Create a One of a Kind, Custom Gift with Mixbook!

Looking for thoughtful and custom gift ideas for everyone on your list!? Mixbook has got you covered! With fully customizable photo books, cards and calendars, you can design a special, one of a kind gift that your loved one will cherish forever.

This post is made in collaboration with Mixbook. All opinions are my own.

I gift my boyfriend one of Mixbook’s Year In Review Photo Books every single Christmas! It’s become a fun tradition that we started in 2018. I’ll create the photo book filled with all our adventures, travels + accomplishments and I’ll share it with my boyfriend Christmas morning!

It’s the perfect way to re-live all the memories we’ve made in the past year and capture the special moments in our life. We love having a physical copy of all our photos too.

For so long, we just uploaded all the photos on our phones to Google Photos. Only problem with that is, we never end up looking through them. By creating yearly photo books, we have a tangible copy of all our memories that we can easily display for family + friends. They also make great coffee table books + home decor!

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You can also follow along on Instagram, where I have been sharing additional gift ideas and holiday home and outfits ideas!

Keep reading to learn how you can create a beautiful, custom photo book for someone special in your life!

Why Create a Photo Book with Mixbook

Mixbook has one of THE best design editors I have ever seen. You can fully customize every aspect of your photo book – the theme, the layout, size, paper type, background, stickers, text.. every part of the book can be designed exactly how you envisioned it.

This allows you to get creative with your design + build something from scratch or customize a pre-made template if needed! We always go with one of Mixbook’s templates to start. There’s over a hundred to choose from, so you can pick one that fits your style and personality!

This year we went with the Modern White, semi-gloss, 8.5 x 8.5″ matte hard cover book + it turned out better than I could’ve imagined. The photos are crystal clear, pages are smooth and sharpness is amazing. You can tell it’s a well-made photo book that’s meant to last.

Besides the amazing editor, print quality and ability to customize everything, the photo books are extremely affordable – starting at as low as $10.39 for a 8×6, 20 page softcover book.

How to Create Your Custom Photo Book

Before you start designing your book, I have a an amazing discount code for you to use! Type in CASSIE50 for 50% off your first photo book or card order from Mixbook. My code is good through December 21, 2020, so make sure you order your photo book before then!!

1. Start By Choosing Your Theme

Step one, choose from one of Mixbook’s hundreds of fully customizable designs. So many beautiful templates to choose from, you can’t go wrong! From there you’re able to select the book shape – landscape, square or portrait, size – 6×6, 8.5×8.5, 10×10 or 12×12, the type of paper, and the style of book – soft, glossy, matte or leather.

2. Start Uploading Your Photos!

Either upload your photos from your computer or phone! You can even choose to import pictures from Instagram, Facebook and other social media sites.

I chose to upload all our photos from my phone. Mixbook makes it so easy to do so without using an app! Simply scan the QR code on your desktop that Mixbook provides with your phone’s camera, choose the photos on your phone that you wish to upload + refresh your browser! All your photos will be uploaded into Mixbook’s editor.

3. Customize your Photo Book

Now for the fun part – customizing your book! Change and adjust the page layouts depending on the number of photos, add text, choose stickers and backgrounds (or upload your own). The backgrounds and clip art photos are actually searchable too, so you can type in a keyword to search for exactly what you need!

It’s actually amazing all of the features that you can use to customize your book to make it truly unique! You can’t go wrong with a custom gift! I guarantee your boyfriend, husband, mom, grandma, sister, or any special someone in your life will love it. There’s just something so unique about creating a photo book filled with memories + adventures.

To start creating your photo book, click here!

Use code CASSIE50 for 50% off your first photo book or card order from Mixbook.