Lots of Golden Woofs!
My Own Sugar The Golden Retriever Photo Book by Mixbook.
A while back (Dec 2010) a very nice lady from Mixbook invited us to create a photo book from their customizable features.
My mom always wanted to create a “book” and have been checking out several sites. So it was just Golden Opportune to accept the very generous invitation from Mixbook.
Golden Woofs to Mixbook!
My photo book is Golden Pawesome. Mixbook software is truly unique and love the flexibility and customizable features. Mixbook offers lots of ready made layouts, a variety of backgrounds/stickers and an option to create your own. We are not a big fan of clip-arts but Mixbook’s embellishments (i.e. stickers) were pleasing and decided to use some of them. The “undo” button became our best friend when trying out different layout/background/stickers. The drag n drop features made it easier and helpful, especially when changing photos. We were amazed how Mixbook allows you to move a photo a fraction to the left, to the right, upside down, or what-ever way you please/want. You can put 1 blown up photo or several photos on a page. Another great photo feature is that Mixbook will inform/warn you that a photo is in low resolution which means it will be blurry when printed. If you want to add character to your photo book, adding text was fun. Mixbook offers various fonts and you can easily manipulate the font size and position. Due to a gazzilion photos of me, the time in selecting the right photos to use was the only challenge we had.
The book production and shipping was quick. We received my book via mail earlier than it was expected. My book was packed in a compact cardboard box and placed in a clear plastic sleeve. We were at awe upon opening it. We did not expect the quality of the hardbound and glossy book cover. Love to see a book title on the spine. Overall the print quality is very good. All the photos were printed/reproduced very well. The quality of the paper made my photos brighter. Also due to the high quality of paper used, there were no bleed through. The text were crisp and clear which made us regret not to add more text. The book preview feature definitely matched the printed copy.
Here’s a brief slideshow of my book.
Lots of Golden Thanks to Mixbook.
My family and I absolutely LOVE my Photo Book.
Definitely a wonderful memory photo book that my family will forever treasure. My “Birthday” page is my Golden Favorite.
My mom has future plans to create more books and will certainly utilize Mixbook again particularly on our Tasty Treat Doggy Recipe Book.
Does anyone want to try Mixbook? I bet you do.
Valentine’s Day is coming up. One of the best presents you can give yourself is a Mixbook photo book of your pet.
Valentine Giveaway
A 20 Page 8.5×11 Hard Cover Classic Portrait Photo Book
A 20 Page 8.5×11 Hard Cover Classic Portrait Photo Book
Here are the rules to partake in this giveaway …
1) You need to have a Blog About Dog, Cat or Pets.
2) You need to be a Follower of My Blog
3) Leave a Comment (Golden Woofs) on this blog post
4) Answer This Question: Why Your dog/cat/pets is Your Valentine?
Include your Answer on your Comment (Golden Woofs).
5) Optional! LIKE Sugar’s Paw House on Facebook, Click Here
A chance to win some tasty treats.
Giveaway ends on Valentine’s Day: Monday, 2/14 at 11:59pm
We will select 5 entries based on your #4) answer and
will ask a good friend to help out to draw one lucky winner.
Winner will be announced on Wednesday, 2/16.
will ask a good friend to help out to draw one lucky winner.
Winner will be announced on Wednesday, 2/16.
Lots of Golden LUCK if you wish to participate on this giveaway.
If you do not wish to partake on this giveaway. Would love to know what you think of my photo book, please leave a Comment (Golden Woofs).
Once again, Lots of Golden Thanks to Mixbook.
Lots of Golden Woofs,
Wow, how cool!! And great that you are able to do this giveaway! I am current on the following requirements, and my dogs are my Valentine this year because my husband will be away… 🙂
What a wonderful book. I loved the slideshow!
Sugar! What a fantastic creation you have made! Mixbook looks like an easy, and amazing option for photo books!
We remember your trip and the giant eyeball photo! 🙂 My favorite page is you in the snow photos of course. And…..I know mom would pick me to be her Valentine, because I am always available for the bestest snuggles and kisses!
Sweet hugs,
Sierra Rose
Oh Sugar your book is absolutely fabulous. What a wonderful gift to treasure.
We loved the slide show.
We are our mums valentines because we have stolen her heart!
Big Nose Pokes
The Thugletsx
Hi Sugar! That Mixbook looks fine. Your pictures are always so pretty.
Hootie is Mommy's furry valentine and I (BRD) am Daddy's furry valentine because they both need us to keep them warm and love them unconditionally!!
Smooches from pooches,
BabyRocketDog & Hootie
We love your book, Sugar! What a wonderful coffee table book to have forever and ever!
We are our mom and dad's valentines because we're their furkids and they love us dearly!
Love ya lots
Maggie and Mitch
What a super duper idea. Looks like a terrorific book. We will have to check dem out. Yours looks great!
That book is amazing!
