At least once a day I come across a Gallery photo book that touches me deeply, either through humor, beauty, nostalgia, bravery, celebration, or sadness. Here are two of my favorites - about two brave women taking two very different, challenging journeys.

My daughter is getting older and will be heading to high school next year. It’s made me very reflective of the early years and all the things we did and all the changes we went through. So I started creating a year-by-year summary photobook. But, it wasn’t as easy as I’d hoped! I struggled to round up pictures of years when my picture taking wasn’t as prolific and from the traditional photo days, to the years in between that were on photo cds (which now have software compatibility issues) to now. Phew! It was very eye-opening. It really strengthens Shutterfly’s place in my heart as they store our photos for a lifetime–one place to find everything will make building books for my step-granddaughter and future grandchildren so much easier!

The most enjoyable holiday parties I’ve attended are the ones that include my digital camera. If you’re asking yourself why I would drag a camera to a party and then start take pictures, let me give you a few good reasons.

Our world stock market drama inspired me to perform Gallery searches on words like “money”, “savings” and “inexpensive”. The results were plentiful. Gallery members have found fantastically original ways to save money by creating photo books. Here are a few of my favorites.

Barbara is an avid digital scrapbooker, and grandmother of two. She’s also a member of our Shutterfly Gallery Guru team, dedicated to supporting your photo book and storytelling creativity. In this article, Barbara shares her journey as a digital scrapbooker, and gives us tips on the best getting-started digiscrap classes. Her advice? Learn from the pros.