Custom Hardcover Photobook $11.99 with Free Shipping

The perfect post-holiday gift to capture all those great memories of this past year: a 30-page hardcover bound custom photo book. And the perfect price: $12 with free shipping.

To get this deal, just go to ArtsCow Photo Site and use one of these unique codes:

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Z2ZSUGD	Feb/07/2009
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Z6ECCBM	Feb/07/2009
Z9NMN9H	Feb/07/2009
Z3U99WA	Feb/07/2009
ZVYRJAN	Feb/07/2009
ZWS6RFD	Feb/07/2009
ZGZCGQH	Feb/07/2009

If you try to use these codes and they are not valid (becuase someone else beat you to it), just let me know by posting a comment below and I'll get some more codes published.

Becuase this is a Free Shipping offer, the $12 for a hard cover book is a really good deal. You can compare to Shutterfly or other photosites.

The custom hardcover photo books are stitchbound (not bound with glue), allowing you to flip the pages and spread the photobook out flat without having the binding crack. (Glue bound books often come apart especially in hot climates where the glue melts.)

• 8" x 8" Hard Bound Custom Cover.
• First 30 pages included, additional pages are only $0.50/each.
• Double-sided printing - just like real pictorial books.
  
• 157gsm, 100% acid free premium paper.
• Easy drag and drop images, themes, backgrounds, and control text placement.
• Customized with your own title, photos and add text to the spine.
• There is a selection of different layouts, backgrounds and themes to use for free
  

You can use just one photo per page or make it look like a scrapbook and have several photos on each page. Here are some optimal photo sizes if you're going to use just one per page:

Ideal image size in pixels (W * H) :

Back Cover(Center) : 2502x2916 or Higher

Spine(Center) : 432x2916 or Higher

Front Cover(Center) : 2502x2916 or Higher

Page(Center) : 2400x2400 or Higher

Logo(Center) : 2400x2400 or Higher

Picture Your Child IN Sesame Street

I recently shared my amazement at the latest photo gift available through Shutterfly.com which is a hardcover story book where you can insert your child's photo throughout the book as if they are actually in the story.

You have the ability to choose layouts, and really make your child a part of the story.

However, it's kind of hard to imagine -- you basically have to see it for yourself. The best I can do really is to show you a sample page where it has been customized with a photo. Just imagine being able to read a story where your child's NAME and PHOTO are both integrated into the storyline.

Just imagine the smile on the face of your loved one when they see both their name and picture on the front cover and throughout the photo book.

It will be the best present that they've ever received -- and surely their favorite book for a long long time.

Send Your Kid to Sesame Street

One of my favorite photo sites is Shutterfly.com. The quality of their prints are great - even the envelope and packaging your prints & products are mailed to you in are very slick and nice. They go all the way.

One really neat photo product that Shutterfly offers which the other guys don't is to ability to great a bound hardcover story book with your child's favorite characters like Sesame Street, or Angelina the Ballerina, or Clifford the Big Red Dog and more.

And you can insert your child's name and photos all across the book -- just imagine the huge smile your kid will sport when he sees himself sitting next to Elmo...or Thomas the Tank Engine...or....

It's really quite an amazing product and something that will be treasured for a lifetime, literally.

You can create your own layouts and preview the pages & book you make on your computer, so it's worth just trying to upload a photo or 2 of your child and see how it is all done. You'll have to budget at least 20 minutes for the most most most most basic book -- but if you want to be creative and really invest some time, like an hour, you can make the perfect book for the perfect kid in your family.

Shuttefly has other book themes as well, some that are great for the tiny tots in your house as well like board books with large photos.

If you're looking for the perfect + unique photo gift for a child you know, head over to Shutterfly and explore a selection of personalized photo products you've never thought of or seen before.