Photo book gift ideas: Photo book gifts made from your own photos

The best gifts are the moments you already have. Upload your photos, review the finished design, and approve it before it's printed.

For grandparents

A hardcover book of the grandchildren — the moments they missed and the ones they were there for — to keep on the coffee table.

Hardcover Photo Book →

A family year in review

Gather the year's photos from everyone's phones into one softcover book to read together over the holidays.

Softcover Photo Book →

A baby's first year

From the first days home to the first birthday, in a hardcover book made to be read again and again.

Hardcover Photo Book →

One favourite photo

A single photo inside a solid block of clear acrylic, for a desk, a shelf or a bedside table.

Acrylic Photo Block →

How to choose the right photo gift

Choose a hardcover for a gift meant to last

The Hardcover Photo Book has a rigid, matte-laminated cover, PUR binding and heavier 200gsm gloss pages. It suits milestone gifts, grandparents and books that will be opened again and again.

Choose a softcover for a lighter, everyday book

The Softcover Photo Book uses the same wide A4 landscape pages with a matte soft cover and 150gsm gloss pages — a good fit for a year in review, a trip or a book you'd like to give to more than one person.

Choose an Acrylic Photo Block when one photo says it all

A single favourite photo inside a solid, one-inch-deep 5 × 5 in block of clear acrylic with polished edges. It stands on its own on a desk, shelf or bedside table.

Tips for making the gift

  1. 1

    Tell one story per book

    A gift reads best when it follows one person, one year or one event. BellaFoto groups your photos into memories, and each memory becomes its own book.

  2. 2

    Gather photos from everyone

    The best family photos are often on someone else's phone. Collect them in your Photo Library first — you can send photos straight from a phone by scanning a code, without signing in on it.

  3. 3

    Pick the cover photo

    Choose the photo the person will see first. You can change the cover and adjust how it's cropped before you approve the design.

  4. 4

    Add a few words

    Short captions and a dedication turn a set of photos into a story. You can edit every line of text in your book.

  5. 5

    Review before it's printed

    Nothing is printed until you approve the finished design, so check names, dates and photo order before you order.

  6. 6

    Leave time for delivery

    Books and acrylic blocks are made to order and ship to addresses in Canada and the United States. Shipping is quoted for your delivery address at checkout, so order with time to spare before the occasion.

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