Bunny is my Valentine because she healed my heart after a devastating loss. She makes me smile every day, and makes coming home the best part every day, too. I woke up early this morning with her head on my shoulder and spent half an hour petting that soft fur as I gently woke up to face the day. Even Mondays aren't bad with her here to share them with me! Plus, she's making me get out and walk every day, so she's good for my heart, too!
What a booooooooooootiful book, Sugar and Mom! Know you will treasure it furever!!! We are Momma's bestest Valentines cause we do things like both jump up on the (small) sofa where she's reading and simultaneously lie down on her and snuggle!
Big Hugs xoxoxo
Sammie, Avalon and Ozzie
We won a Mixbook from Twix & just received it. Talk about PAWESOME! The only bad thing about it was narrowing down the thousands of choices! How did you get that slideshow thingy in your post? We're going to do a post too & would love to have people be able to flip though the pages of my book!
Snorts-
Brutus & Carmen
hey Sugar,
What a pawsome book! You are so photogenic! All of your photos were beautiful and fun and sweet! Such a great idea to put your life in a book.
My human, K, said I am her Valentine because I helped to heal her Heart after the loss of her previous dog, and I warmed her Heart with my uniqueness and quirky personality, and I comforted her Heart through some very difficult times we have been experiencing. And finally, I am her Valentine because I bring her joy and happiness and love every day that I am in her life!
Great give-away! Thanks for sharing your book!
Suka
Loved YOUR book Sugar!!!
I am my mom and dad's Valentine beclaws I LOVE THEM… no matter how ditzy and crazy and lazy and stuffs that they act. They say I make the Happy and Proud.
Oh, this is such a wonderful product!
Corbin is my valentine because he is Corbin. He filled a void in my life when I didn't know there was a void to fill. Looking back, I can't imagine how life was without him. I say all the time, if he had been adopted, he wouldn't have lasted long in any other home. He's a special boy that brings so much joy to my life every day. I thoroughly enjoy watching him grow and learn and play and socialize… and I love watching him help foster dogs while they're waiting for their furever homes. He's a great dog, and he'll always be my valentine :o)
-Corbin's momma, Jenn
wooow how cool is that ^^
well sanne want to say a lot why we are her valentine, but here english isnt so great but we gonna try ^^
hi sugar ^^ well why my dogs are my valentine, these dogs are my life ^^ , they bring me happines on sad days,they have lots of humor ^^ they lisen to me evan they doesnt understand and who doesnt love these 2 ^^ if i could i would chair them with every one in the hole blogword to show them how fantastic, loving dogs they are. and they are cute ^^
Kissslobbers
El'bow & Hauwii and Sanne
I love your photos Sugar!
Valentine's day is just one day. One day to spend with someone you love. But when I'm with my dogs, every day is valentine's day. I love them with all of my heart!
Who needs a human partner anyway?
That's my entry!
That is pawesome and GReat!
Thanks fur sharing it with us!
All of the Sugar beaWOOty in one spot: WOW!
Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra
Your Mixbook came out beautifully and makes us really want to have one done too. Mom says we are all her Valentines every day of the year beause we always show her our love, and she says Thunder will be her special Valentine because he has the best personality ever – loving, kind, patient, teddybear-like, and fun.
Woos ~ Phantom, Thunder, and Ciara
Oskar is my Valentine because I have been disabled and unable to work since 2006. My husband works long hours and my bi-polar depression can keep me locked inside for days.
Oskar's unconditional love and the way he instinctively knows when I'm down makes him my forever Valentine.
Hugs,
Oskar's mom person Pam
PS, we like you on FB too.
Oh dat book is very nice. I is my Momma's valentine cause I keeps her secrets and she keeps mine. For example, when she eats chocolate while on her diet I don't tell dad. Also, she doesn't tell Dad if I drools on Dad's pillow. BOL.
woof – Tucker
Great book, Sugar. We'll have to go look at that.
XXXOOO Daisy, Kendra & bella
Sugaw
What a book to tweasoowe fuwwevew.It's simply bootiful. What a gweat way to always have youw Golden smile to show fwiends and family.
I am my Mommi's Valentine, cause I can make hew smile and feel loved even in hew dawkest houws. I kiss hew and snuggle close and will nevew evew not be thewe fow hew
smoochie kisses
ASTA
pee ess youw cookies look amazing
That is an awesome book
Sugar, that is a beautiful book! We love it!!! Lots of love, Holly and mom
Sugar,
Such a wunderful book fur sure! I am mom's valentine cuz I am her fur baby and can always makes her smile.
Woofs and Licks,
Maggie Mae
Hi Sugar!
Your book looks really nice, we have been wanting to make a book too. Gotta check it out.
We are Mom and Dad's Valentines everyday, because we are family! One big happy family!!
Wyatt and Stanzie
What a cool book Sugar!!
I am my Moms Valentine cuz she had a life-long dream to have a Scottie and she had to wait fur 18 long years to get me and she says I make her Smile when she come home, and I like to keep her happy and in turn she keeps me happy cuz she Loves me, so we kinda just go hand in hand together.
