I’m a long-time customer of MyPublisher.com and I have made several of their classic hardcover books. Last week while working on my current project, I noticed an option for a book that I’d never seen before- they call it “My Mini” and what grabbed my attention was just how cheap it is- $2.49! It is a 20-page softcover book that is only 2.75″ x3.5″. Since my husband and I usually just exchange a card or something little on Valentines Day, I knew right away this little personalized gift would be perfect!
I got to work and decided to think of a characteristic I love about my husband for every letter of the alphabet and then I would look through our pictures and see if I could find some that would illustrate the qualities on my list. Once I had my pictures and characteristics, I worked a little magic on picnik.com (so sad they are closing, by the way!) by adding some text to pictures or collages.
Here are some of the pages I made:
(Title Page)
The fonts in picnik that I used were called Courier New and Bleeding Cowboys.
The color I used was 35BBB9.
When I went to order the book, I was excited to see a coupon in my inbox for 75% off, so this book only cost me 62 cents + 99 cent shipping- its even cheaper than a card I would have bought off the shelf at the grocery store, and its personalized so its way better!
I will try to update this post with a finished product of the book once it gets delivered to my house- it takes about a week, so if you want to create one for your sweetheart, don’t delay!
*I was not compensated to write this post in any way.
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LOVE THIS IDEA!! Thanks for the idea and the great tip on price!!
Thanks for the compliment Amy, I am glad you like it!
I *adore* this idea!!! Thank you so much for sharing – I am so stealing this idea, and for once am going to be prepared with a great, creative gift for my husband. Thanks again!
Thanks Jenny! I just went to your site- it is fantastic!!!
Thanks for visiting!
Love this idea, and I love what you’ve shared of your book! What a touching gift. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much for your kind comment!
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I LOVE this idea. You are so clever. I just might have to borrow this one
! Wish I were going to be seeing you this weekend 
! Have a great time!
Love the idea! I’m pinning it. Several ladies at the office are looking for inexpensive ideas for their hubby’s Vday gifts.
I absolutely love that … might try to make one for my husband for Valentine’s Day! Thanks for sharing.
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I love this idea!! Thanks for the inspiration! I’m featuring you on my blog.
LOVE this idea…think I will file it away for next year – so I can spend the ‘year’ capturing the perfect pictures! I’d love to see your list of ABC’s, if you don’t mind sharing…I need more inspiration (sad huh?)!! Great idea, love it, thanks again.
PS SO SAD about Picnik closing
Good luck gathering your pictures! And I don’t mind sharing the list of what I used- I thought about sharing it, I just didn’t want the post to be too long, but since I have had several people email me about it, I will add it to the post when I get second. Thanks for visiting my site!