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My NYC photo book is here!!

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tkradtke

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And I love it! (I'm ignoring the big giant typo I found when I looked through it the first time though.)

I went clean and simple this time. I used a mix of @Lynne-Marie's 8.5x11 landscape templates and @mommyish's pocket template actions using the 8.5x11 base. I printed through MyPublisher using the voucher I picked up on Black Friday.... it was $40 for up to an 80 page book with photo cover and lay flat pages. I've never tried lay flat pages before, so this was a good way to check them out without the sticker shock of adding $25 to the price of my book.

Here's the cover and some of the pages...

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I had fully intended on doing more "scrapping" in this book, but when you start your book around day 80 of your 90 days before your voucher expires, you just focus on getting things done quickly! I really like how it turned out and was very pleased with how easy it was to use my own pages vs. their templates. Before this, I had only used their templates or used my own as square pages on Shutterfly.

Anyway... very excited and just wanted to share!!
 
Wow, your book looks awesome! It actually kind of looks like a coffee table book my husband would buy!
 
tkradtke said:
I had fully intended on doing more "scrapping" in this book, but when you start your book around day 80 of your 90 days before your voucher expires, you just focus on getting things done quickly!
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This made me LOL as it seems like something I'd do. :) The pages you've shared look great, and a typo just reminds the reader that an actual human created the book. (As a professional proofreader, I always like to say that you can proofread or edit for other people but you can never truly proofread/edit your own work.)
 
oh my goodness! this beautiful and makes me want to do some 8.5 by 11, I love it long like that...oh my it is so classy and your photos. what an eye for the architecture too!
 
Looks amazing. I print all our books and we love having them. I also ignore the inevitable typos (DD is eagle eyed at spotting them) and, yes, I am a professional sub-editor too!
 
That is gorgeous, Tracie! I love the cover... and the C&S is really eye catching!
 
Thanks so much everyone! I'm so glad it's done and I really do like the way it turned out. I'm really liking the 8.5x11 format as well... I think that might be my new size for trip albums.

Tree City said:
This made me LOL as it seems like something I'd do. :) The pages you've shared look great, and a typo just reminds the reader that an actual human created the book. (As a professional proofreader, I always like to say that you can proofread or edit for other people but you can never truly proofread/edit your own work.)
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When I bought the voucher, 90 days seemed like FOREVER... but then there was Christmas and MOC and all of the housework I neglected during that time... suddenly my voucher was about to expire!

And YES!! It is so hard to proofread your own stuff... I think it's because I know what I wanted it to say so I read it that way without really reading it.
 
Beautiful. Simple is good, the photos are what it's all about. Love the mix of black and white with color.
 
LOVE it! I haven't done a book in that format but I can see doing it now. Knowing my own habits, I'd best do the book pages 1st and then buy vouchers etc. On my current project, I may even have my dh proofread it before printing. I get the comments on what is spelled wrong but not much of ...thank you honey for making this for us! etc etc
 
How exciting! I love love the way you did the book........... makes me think I really need to get going on putting together the last 3 major weddings in my life. HA! My sisters My son's My daughters. I've done all the layouts I want now I just need to put the books together and order. Should be a simple thing right! LOL
 
It looks beautiful! I have been only printing lay flat books recently, but as 10x10's. I love that size, and I don't mind the upgrade since I usually scrap double layouts.
 
Wowza!! What a gorgeous book!! Oh what great memories to look back on. One of these days I will get to visit NY and Chicago. My 2 places I want to go the most in America.
 
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