I would like to introduce you to a very special Shutterfly Gallery member, Sister Pauline Quinn, who began a life-changing service connecting dogs with people in need. She started small, but through hard work and a strong belief in giving hope, she grew her dream into a world-wide program. In this article, Pauline shares her journey, and talks about how her special Shutterfly photo book helps her continue making that dream come true.

Eugene C., Shutterfly’s Lead User Experience Designer, is an avid photo book maker and fan of capturing life’s small moments. In this article, Eugene takes us through his techniques for putting together a comprehensive year in review photo book. His secret? More is more.

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!

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.