THE BEST SOFT COVER PHOTO BOOKS | ARTIFACT UPRISING

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How many photos do you have on your computer or phone? What’s that? Too many to count? For me it was so many that I couldn’t even take another photo with my Iphone without deleting, the problem for me is I don’t want to delete any photos of my girl, not even the blurry ones so there’s that. I am going to be completely honest here, I tried several photo book companies and found something wrong with them all (I guess I’m the Goldilocks of photo book printing). The first time I tried Artifact Uprising I was not happy (insert a collective gasp from the blogosphere). I ordered the 8.5″ x 8.5″ book, the photos I used were from a professional photographer, I chose a layout with nice amounts of white space and I thought I was golden–I wasn’t.  The pros on that first run were that the process was pretty easy, the order came super fast and the packaging and presentation were so tight. When I pulled out my album and flipped through it, my heart sank, the paper seemed thin (I could see through to the other pages), the printing had a sheen to it and it felt like my colors had shifted, I was disappointed, Artifact Uprising had rave reviews from many individuals that I admire and consider to have good taste, I was flummoxed, could the impeccable branding be what people were excited about that they didn’t care about the end product? Maybe it was my choice of layout? Whatever it was, it wasn’t working. I asked around everyone loved them. Maybe it was just me…

A few months later I received an email from Artifact Uprising about their new app that would allow me to design my photo book on my phone (that’s crazy talk!), since my time is limited and my camera roll perpetually full I decided to give it another try but this time I chose the popular 5.5″ x 5.5″ size. Artifact Uprising did not disappoint this time, I LOVE my little 5.5″ x 5.5″ book. The print quality was excellent my colors stayed true, the paper stock seemed thicker, it was a winner! Printing a photo book from your phone could not have been easier and the end product is surprisingly elegant for the effort + price. I am planning to order a slew more ala Jennie Prince! I wanted to show a close-up of the cover so you could see the slight textured detail, it’s a nice touch. The logo on the back is very subtle (another huge plus in my book all the other photo books I ordered had ginormous logos). My book has many double-sided pages and the printing is clear on every page without show through. The best part beside the ease of creating the book is the price, under $20! Another perfect idea for holiday!I don’t know what to chalk up the bad first copy I got to, but the 5.5″ x 5.5″ has more than made up for it, for this Goldilocks, I finally got it ‘just right’.

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Let us know if you have any questions, we will go into home printers tomorrow perfect for both photo printing and perhaps some of your newly acquired lettering skills?

Author / Miss Tristan B

Miss Tristan B. is the proprietress of Besotted Brand and one of the writer’s of this delightful blog. She lives in sunny Seattle with her handsome husband, wonderful baby girl and two pups. Her lofty goal here is to make this a creative resource repository and to inspire you to fall truly, madly, deeply in love with your life.

14 thoughts on “THE BEST SOFT COVER PHOTO BOOKS | ARTIFACT UPRISING

  1. I will be very interested in home printers. I do crafts and my Epson often doesn’t pull even cardstock through. I would love to find a printer that can do various paper weights and print on fabric as well. I’m really frustrated with my printer. I just received my post card book from Artifact Uprising and I am thrilled beyond words at the quality. It is wonderful and I have only good to say about that company. The customer service is also excellent. After I did my order and submitted it, I found an email from them offering 20% off. Too late for my order, I thought. However, I contacted them and within 5 min. they replied that they would certainly give me the 20% off and they couldn’t have been nicer.

    1. Oh, Jo home printing was the bane of my stationery existence I do have some good tips I will add to the post tomorrow for you! And that’s great to hear such wonderful customer service from AU. I have to say other than the first book, which had to be a fluke, right? I have nothing but good things to say about them:)

    1. Mrs. Limestone do it! Do it on your phone, it really feels satisfying to receive something so nicely done with really minimal effort. I am ordering sets of these for the grandparents as well. I haven’t been as organized with my photos so I can’t do what Jennie did and have dates on the cover (which I think is brill), but I can see this being something great for the future when she starts bringing artwork home to include. I also want to do one where I add in some shots of her clothing, little shoes slay!

  2. That is very sweet!! I’m thinking about selling still life photos and I’d love to know which printers and papers are good for that. Or if you can recommend an online print store for professionals. Thanks!

    1. Carmen we are definitely going to discuss professional home printers (Michelle is doing fine art photography and her test prints are outstanding!) and professional commercial printers this week so you should have some great resources to start your professional photo printing!

  3. Thank you for your candid comments and tips about photo Books, particularly Artifact Uprising. I’ll give them a try. I’m looking forward to the printer post. My problem is getting what I see on the screen print accurately on the printer, even though I have a monitor calibration device. It’s a conundrum. Love your blog. Thanks for all you do.

  4. In May I used AU to create a book as a gift for my daughter’s graduation. I believe I bought the 8×8 album. Can’t quite recall but it turned out lovely. Like you said, I was initially attracts to their branding but the quality of their product will keep me going back. I can’t wait to try ordering from my phone!

    P.S. So excited to read your post on printers!

  5. Thank you so very much for your candid review and your patience and willingness to give us a second go. It sounds like you were one of our earliest supporters and we’d be nowhere without people like you. Your blog is beautiful!

    with gratitude,
    Katie
    co-founder

  6. I’ve been thinking about trying Artifact Uprising for my phone photos so I appreciate your honest review. Recently, I photographed my friends wedding and ordered a hardcover book for their wedding gift from MyPublisher. I was thrilled with the upgraded paper and the lay flat pages but not so happy with their bold logo on the last page. Have you or Michelle been happy with any hardcover albums recently?

    1. Hi Lisa! The large logos make me insane! Neve albums is gorgeous, also in the commercial printer post there’s several companies that do hard cover albums. Michelle mentioned Blurb (as did Mrs. Limestone!) their logo is not miniscule like Artifact Uprising but they both liked the quality.

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