Christmas Gifts in October

EEW! Isn't that obscene???? WHO in their right mind considers Christmas gifts before Trick or Treating?? WHO?

well...

I have to confess...

just this one time...

me.

I'm sorry! I don't usually partake in Christmas thinking until after Thanksgiving. But I just had the perfect opportunity and the perfect idea!

Remember back in August when I was contemplating all 200+ of my camping photos? Well I needed to go to Long's and said to myself "What are you waiting for?!?! There are two sets of very deserving friends who would love to see pictures from a year and a half ago (oops!) and from 6 months ago (double oops!) - why not let them wait just 3 more months and make them the cutest two 5x7 picture booklets they have ever seen?"

So I grabbed my memory stick with 264 pictures on it and went to use the exceptional machine that is the HP Photo Center! I had pictures from two camping trips so I decided to make one booklet for each and order two prints of each.

And I'm here to say, I'm really happy I checked out the whole process back in August and that I had taken the time to look over the HP Photo Booth brochure that I picked up. It was a good thing to know what I was going to do when I got there because it took me about 15-20 minutes to work through the entire process for both books! It was so simple! All you have to do is choose the pictures, choose the project (booklets are just one option - I could have done a hardcover book! Or a poster or a set of cards...), choose the background, add a little text and your off! I turned in my little ticket to the lady and the counter and she said "They'll be done in about an hour." Wow! An hour! Cool! So I went to Kohl's and bought a sweater!

When I got back, the package was ready and waiting - they look really cute! I am very pleased with the whole process and of course, myself for having two Christmas gifts ready to go - even if it is still OCTOBER!

Want to make a photo gift of your own before Halloween? Follow this link to a start your Christmas shopping early too! (*Coupon courtesy of BlueSuitMom.com)