Mrs. Plumeria, San Francisco
Age and Occupation in 06: 22, Graphic Designer
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, High School Teacher
Engagement Date: December 30, 2005
Wedding Date: May 12, 2007
Venue: Hotel Ballroom
About Me: I love all things artsy and unique, and it has become a passion of mine to incorporate these attributes into my wedding (and become DIY royalty in the process). Other than dreaming up projects for the wedding, my latest hobbies include working on my computer, playing with my cute pet bunny, or shopping at Target/Barnes and Noble with my fiance.
An Idea For the Hive
July 18th, 2007 @ 6:31 pm by Mrs. Plumeria
Hi everyone!
I gotta admit I haven’t been keeping up here as well as I’d thought I would — but that’s only ’cause I’ve been having so much fun hanging out with my new husband. It’s already been two months, and yet I feel like the wedding was only yesterday. I’ll have to share about our recent, second mini-honeymoon later this week after I upload all of my photos, but for now… here’s a little new something for all of you wanna-be scrapbookers who just don’t have the time (especially while planning your wedding 
): Mixbook!
Mixbook.com is currently in Beta, but it’s up and running and some of my friends who are experienced with it love it! Basically, a user can upload photos and design pages online with a wide variety of templates and backgrounds, much like other photobook-publishing sites. However, Mixbook also has the capabilities to let groups of people upload photos and share them, so everyone has a wide pool of images to work with, and users in a group have access to others’ pages, so everyone can contribute to one book, too.
Once the “Order” button’s been clicked, it takes only a few days for the sturdy, glossy-paged book to be printed and sent off to your door. And the best part, especially for budget-conscious brides? The price: right now, Mixbooks are only $9.99! Besides printing, one can share the book online or post it in a blog.
This could definitely be a cool way to get some nice books of those candids taken by wedding guests, laid out and compiled with ease… or a group memoir of a bachelorette night or bridal shower… or even a personalized bridesmaid’s gift. I personally love to scrapbook together with those of my friends that do — and now this is even possible online. Who woulda thunk? 
P.S. And, as if you didn’t already have enough to read… Mixbook also has a blog. Check it out!
8 Responses to “An Idea For the Hive”
This is awesome, thanks Mrs. P! I smell some BM gifts cookin’… 
what a great find!
thanks for the find! i’m trying to put together a collection of shots my friends took at my best friend’s wedding to put together for them as a gift. this will be perfect!
Is there a special going on? I really like the idea of friends providing you photos this way. I went on the site and it noted $12.99 base price. That pretty good nonetheless.
even before launching weddingbee, it was always a plan of mine to launch a scrapbooking site one day.
hello! remember me?
Guess what…my friends started up Mixbook! I’ll let them know you’re spreading the word!
Need to check that out NOW. Thanks for posting this Mrs.Plumeria
Yes, I think there is a special going on right now, as they just launched. Hi Yale! Of course I remember you. Incidentally, one of my acquaintances/friends is one of the ones on the Mixbook startup team, and I found out about it through Xanga and decided to post about it and get the word out… I wonder if you know her?? It’s a cool site.
