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.

Although I personally prefer to upload and order prints from Shutterfly, there are some times when immediate printouts of your photos are wanted.

That's when having a stack of premium 4x6 Photo Paper comes in handy -- and of course it's better if that package of 60 sheets of photo paper was totally free to begin with, right? :-) Well, if you search around, you can usually find various sites like eCost, that have promotions for free photo paper. Even Staples will have promotional bundles of photo paper samples free at the store (either in the aisle or near the register). And if all else fails, I usually head over to CompUSA since their in-house brand photo paper is pretty cheap while the quality is pretty high.

Send a Free Valentine's Photo Greeting Card

Shutterfly.com has really impressed me recently. They quality of their product and service is pretty much above par relative to the rest of the photo sites out there. Even from when you open the packaging, you'll really feel like this is not some cut-rate cheapo service. High-quality packaging sets the tone from the start. The prints DO come out a little more vibrant than some of the other photo finishing services -- try your own comparison and order the same photo print from different places and do a blind test at home. I think you'll find Shutterfly will top the list.

And just in time for Valentine's Day, here's a chance to test out their photo card product. You'll be pleasantly satisfied with the THICK paper used for their greeting cards with glossy finish. VERY professional. Very addicting in my opinion. The challenge is to get over the inertia and create more photo gift items throughout the year.

So this is a great incentive to start -- a free custom photo greeting card. Take ANY photo you have on your computer RIGHT NOW, and upload it and create a simple Valentine's Day card for your loved one. It will be a treat when it's received!

Use promo code by Feb 27th: 19AF-CDS1