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This holiday season, we're giving you our top picks for the most meaningful and memory rich gifts we can think of. To start us off: a photo book! It's no secret around here that we love photo books and we cannot wait to get you on our obsession train! ⁠ ⁠ Looking for more holiday inspo? Check out our full guide here: https://lnkd.in/gP6AntFD

As we wrap up our photo book series, we want to remind you that these beautiful things take time! If you're thinking about creating a photo book or photo project for the holidays, we are ready to help. You can schedule a complimentary consult at https://lnkd.in/gjBPR4JZ, and together we will create the most special gift for your loved ones ❤️⁠

An acting tip? From your favorite photo organizer?! 😉⁠ ⁠ Have you ever seen a photo of yourself and known the exact mood you were in simply because of the energy you're giving in the photo? We've all seen a smiling photo of ourselves and gone, "ugh, I was in such a terrible mood that day." It happens! We just want to make sure it doesn't happen when you're taking family photos to capture the season of life you and your beautiful family are in. ⁠ ⁠ So take this tip, breathe, and have fun!!⁠

Have you ever heard of gilding? We've talked about it before in past videos, but it's just so fun, it's worth re-mentioning! Gilding adds the most brilliant touch to any book - offering a funky fun touch to an elegant upscale touch. Personally, we love the way a black gilding elevates a photo book 🖤⁠

Are you and your family planning on taking family photos this year? Yes?! We thought so!!⁠ ⁠ As you plan your holiday photo journey, we highly encourage you to go with a local professional photographer. When you use a professional, you are ensured high quality images that you can use in the future for not only cards, but for framed photos, photo books, and so much more. These high quality images are some of our favorite to come across! So as your professional photo organizing team, we're telling you, put the iPhone away and go with the professional.⁠

Covers... part 2!! You want to talk about luxury? Oh we'll give you luxury! Meet the slip case. The slip case is designed to create another layer of protection for your book, and daaaang does it look good! Have you thought about if you want your book to have a slip case or not?⁠

Let's talk about covers! As the saying goes, never judge a book by it's cover... but in this case, that's exactly what we're asking you to do! A photo book cover gives a beautiful introduction to your book. The only question is: what do you want that introduction to look like?⁠

We love captions!! Seriously, we do. And trust us when we say that adding captions adds the perfect touch to your photo book. They can be funny, sweet, long, short, whatever you want them to be! They can be on every page, they can be only on the first and last page. You can even write a long story to kick off the photo book! Whatever it is, we always recommend just a little something something!⁠

A question we get all the time: how many photos should go on a page? And listen, there is no right or wrong answer. Honestly, it depends on what kind of book you are making!⁠ ⁠ Are these photos from specific moments you want to highlight? In that case, maybe only a few or one per page.⁠ ⁠ Is this a big dance moment? Maybe add more photos to the page to show the movement!⁠ ⁠ Do you have design preference when it comes to how many photos you put on a page?⁠

Let's talk size! When we make photo books for our clients here at Picturli, we like to keep them square. Why? Because they are so much easier to resize! Think about it 🤔 Do you have a photo book you love that you would like to gift to a loved one but not in the 12x12 size you made for yourself? With square books, adjusting the size to an 8x8 is so much easier to navigate! ⁠ ⁠ Plus, the square just looks so chic!⁠