A Simple Guide to Making an Autograph Book

[MusicMouse]

I am wondering if there was some way to fix the width of this so that the words don't run off the cover of my photobook....without losing quality. I need to get this ordered asap, takes 2 weeks to arrive.

I'm sorry, things have been really busy here this week. I sent you a PM.

 

[jjk3]

Hi! I love your stuff. Thanks so much for all the time and effort you put in for everyone.

This is my first attempt at making autograph books for my daughters so if I have missed something I apologize.

I was having a hard time finding covers for an 8x8 book and wondered if you had a version of your front cover (blue, with castle and characters) in 8x8 size.

If so, I was hoping you could make two personalized covers for me. The text would be:

"Gillian's Autographs 2011"
"Piper's Autographs 2011"

Thank you very much for your time. Thanks alot for your time. I really appreciate your help.

 

[MusicMouse]

Have a quick question, Please don't kill me I left out a small detail. We are going to 1900 Park Fare for breakfast & I was told that the stepsisters & Cinderella are not there but Alice, Mad Hatter, Pooh & maybe Mary Poppins are there. Any chance you can change this? I am sorry, but very grateful that you have helped me at all

It's OK. I wondered at the time whether you were doing breakfast or dinner and just took a chance. Here's your new cover :

 

[LibrarianBecky]

Would it be possible for me to request a personalized autograph book cover? I would like the one with all the characters on the front (it is the one I have seen most commonly on this thread) with "John's Autographs" on it?

Thank you so much! And thank you to everyone who posted their books...it has given me lots of inspiration!!

Sorry, sorry, sorry!! I just clicked on your photobucket...and lo and behold...there was already a John one done. Thank you for sharing, and I'm sorry if I caused you any inconvenience!

 

[MusicMouse]

I love them. Where did you get your cover from? I would love one of those for my boy's book. Thanks!!

I make them. Just make a request with which cover you would like and the name (look in my photobucket, he may already be there).

Hey MusicMouse, can I ask a question? You may not know the answer but I'm trying to figure it out before I order my autograph photobook.
Which fairies are currently meeting with Tink? I read that it's only her & a friend at the Adventureland Terrace & that they rotate between only a few of them. The only pics I've seen lately are Tink with either Vidia or Rosetta. I don't want 2 pages of fairies if I'm only going to be able to get 2 or 3.
Any ideas or know where I can find out?

There is no way to know which fairies that you will see. It used to be Tink, Terrence, and Fawn. Then they put Vidia into the rotation as well. Now Rosetta is in there. It really is just random luck of the draw at this point.

 

[MusicMouse]

I am trying some thing new for my trip in January. I purchased a 6x6 ring bound album with plastic sleeves. I am going to use the 4/6 cards and mount them on scrapbook paper. This way I will be able to put the cards in for just the parks we will be at that day, or the resturants. When I get home I will be able to put them all together. Will see how it works...

Please let us know how it works whe you come back (pros and cons). We are always looking for new strategies!

Would it be possible for me to request a personalized autograph book cover? I would like the one with all the characters on the front (it is the one I have seen most commonly on this thread) with "John's Autographs" on it?

Thank you so much! And thank you to everyone who posted their books...it has given me lots of inspiration!!

I see you found one!

I am not allowed to post a quote yet, but this is a reply to Honeystar regarding keeping your album cover from getting cut off around the edges.
I had this very same problem creating my books with artscow-I am going to put a step by step of what I did below to fix this problem. Someone else may have a better way to do it--but this was the only way I could figure out how to do it.
1. Go to Word and adjust the page size to the size of your photo album (my albums are 8X8)
2. Leave about a 1 inch margin around all sides.
3. Insert picture onto page and adjust so that it is centered with the one inch margin on all sides.
4. Use "alt" and "screen shot" keys to create a screen shot.
5. Go to "Paint" program on computer and post screen shot into paint.
6. Crop just the page with the picture in it (so that the rest of the screen is cut out) (I have two different computers and cropping was different on both, so you just have to figure out how to do this on your computer)
7. In paint, click on the color fill button (looks like a bucket of paint being poured), select a color that best matches your album cover and click on the border around your picture--it should fill in the entire border with the color you want.
8. Resize the picture--For artscow, I resized all my pictures to 3600 pixels by 3600 pixels. I found that even though this is large, it created the correct dpi when I put it into the document on artscow.
Now your main album cover should show and the edges that will be cut off will be the border you added. If some of the border remains, it should still look okay because you filled them in with a coordinating color.

I hope this helps and is not too confusing--this took me several days to figure out.

Thanks for the helping hand. It's been a busy week here, and I havent had much time for DISigning (or re-DISigning)!

 

[MusicMouse]

Hi! I love your stuff. Thanks so much for all the time and effort you put in for everyone.

