Being completely honest here…I’m not always the best at describing what I love to do….or how intensely I love helping you print your photos.

Sometimes…..it takes hearing it from others.

A while ago, one of my former PBDW students contacted me that she finally received her photo book and loved it!

Overjoyed could not explain my emotion well enough. I’m absolutely giddy whenever one of my students reports back with photos of their actual book.

Shannon is no exception. And I wanted to share Shannon’s story with you. But first, my Intro Photo Book Design & Advanced Photo Book Design Workshops starts on Monday, March 20, 2017. This is the only time to work directly with me in a workshop setting on your photo book this year.

Now – Here’s what Shannon had to say:

So I took Stacey’s Intro to Photo Book Design Workshop on a whim.

I am a true believer in documenting daily life through photographs and have been a scrapbooker since before my first child was born (I have a 7 year old and 2 year old twins). And even though my life was extremely busy – life in general never seems to slow down – I was determined to take pictures and document our story.

And that’s what I did.

I took several online photography courses to better my skills and was happy with my results. The only thing, I wasn’t printing anything. And what I did end up printing got shoved in a drawer somewhere, a place no one was going to go looking for them.

So when I saw Stacey’s book pop up online one day, I started researching, looked at all her books she had posted on her website and fell in love with the idea of designing my own photo book.

And I’m happy to report hat I have just received my first family yearbook and IT IS AWESOME!

The little details that Stacey teaches makes all the difference in the world (for example Table of Contents, aligning photos from one page to the next, monthly title pages, and I could go on and on).

The things I LOVE about my book are the pages that spread across the entire book…so much impact! I didn’t add much text but what I decided to do was pick a random day out of the month and give a little summary of what was happening.

I couldn’t be happier with the way it came out. I cannot recommend a project like this and Stacey’s PBDW class enough. It is such a great way to see your photos come to life…your story laid out for you in a professional looking book.

Thank you again Stacey for all your great tips and instruction. You were so hands-on and available. You really made the process so interesting and fun. Totally inspired by you and your work. #photobookerforlife

Shannon Belanger

Want to learn more? Sign up for my Photo Book Design Workshops. Registration is open now and workshop starts on March 20, 2017.