{"id":1713,"date":"2013-11-25T12:57:19","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T20:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.digitalphotos101.com\/blog\/?p=1713"},"modified":"2023-03-30T12:39:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T19:39:20","slug":"make-abc-alphabet-photo-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.digitalphotos101.com\/blog\/make-abc-alphabet-photo-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Making an ABC Alphabet Book Based on Family Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Making<\/a>With the holidays coming I was trying to think of a unique gift for my niece and came up with the idea of a personalized ABC alphabet photo book<\/strong> using family pictures. I must admit, this is the most fun I\u2019ve had making a photo book.<\/p>\n

While Madison loves to sing the alphabet song and knows her letters, she\u2019s only two and this is good reinforcement. So I made the book colorful, with cute stickers and big letters, so it will keep her attention. Plus, it\u2019s filled with photos of her and her favorite people, so it is bound to be something she will enjoy.<\/p>\n

A book like this is very easy to make, it only took me a few hours, thanks to a sister who sent me oodles of photos via Dropbox. I\u2019ve mentioned this before, but I\u2019ll say it again. Using a free cloud-sharing account makes sharing photos super fast and easy. You can read my full review on various photo sharing sites here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Making<\/a>The other thing that made this project easy was using a template. I used the ABC Alphabet template from Mixbook<\/a> that was styled with cute alphabet letters and stickers. All I had to do was find appropriate photos to go with the alphabet. I wanted to use family photos to depict each letter. For example, I designated \u201cF\u201d is for \u201cFamily\u201d so I used photos of her parents and grandparents. \u201cS\u201d is for \u201cSlide,\u201d so I used a picture of Madison going down a slide.<\/p>\n

I was a little worried at first that I wouldn\u2019t be able to find enough photos to go with all the letters, but it was easier than I thought \u2013 I just had to be creative. I was stumped for \u201cX\u201d so I went with the sticker of the xylophone that Mixbook already had in the template. I added a fun picture of Madison playing the drums with the caption \u201cX is for xylophone, but Madison prefers the drums.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Making<\/a>
This template is called “ABC Alphabet Book” from Mixbook<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To make the project go faster (I have tons of photo gifts to make this year), I made a quick spreadsheet with the letters of the alphabet and thought of simple words that went with each letter. This helped me get a good start, though I did improvise as I went through my photos. Then I put all appropriate images into one folder and renamed them with what they represented, such as “balloon,” before uploading them to Mixbook<\/a>. After that, it was a fairly simple matter of dragging and dropping them into place.<\/p>\n

\"Making<\/a>
Mixbook’s<\/a> editor enables you to copy and paste elements for fast changes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I did do a little rearranging because there were times when I wanted to use several photos to illustrate different letters. For example, \u201cD\u201d is for \u201cdaddy,\u201d \u201cdog\u201d and \u201cdance.\u201d\u00a0 Fortunately, Mixbook<\/a> makes this super easy, because you can move, resize, add, or delete anything you want. \u00a0By clicking on a text box I could copy it by right-clicking and then paste the text into a new spot and type over it so I would automatically have the same font, color, and size.<\/p>\n

Things to keep in mind:<\/h2>\n