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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Homemade Gifts Straight From Your Computer

Photo Books A photo book is one of the most popular computer-made gift gifts.

Photo books allow for great flexibility in design. You can enlarge, shrink and crop pictures to fit the desired format. There is a wide range of themes available. Prices range from $10.00 on up.

The best way to create a photo book is to use a Web site that lets you upload your photos and assemble the book on-line.

Here are a few websites that are user friendly:
www.snapfish.com, www.walmart.com, www.kodak.com, www.shutterfly.com

Cookbooks

If you would prefer something that pleases the taste buds, or you might like to collect your favorite recipes in one book creating a recipe book to share.

www.HeritageCookbook.com allows one or many individuals to upload recipes, choose a cover and personalize the book with text and photos.
www.blurb.com is another good site that allows you to design the layout, add text and photos.
These books also start at a price of $10.00

Stationary

Personalized stationary is a way to create a gift.
For less than $10.00 you can create notepads, photo notecards, or spiral bound photo notebooks with a large variety of themes. www.Shutterfly.com is a good site for this.

Puzzles

Making personalized puzzles is almost as enjoyable as putting them together and it takes only a fraction of time! The process is simple; you select the photo and a third party takes care of the rest. www.jigsaw2order.com is a good site to start with.

Calendars, Posters, Audio Stories, Movies, Note Cards

These are just a few of the gifts you can create with your computer. Enjoy and have a fabulous holiday season.