Hey Sugar,
Dad says that we need a book for each of us; that's 15 books. Wow. Dad says that Valentines day isn't about each of us dogs and cats but like the Hallmark commercials say… it's about us. We're a family pack and we all have love. Love from mom and dad and from each other. Sure there's more love between these two and less love between those two. But we all respect each other as individuals. It's sometime tougher with a big group but mom and dad make sure that not one of us lacks for love and cariong and perhaps some special attention when we need it. That's what Valentines Day is around here, OBTW mom gets balloons and flowers which the cats will eat as their gift.
– TBH&K
oh sugar pie look at that gorgeous booky of yours =0] how cool is that?…
Your book is awesome Sugar — what a wonderful keepsake for you and your family.
Dugan is our Valentine because he is the light of our lives. His unconditional love makes everyday special no matter what. :o)
This is way cool. Hard choice when you have multiple fur-kids. I would say Cleo is my Valentine. She rescued us 4 days after Valentines day and truly shows us her love and how happy she is to be here every day. We were Cleo's last option for a Happy Life. She was due to be euthinized at 18 months old for being "Aggressive". We have had her 5 years and no "aggression" has surfaced for 4 years. 🙂 We also follow you. HoundDogMom
That is AWESOME! I am going to have Beth check this out! Thanks for sharing!
Wow Miss Sugar!
You always find the greatest things to share with us. I'll come back to your postie to view the slideshow when my Daddy comes home tonight (cannot view it on my Mommy's "BlueBerry").
Sure looks great and what a pawsome thing to have and cherish!
Thank you for sharing :o)
Smooches,
Neeko :o)
P.S. This year I'm my Mommy's Valentine; I'll tell you later why :o)
I made my 1st photobook from Kodak Gallery about 8 months ago. It was a good thing I did, because for reasons I won't go into here, I lost all of Lucy's baby pictures that weren't on my blog or the Kodak Gallery website. They are a lot of fun to creat!
I’m back :o)
Pawsome photos in your slideshow!!! You are sooo preeeeeetty!
So, as I was telling you earlier, I’m my Mommy’s Valentine this year because I came into her life when she was hurting very badly for loosing my late Bro Sparky, to cancer last March. I did my best to keep her spirits up and continue my Bro’s legacy. I make her laugh every day with my clownish personality :o)
BTW I will do a post about my late Bro Sparky, this March.
Smooches,
Neeko ♥
Hello Sugar wonderfull slide book, love paws from Cerise , Zitablue golden in Belgium
Oh Sugar~
What a super cool book!
We are so excitied for you!
Momma says every years me's her Valentine (me's.. Anakin Man) 'cuz on me vevety ears, me's pretty brown eyeballs, me's watermelon shaped body.. and me's mashy mellow's filled center's (me's heart) on loves for hers
Anakin Man
Fantastic slideshow! Love the book! Are you "paw"tographing any?!
Fabulous book! I bookmarked that site, thanks!
What an amazing book, and such a cool giveaway!
Rudy is my Valentine because I love him (as anyone else loves their pet!); but sadly, I have to give him enough love only once – as with the guide dog training, he won't be here for much longer. Rudy will always be my Valentine though… and so are the other 3 guide dog puppies I raised, giving them up is the hardest part, showing your true love… isn't.
Rudy's Raiser
Hi Sugar! That is a beautiful book!
My Mom said I am her Valentine because everyday when she wakes up.. she looks forward to seeing me! Can You imagine?? She said the love I brought to the family is a love that has touched their hearts forever!She gets sappy when she talks about me.. silly Mom. I was adopted right around this time of year too.. so she gets very weepy..
Take care and Good luck everyone!!
Hey Sugar! Mabel is my Valentine because she is the sweetest girl. I "usually" work from home and we spend all our time together and sleep side by side. She gives me kisses and cuddles and I just adore her!
What a wonderful book and memory!!!
Why I love my PUGS…well, 10 years ago my mom died suddenly (11-12-00). I was having trouble mending my broken heart. I saw a Pug and starting asking hubby for one. It took me 2 years to get my Chloe (born 11-12-02). I feel like she was a gift my mom sent me from heaven! Since Chloe, we have added Zoey, Rosie, Marty & Kiki! These little furry ones have added so much to my life!
Hi Sugar – your foto book iz most pawsome. Your slide show really helped show it off. Hope we r npt tu ;ate.
First there wuz Shiloh – even aza baby I wuz mom'z Valentine b-cuz of the kissez I wood alwayz give her an'the way we played in the yard. Then when I got older an'b-came a therapy dog, mom really loved the way I would trot down the hallway, with my tail wagging high – she loved the way I am alwayz a happy boy when we vizit. Mom choze Shasta b-cuz not only r we related butt Shasta iz really good at bein'a mama'z baby with her snugglez an'kissez an'she alwayz wantz tu be with mom – that iz y Shasta iz mom's Valentine tu.
~Shiloh'n Shasta~