This little ‘love from home’ family photo book has come in handy in so many situations. While I originally made it to help Miss G cope with heading back to Kuwait after a particularly lovely summer filled with family and friends, she’s held it close during all kinds of potentially difficult transition and separation periods – while I’ve been in Dubai for the weekend, while Brad’s been out of country for conferences, while missing her cousins back in home in Canada, while having troubles falling falling asleep, or after a bad dream – it’s provided her some comfort.
I’ve had several questions about how I add text to pictures for the photo books I’ve made previously and I’m happy to say, it’s very easy. Personally, I use Pixelmator, but Photoshop or any other photo editing program you’re comfortable with will work. All I do is open the photo in the program, add a text box, and type in my words (in this case I did two separate text boxes – one for the larger letter, and one for the smaller sentence). Once my photo and text looks the way I want it to, I export it to jpeg format. Then you can print the photos as is and pop them into an album, or import them into an online photo book creator.