One of my family’s favorite traditions is going through photographs we have of Christmases past. In old photo albums, you can find a 5-year-old version of me, still in my pj’s, holding a Hungry Hungry Hippos game overhead in triumph; me and my three siblings, sporting an array of now laughable trends, lined up on the couch; my grandfather standing next to the outdated aluminum tree he insisted on displaying every year.
One thing’s for sure: I hardly remember the gifts I received on Christmas morn, but I know me and my family had good times. We’ve got the pictures to prove it.
So, when Christmas comes around this year, be sure to capture the look on the kids’ faces when they open up their gifts from “Santa.” Don’t miss Grandma making the rounds to pinch cheeks and administer hugs. And if Mother Nature cooperates, be ready to document the impromptu snowball fight in the front yard.
Whatever the day brings, those special moments won’t be forgotten.
Share Your Favorite Christmas Memories
Show us your holiday spirit by uploading a favorite holiday picture and a short description to Facebook, and then share it on Inkubook’s wall.
Now that the pumpkins are no longer glowing brightly and the empty candy wrappers have settled, we can scroll through the festive photos of friends and family on Facebook, the blogs you follow and the emails sent by your less social media savvy peeps. From smiles (candy, candy, candy) to toddler tears (they think they want to wear costumes, but they usually don’t like to), from off-the-rack to creative customized costumes, and from trick-or-treating to the overly-decorated house down the street, Halloween brings out the kid in us, the creative side of us, but mostly the desire to share our designs, our recipes, our kids and our fun.
Share the lead up – forcing the kids to eat dinner, getting ready, lighting the pumpkins. Share the actual event – parties, trick-or-treating or handing out the candy. Share the aftermath – a table covered in candy, sibling trades, the tears resulting from the removal of face paint. But don’t stop there. Don’t just share the holidays. Share the little moments too. You never know whose heart you’ll warm, whose smile you’ll widen, whose creativity you’ll spark, or whose day you’ll make by posting that photo.
There’s nothing quite like the open road. A full tank of gas, windows down and a car full of friends… something about nice weather just gives you the urge to take a road trip. Making new memories with each mile marker, the old saying really is true: getting there is half the fun.
When you’re packing up the car to leave, make sure not to forget your camera and a journal. Document every moment, every cheesy road side attraction and every mom-and-pop diner. Then, when you’ve finally had your fill of life on the road, return home and put all of your adventures in an Inkubook road trip photo book. Record each new state and different town you pass through in a book that maps out your exact journey.
And one more thing before you leave: Be sure not to forget about us while you’re cruising down the highway. Let us know where you’re headed and where you’ve been on Facebook and by commenting on this blog. Think of it as a postcard from you to us, only you won’t need a stamp.
So what are you waiting for? Buckle up, hit the road and have the time of your life. Drive safe and tell us all about it when you get back.
You’ve spent hours making your photo book. When it arrives, you’re delighted to hold it in your hands and share it with friends and loved ones. But what about your friends and loved ones far, far away? Inkubook’s Share feature lets you share your memories with anybody online using Facebook, or using your own personal blog or website. We’ve recently made some improvements to this feature that we’d like to share:
New Fullscreen button – the beauty of your books are no longer constrained to a little box!
You get to watch the book widget being built, giving you a much better idea of when it will be ready to share
By popular demand, sharing book widgets on your own website is back
Book widgets shared on Facebook work properly for people using a secured connection
If you change your book after you’ve shared it and want to update the book widget, you only have to wait for the pages that have changed or been added to be rebuilt
GETTING STARTED
Click the pink Share button in the bookshelf, or in the editor:
Inkubook will start building your book widget, showing you what’s going on page-by-page:
Once it’s finished building, you can share your book with your friends:
SHARING YOUR BOOK
Facebook
Click the Post on Facebook button to post your book on your wall:
Maybe you don’t want to share your book with just everybody on Facebook – no problem! Just click the lock at the bottom of the window, and you can restrict who can see your book on your wall to just you, a few specific friends, or a group:
Your blog or website
Clicking the Post on your Blog button will copy the necessary HTML snippet to your clipboard that you’ll need to paste into your blog or website. Once you do, it’ll look something like this:
If you make changes to your book after you’ve shared it and you want those changes to show up on in your book widget, just click the Share button again. Inkubook will rebuild any pages that have changed, add new ones and remove deleted ones. You don’t have to re-post your book widget to Facebook or your blog again; the changes will automatically show up!
Until late last year, Facebook photos were fun to view and share online but they were pretty small, low-quality images. Now, the world’s largest social network and one of the largest photo sharing sites, allows you to upload and download high resolution photos (up to 2048 pixels wide/tall). This makes a lot of sense for Facebook and we’re really glad that they did it because now you can import those pics directly into your gorgeous Inkbuook photo books!
It’s super simple to incorporate Facebook photos into your projects:
1. Upload Photos - From any Inkubook project go GET PHOTOS just like you normally would. Only now, you’ll see a new option for Facebook photos.
2. Sign-in to Facebook – You will need to provide your Facebook username and password to access your photos.
3. Select Photos – Your photos are organized into the same albums you created in Facebook. Just select the ones you want and click IMPORT. That’s it. Now you’re making gorgeous photo books with your Facebook photos. Gotta “Like” that!
If you still don’t have an Inkubook account, another great reason to join now is that you can create a free account using your Facebook ID. That’s one less website login info that you have to remember.
Now share your pics with friends, fans & family and express your photo book creativity at the same time. If you use Facebook, MySpace, Windows Live, Gather or other social networking sites, you can now share your Inkubook photo books online. Feel free to browse through the photo books posted by some of our fans on Facebook to see how they look. Are you a blogger? Inkubook photo book widgets work great with WordPress, TypePad and Blogger. Jazz-up your next post with a fun, interactive mini-version of your book that readers can flip through right on your blog.
The bloggers at Barefoot Mommies, named one of the 50 most influential Mom Blogs by Nielsen Online, recently posted a photo book widget on their site – check it out for yourself. They think the new widget sharing feature rocks. We want to know what you think. Flip-through this book made by some Inkubook fans having a fun time at a recent Coldplay concert. Thanks for sharing guys – looks like you had awesome seats!
It’s easy to make and share your photo book widget. From your Inkubook homepage or book editor page, simply click the pink SHARE button and follow the directions. It only takes a minute or so to create. When it’s done click the GET & SHARE button to choose from several different sharing methods, including social network pages, blogs, email or embedding it into any website. Give it a try and tell us what you think!
