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Friday
Oct162009

Friday's Featured Resource - Memolio

For the entire weekend in Manzanita I coveted the Polaroid pictures that were affectionately set around the house. As over 700 images from the weekend sat on my computer, I longed to hold them in my hands; to have something tangible that symbolized the trip, the sisterhood, the creative connection we all shared, the magic.

Andrea Jenkin's perfectly composed squares, muted and dreamlike made me swoon. Equally enchanting were Jen Lee's tiny treasures straight from her Diana Polaroid back (see above). Friends, fabrics, food, textures, sand and sky translated from view finder to film to hand, no computer required.

With a lack of any recent printed pictures, I can't help but thing that printing pictures is becoming a lost art which makes me want them even more. It's no wonder then I was smitten by these precious little picture albums from Memolio when I found them.

Love the idea, love the site, love the interface, love the price. I have a feeling I won't only be making myself a few of these little gems to hold close, but that they might be the perfect holiday gift. What do you think?

Reader Comments (12)

What a wonderful concept..and wonderful site. I - too - am missing the days when we held our pictures in our hands..and not only on our computers.
Another good site is Moo:
http://us.moo.com/en/
I've printed cards and pix with them with great success.
October 16, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMarcie
love it! i just created a blurb book for my first year in photography and would love to do this for special trips and projects throughout the year. i also love things that are small. thanks!
October 16, 2009 | Unregistered Commentercindy
What an awesome site! I also have not printed any of my pictures in years. I am totally going to go try this site out.
October 16, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterBeryl
It's an interesting site...thanks for sharing it today.
October 16, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterElizabeth Harper
I love it!
October 16, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterLu
Love this! My kids take tons of photos and this will be a great way for them to get their cute little hands on them! Thanks for the review and link.
October 16, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMegan
Oh my gosh, I'm in looooooooove with this! Thanks so much for sharing! Think of all the studio promotion and proofing possibilities with these adorable little books!
thank you for sharing this site!
such a cool idea.
October 16, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterVanessa
I love those little booklets! Better Homes & Gardens has a site devoted to photos and photo books, etc. They also sell this type of little book and they call it a 'swatch book'. They're really cute as well! http://www.bhglifeinphotos.com/shop/photo_books/swatchbooks/
October 16, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterchris
I print and put up photos all the time, because there's just nothing like having them all together in a printed album or up on your wall! :) These little albums remind me of Moo business cards, so cute!
October 16, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterTrude
Isn't Mazanita a great place. I'm usually up in Cannon Beach....since my folks have a great beach house there. Never a dull moment or a bad picture.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/onebeach/3999504481/"
October 16, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterBrenda
this is a fantastic idea! i recently made a couple of blurb books - but the memolio is so much easier to carry around : )
October 16, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterdjbeat

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