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September 27, 2010 6:42 PM   Subscribe

How to present 12 of the same photos taken over 12 years?

I have 12 photos taken over 12 consecutive years of the same 6 kids (one is me). Our family calls them the lineup photos and for the most part we are standing in a line from tallest to shortest facing the camera. You can see our whole bodies from top to bottom. In some of the early years we sitting down in a line or huddled together. I also have 3 additional line up photos that were taken as adults when the 6 of us would get together (we live all over the world now).

For us they are an absolute riot and I have corralled my family into scanning the ones they have and sending them to me. It has taken two months to collect all 12 years. Now...what do I do with them?

I want to present them as gift this Dec holiday. I'm thinking making a little 2" x 4" flip book printed and bound professionally but I'm not sure how to go about that or if it would come off well.

Can anyone suggest a great way to present these?

Or can anyone suggest a way to get a flip book laid out and bound? I would only want about 10 copies. What would be the best program to do the layout?

Thanks!
posted by gillianr to Media & Arts (10 answers total) 2 users marked this as a favorite
 
Best answer: Shutterfly

My mom makes books of our vacations and seems very happy with this service. She gets them mailed to her.
posted by DisreputableDog at 7:12 PM on September 27, 2010


I was also going to suggest Shutterfly. I have never used it myself, but some family members have, and the results are nice.
posted by Green Eyed Monster at 7:21 PM on September 27, 2010


12? Calendar!
posted by advicepig at 7:24 PM on September 27, 2010 [3 favorites]


I'd also suggest making them into a screensaver.
posted by tomwheeler at 8:19 PM on September 27, 2010


Best answer: blurb also makes great books.

my mom got my sister a set of glass coasters with pictures on them -- they stack neatly into a holder and are pretty cool. like these.
posted by nanhey at 8:37 PM on September 27, 2010


Best answer: Most of the photo printing sites will offer and seemingly endless array of bound offerings for your pictures. In particular, I've had good luck making books with Snapfish.
posted by mmascolino at 8:56 PM on September 27, 2010


How about you slice them up and mix the different years together so they're a puzzle, and your family has to re-assemble them?
posted by AmbroseChapel at 1:42 AM on September 28, 2010


i have used snapfish as well. EASY, lots of options. I have to say i love the puzzle idea too though. i don't know if there is a service that does that. if there is not, there should be.
posted by domino at 7:29 AM on September 28, 2010


Personally, I think the calendar idea is pretty fab... You could also (cheaply) include 3x5s of the photos with the gift and your family could decide to display them however they like.
posted by maryr at 7:34 AM on September 28, 2010


Response by poster: Thanks everyone! I'm going to start with blurb and see how it goes. They seem to have the most design savvy layouts.
posted by gillianr at 5:42 PM on September 28, 2010


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