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Preserve your family’s summer vacation memories with a great photo book deal

Posted by ThemeParkMom on September 6, 2010 | No Comments

UPDATE: This deal is now listed as a “Side deal” on Groupon. You can still get it – just look for it in the right sidebar of the Groupon page.

There’s a national Groupon deal today that is great for preserving your summer vacation memories!

For $10, you can buy a Groupon voucher that gets you a 20-page, 8×8 photo book from Shutterfly. The list price for this photo book is $29.99.

I love to look at the beautiful scrapbooks that many crafters create. I thought for a while that I would be a scrapbooker, too, but the reality is that I never find the time, and it’s expensive to buy all the papers, stickers, die cuts and other supplies that make really cute pages.

Then I discovered photo books. In the time it takes to make just a few scrapbook pages, I can create a whole photo book that preserves my family’s memories, and there’s no mess involved. Another bonus for me has been that I can get multiple photo books printed for the same amount of time investment.

When my whole extended family has vacationed together, I have been able to create one photo book and order several copies so that every family can have one. Our photo books are treasured by the children in our family, and they pull them out to look at them all the time.

Shutterfly has all the tools you need to create a photo book online – all you need are your digital photos to upload. You can choose from an automated tool that will create the book for you, or you can go totally custom and design the pages yourself.

This Groupon coupon is good until Nov. 22, 2010. It would be a great option for creating a photo book for a Christmas gift.

My links point you to the Jacksonville Groupon page – this is a national deal that is being offered in many cities. You don’t have to live in Jacksonville (or any Groupon city, for that matter) to buy this deal since the merchant is online.

While most Groupons are only good for one day, you have two days to buy this one. It can be bought Monday, Sept. 6, or Tuesday, Sept. 7.

New Disney video counts down to opening of Aulani resort in Hawaii

Posted by ThemeParkMom on September 6, 2010 | No Comments

I am loving this timelapse video of a sand sculpture in Ko Olina, Hawaii. I was made to celebrate a milestone — one year until the opening of  Aulani, Disney’s new Hawaiian resort.

Disney is taking reservations for Aulani’s opening on Aug. 29, 2011.