compare.
My SIL uses Snapfish and they are very nice!
Dawn
I have done a few calendars on www.Snapfish.com and they turned out wonderfully.
There is a company I have used for all of our Baptism announcements, called Tiny Prints. They just sent me an advertisement the other day and they now offer calendars as well. I might try that this year, as it seems to be even more beautiful than the Snapfish ones. I don't think you could go wrong with either one. www.TinyPrints.com
ETA: I just started looking at the ones from Tiny Prints, and the site redirects you to Shutterfly, so--I guess I will be trying Shutterfly this year.
I've used Walgreens.com for photo books. I made 3 and each one came out great.
I haven't done a calendar yet, but have done a book on both Shutterfly and Snapfish. On Shutterfly, the sky was the limit to the amount of control I had over where to put pictures, resizing pictures, adding text here and tilting it and so forth. Ie: They had great customization features. So that meant it took me FOREVER to get it just the way I wanted it. Snapfish - a few templates to choose from, no customization. So I was a bit bummed with it, but in the end, it took me a tenth the time to create the book. I didn't get to see the quality of the Snapfish book b/c I mailed it directly to the recipient. The Shutterfly book was very high quality I think. Love it.
I've always used Shutterfly, but if you"re a Costco member, they do this as well. Price is a little less, but there's no shipping. Design at home and then pick it up and pay. This is how I send pics to my MIL ... I upload them to the site and then have them printed at HER Costco ... saves me shipping and she has something to look forward to when she goes to Costco.
I have used Walmart. They are less expensive and I was pleased with the results.
Kodak gallery. I have used Shutterfly before and found their quality to be lacking. Some of the pictures also came out blurry but I know they were not when I submitted them. I love Kodak. Great quality paper and I have always been happy with the results.
Take a look at Creative Memories.
Here's the link to the desk calendars. They are beautiful quality, and only $14.99.
http://www.digital.creativememories.com/shop/productgroup...
For photo books, the Creative Memories Storybook Creator software allows you to design your own pages...it is awesome! Here is a link to a learning video about it and you can receive a 30 day free trial, which I love, to see if it works for you!
http://www.mycmsite.com/sites/marycluley/Content/Help/Hel...
Good luck to you!
I used Shutterfly this summer to make my sister a photo book. It came out absolutely fabulous. Endless choices and the quality and finish of the book was just great!
Picaboo is my absolute fave! The options available beat every other site I have used and they offer buy one/get one or deep discounts often via email!
I have found snapfish.com has the best promise...easy to use too.
