My two most favorite places to get my photos published are Shutterfly and Paper Coterie.  I use Shutterfly for my cards, calendars, and photo books that I store all my Unlimited License release photos for reference.  What I like best about Shutterfly is that everything I have made with them - cards and calendars and books are top quality.  I have made calendars at other sites and at stores, and have found them much more flimsy than the ones from Shutterfly.

In fact, this year, I started out with an idea for one calendar with all of the birthdays of children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren for my mother as a gift (she has 2 daughters, 2 sons-in-laws, 4 grandchildren, 2 grandson-in-laws, and 4 great grandsons), and before I was done, I needed 4 of them.  I had ordered 3, and went back and ordered another one later.  Later on, I had a coupon code for another site, and made a similar one, but it was much more flimsy, and it didn't have the ability to put a photo in the day of the week like Shutterfly did.  I just ordered my third set of cards, after having given the first two as gifts.

My daughter gave me a groupon deal for a photo book at Shutterfly, and that gave me the idea to start storing a hard copy of my UL photos that I have released to my group from MTA (a wonderful place to sell your photos for digital use).  At this point, I have 2 books which cover 4 of the 8 releases.

I use Paper Coterie for making Journals and Cookbooks.  I have generally edited my photos before I put them on the journals in Photoshop and use digital scrap kits to embellish some of my photos.  The majority of the journals either have one photo on the front (and maybe a small one on the back) or the entire cover is covered with one photo.  However, the part I like best is when someone looks at one of my journals and discovers that it's a book for them to write in.  Almost everyone has looked at them and said "That's so clever!  How did you get your picture on the book?"

If you are interested in either site, I heartily recommend them.  However, if you are using photos from someone other than yourself, please be sure to contact the photographer and received permission to use them BEFORE you order your items.

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