My Blurb Book
January 2nd, 2008 @ 11:14 am by Mrs. Plum
Everyone’s been making them, so I thought I’d join in and make one for fun (you know, to keep in my purse and force people to look through it at parties 
) - just something temporary until we order the real deal from our photographer, who makes amazing albums.
Here’s a sneak peek at the cover:
I typed up some of our wedding vows from the ceremony on the inside flap of the dust jacket:
“Hubby, I thank God for bringing you into my life. I choose you this day as my husband, my love, and my best friend. I commit myself to you openly, exclusively, and eternally. I promise you my unconditional love, I give you my unwavering trust, and I share with you all the days of my life.”
I also put several more lines from our vows throughout the book - now I can re-live the wedding day in book form too! 
It was super easy to get started, but slightly frustrating at times - they only have a limited number of templates and figuring out which pictures to use and what order to put them in was equally frustrating. No wonder albums cost so much - you really do have to put a lot of thought and time into putting a great one together!
Anyway, I can’t wait! It arrives next week! I’ll update you on how it turns out!
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5 Responses to “My Blurb Book”
Very nice Mrs. Plum!
I also just did a sample book and hopefully can give it to our parents as a gift. One question regarding the picture with the vows on the inside flap. Did you create that in booksmart or in Adobe? I couldn’t find the template that allowed text over the picture in Booksmart.
Mrs. Plum,
Lovely vows! Mixbook.com is a similar service and cheaper, too. Thats a great cover though.
Mrs. Plum, did you have to get the original photos from your photographer to do your blurb book? Or are these images from others’ cameras?
G - my photographer gave me all the proofs a couple weeks after the wedding, so I used some of those 
Abbey - I used Booksmart to do everything- i’m not very tech savvy 
Mrs. Plum, Dallas
Age and Occupation in 06: 22, Accountant by day/Floral and Event Designer by night and weekends
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Security Admin
Engagement Date: December 31, 2004
Wedding Date: June 29, 2007
Venue: Marie Gabrielle Restaurant and Gardens
About Me: I have been engaged for about two years now - yes, a long engagement, because my fiance and I wanted to wait until I graduated college, which I did this past summer! He proposed after dating just two months - crazy, I know, but 2 years later, here we are, still crazy in love :-). We are having not one, but TWO weddings and TWO receptions in one weekend - American-style and Vietnamese-style - in Dallas, Texas, where I was born and raised!
Mrs. Plum,
Good to hear from you. I look forward to hearing how yours turns out. For my purse, I used qoop.com but I’m going to make a wedding album either mypublisher or blurb.