site to print photos & how do you display them

[amyy]

Printing photos through Disney and/or our outside photographer is a bit expensive. Is this the site most people recommend http://www.mpix.com/?

I would like at least one done on canvas in addition to regular sizes.

thanks

 

[Wish on a Star]

This is just me, but I used shutterfly to print a photobook and prints. I think their quality is great, and it's very economical (there are also lots of discounts offered regularly).

 

[Bridie1996]

I've used mpix for prints, and blurb for books.

If you register with them, they will send discounts codes to your email. Blurb occasionally does free webinars as well, and I love the print quality from mpix! And I really like their "touch-up" option.

I find Blurb gives me more control over the layout of the books than the books from shutterfly/target. Some don't want to fuss with the layout but I liked being able to adjust the layout as I needed/wanted.

 

[Boardwalk_bride]

I used Mpix for prints and my canvass. I was really impressed with the quality of the pictures.I used Shutterfly for my photobooks. I would highly recommend either site!

 

[amyy]

Thanks everyone for you input.

One more question-do you all frame them yourselves? We had a caricature artist at our wedding and went I went to AC Moore,m with a 50% off coupon, I couldn't believe what they wanted. This is partly why I am thinking of doing a print or two on canvas.

If anyone has any pictures to share of how you displayed your photos I would be interested in seeing them. I want to display photos (us & guests), caricature print, shadow box with my flowers from Keepsake floral and something with the rhinestone ribbon from my cake. Yet I don't want our house to look like a shrine to our wedding.

thanks

 

[lurkyloo]

I felt exactly the way you do! In the past I have framed photos with inexpensive frames from Aaron Brothers and either cut my own mats or had them done to my specs using www.lightimpressionsdirect.com/.

However, there was no way we had enough wall space to display as many wedding photos as I wanted if we framed them all, so I tried something new: We painted the entire wall with 5 coats of magnetic paint and then painted over it with the original wall color. Then I bough a bunch of low-profile rare earth magnets (super strong!) and affixed prints I'd made on MPIX with them, like this...

It's definitely not a formal or traditional arrangement, so it might not suit everyone's taste. But what I love is that I can easily and very inexpensively swap out photos any time I want! Instead of agonizing over which photos I can afford to print and frame, I just order a few new ones whenever Mpix has a sale and switch them in.

 

[amyy]

lurkyloo-I should have known you would have the perfect answer. I have been wanting to paint but just haven't gotten interested in doing it but this would give me the inspiration. I will definitely try it out on a wall.

thanks

 

[NYPrincess422]

Thanks for posting the info, I was wondering where I would print out my engagement and wedding photos

 

[Ember]

I have one wedding photo up and the rest in my mix on my digital frames. For personal preference, I never cared for huge numbers of wedding photos up.

 

[girli565]

I'm making a coffee table book on blurb. It's huge, 104pgs and I'm looking to add more.