Oprah recommends Snapfish for free photo book

Snapfish.com is offering The Oprah Winfrey Show viewers a free 8″ x 11″ photo book! It’s a 20-page custom-cover book, printed from your own digital photos. You upload photos to Snapfish, organize them the way you want. They print the book and mail it to you.

Here’s a quote from Oprah’s website about what to do with the growing piles children’s art projects. “Take digital photos of their artwork, upload them to Snapfish.com, and they will send you back a beautiful, bound book of the kids’ artwork. So, over time, you can build a library of your children’s artwork—let the pieces go, but keep them in this form forever.”

Now I’m putting my “Grandparent glasses” on, as Shayne likes to say. I’m thinking, “What’s in it for me as a grandma?” You know all those digital photos of your cute grandkids you get by email or on family websites? Why not create a photo book from those photos? You could give it to your grandchildren’s parents or your spouse as a Christmas present — or give yourself a gift. You could also use Snapfish’s suggestion to create a photobook of children’s art. For me, that means grandchildren. I’m making a photobook this weekend.

If God had intended us to follow recipes, He wouldn’t have given us grandmothers. ~Linda Henley

So grab your computer, have fun, and be creative! Here’s how to proceed…

1. Collect the best digital photos you’d like to use for the project. If you like, you could create a temporary with a copy of them, and trash the folder when you’re done.
2. Sign up for your free Snapfish account. (Other services work in a similar way.)
3. Read Snapfish’s tips for working with children’s art.
4. Start your project online and choose a page theme.
5. Upload your photos.
6. Create your book online.
7. Preview it and check out. (You pay for shipping.)

There you are! You’ve just made a one-of-a-kind photo gift.

Now, to receive this free offer, you need to act fast and sign up before midnight (PST) tonight, November 14, 2008. Then you need to create your book this weekend, by Sunday, November 16, 2008, before midnight (PST). *

So click here to over to Oprah’s site and read the (short) details. Then click on the “Get your free book” link there to create a Snapfish.com account or log in to your existing account.

Have fun! – Grammy Tanda

[ * UPDATE: Receive this notice from Snapfish: Due to the amazing popularity of our free book offer, we've extended the time you have to create your free book to 11:59pm PST on Saturday, November 22nd.]