This is my first attempt at making autograph books for my daughters so if I have missed something I apologize.

I was having a hard time finding covers for an 8x8 book and wondered if you had a version of your front cover (blue, with castle and characters) in 8x8 size.

If so, I was hoping you could make two personalized covers for me. The text would be:

"Gillian's Autographs 2011"
"Piper's Autographs 2011"

Thank you very much for your time. Thanks alot for your time. I really appreciate your help.

I don't have one in an 8x8 in that design (and if I resize it, it looks squished). If your trip isn't right away, I can make one, but it will take at least a week because each of those characters has to be individually placed. If you need something right away, I would gladly make a couple with each of your daughter's favorite characters, or Evan (otterpop) has some here already made: http://s1019.photobucket.com/albums/af319/Shwymie/10x10 Album Covers/. Just let me know what you would like to do!

 

[jjk3]

I don't have one in an 8x8 in that design (and if I resize it, it looks squished). If your trip isn't right away, I can make one, but it will take at least a week because each of those characters has to be individually placed. If you need something right away, I would gladly make a couple with each of your daughter's favorite characters, or Evan (otterpop) has some here already made: http://s1019.photobucket.com/albums/af319/Shwymie/10x10 Album Covers/. Just let me know what you would like to do!

I need to have my album completed in ~1.5 weeks in order to get it in time. If you can swing it in that time frame it would be great! If you are too busy I completely understand.

Regardless, thanks again!

Jeff

 

[MusicMouse]

I need to have my album completed in ~1.5 weeks in order to get it in time. If you can swing it in that time frame it would be great! If you are too busy I completely understand.

Regardless, thanks again!

Jeff

I've got some time over the holiday weekend. I'll give it my best shot!

 

[Danjocass]

It's OK. I wondered at the time whether you were doing breakfast or dinner and just took a chance. Here's your new cover :

Again, thank u soooo much! You are awesome

 

[MusicMouse]

I need to have my album completed in ~1.5 weeks in order to get it in time. If you can swing it in that time frame it would be great! If you are too busy I completely understand.

Regardless, thanks again!

Jeff

I'm sorry, Jeff, but I just did't have time to get an 8x8 with all of the characters finished this weekend. If you give me Piper and Gillian's favorite characters/rides/colors I will make a personalized one for each of them.

 

[pixxi]

Can I get an autograph cover and back, the All the characters with the white backgournd and the blue background with the name Baylor?
Thanks

 

[MusicMouse]

Due to an unfortunate computer mishap (I, um, dropped it - and where is the forehead slapping smilie?), I can't do any DISigning until I get a new power cord. Hopefully it will get here before the weekend - I'll keep you posted!

 

[jjk3]

I'm sorry, Jeff, but I just did't have time to get an 8x8 with all of the characters finished this weekend. If you give me Piper and Gillian's favorite characters/rides/colors I will make a personalized one for each of them.

Thanks alot for the offer and your time! It sounds like you have a lot going on now and now have technical issues!! I think I found another cover elsewhere I will use so as to give you a break.

If you ever do get a chance to make an 8x8 version on that cover I would love to get a copy. We pretty much go every year and if these books go over as well as I think they will I will have many more to make!!!

Thanks again for all your help.

Jeff

 

[DisneyGuess]

I'm sorry MusicMouse! Hopefully you'll get your powercord quickly!

 

[butterfly71076]

Just an FYI, I was pricing out binding at Kinkos and found Office Depot was cheaper. Only cost me $10 and some change for 4 books, 2 with 63 pages, one with 50 pages, and one with 30 pages, all on 110 lb card stock! At Kinkos they quoted me $6 per book. Just wanted to let everyone know!

 

[Tarheel Mom]

Hi there. I know you are having computer issues but I'm in no big rush. I would like to request an autograph cover page for my daughter. I'd like the blue one with all the characters and "Anna's Autographs - 2011" in pink letters.

I'd also like a back cover (in color) with

The End
Made especially for you by Mama

Thanks so much for your help!!!

 

[MusicMouse]

Can I get an autograph cover and back, the All the characters with the white backgournd and the blue background with the name Baylor?
Thanks

Here are your covers :

 

[MusicMouse]

Hi there. I know you are having computer issues but I'm in no big rush. I would like to request an autograph cover page for my daughter. I'd like the blue one with all the characters and "Anna's Autographs - 2011" in pink letters.

I'd also like a back cover (in color) with

The End
Made especially for you by Mama

Thanks so much for your help!!!

Here you go :

 

[sher92]

Is there any way I could please possibly get 2 character meals autograph covers? One is for Ashlynn and the other is for Caden. We are eating at Chef Mickeys, CRT, 1900 Park Fare (dinner characters), Garden Grille, and Crystal Palace.
If you could please put the year, 2011, on it too, that would be great!

Thank you so much!!