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Ellerie LOVES books. We're getting to the good part too – when she will actually SIT and LISTEN to a full story from beginning to end (I used to have to cliff notes the story in order to keep up with her attention span). She also likes to "read" them to us too. My favorite part of that experience is how her inflection to the nonsensical words that she's often matches mine.

Kids are rad.

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Like a lot of kiddos, she also loves photos of herself. So I thought it would be fun to combine the two and used Pinhole Press to create a simple "favorite things book."

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Their template makes it super easy. The only thing I had to do was upload my 12 photos (plus a cover photo) and then add on the word for the left page. The colors and font were set which was fun (and made decision making that much simpler).

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Originally I thought I'd take photos of her current "favorites" on white paper but then decided it was going to more interesting if I used "real-time" photos of her with the objects. All of these photos are just from my iPhone in the past six months or so and all were processed with VSCOcam.

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What I didn't anticipate about using the "real" photos is that there would be so much more to point out. Like on the water page, she also likes to point to her "tattoo!" or on the bubble page she can show me her "boots!" It's pretty cute (and so simple!). We are enjoying it and I love having this little time capsule.

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Like everything I've ordered from Pinhole over the years, the quality is great. Thick, sturdy pages (I went with the matte print option) for little hands, beautiful color and clear photos.

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29 responses to “toddler favorite things book.”

  1. kelseyespecially Avatar

    I’ve been thinking about ordering this exact book style through Pinhole Press forEVER now, but keep getting stuck on the fact that I wouldn’t be able to include all approximately one billion pages of photos that I’d want to include – I’m hopelessly awful at narrowing things down.
    BUT. This has inspired a whole cloud of new ideas of little projects I could pull off using one of these books. And how fun would it be to do one of these every quarter or every six months, as toddler faves change so frequently?! Do you plan on making more at any sort of regular or irregular interval?

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    christine

    Oh. This has to be in my top three favorites of your projects. I think it is also going to be the next gift for my cousin’s twins. (Unexpected surprise at 40!)

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  3. Amy Avatar
    Amy

    When my kids were little I made little books just like this. There was no pinhole press then, so I just did 4×6’s in dollar store albums. They LOVED them and so did I. They made great grandparent gifts too :O)
    Thanks for the promo code!

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  4. Betsy Avatar
    Betsy

    Love it!

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  5. misti Avatar

    I think you or someone else showcased one of these a few months ago and I ended up getting one for Father’s day for my husband. He had been taking selfies with our son some mornings this year so I took a bunch of them and made a photo book for him. It turned out great! I may have to make another one for just this year, though!

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    Lori

    This is one of my very favorite projects you’ve ever created and shared. So simple, so fun and such a treasure.

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    Maiken

    What a great idea. I have a niece one month younger than Ellerie. I’ve just asked my sister to go through her phone, so I can make one for her Lea.

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  8. Anna Avatar

    These are SO COOL! I don’t have any toddlers in my life so I’m trying to think how I can adapt these for grown-ups…

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  9. Kristan Kremer Avatar

    The book turned out fantastic. I wonder if my almost 5 year old would like this. Worth a shot. Thanks for the code!

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  10. Kellie Avatar

    I love your projects so much Elise! Totally going to recreate the quote from yesterday and get one of these!

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  11. carrie Avatar

    What a cute idea, friend!!
    Carrie
    http://www.wearwherewell.com

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  12. Erin Avatar
    Erin

    Thanks for sharing, I’m definitely going to do this !

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  13. meredith Avatar

    Omg, this is a FANTASTIC idea! Our daughter Vivi (just a little older than Ellerie) would
    Love this. You are so right – toddlers love to look at photos of themselves. I can’t wait to make Vivi her own book!

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  14. rebecca Epp Avatar

    I’m glad that I am still years away from having kids, because I will get to borrow all your amazing ideas!

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  15. sassypantsjulie Avatar
    sassypantsjulie

    This is just the sweetest!

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  16. lisa valinsky Avatar

    Love this idea! So creative and adorable. Have to keep this one in mind for a future time… 🙂

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  17. marcela Avatar
    marcela

    Love this idea and the book looks great! Thank you for sharing and for the discount 🙂 Woohoo, off to make one now!

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  18. Kara Avatar

    adorable book!

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    Jody

    Oh man, I spent an hour creating one of these.. got to the checkout and they don’t ship to Aus. Bummed!

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  20. Ashley Avatar

    Fantastic! I was just thinking about putting together a “family” book for my son and I think this would be a great way to do that. The little time capsule of favorites is really sweet, too.

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  21. Robyn :) Avatar
    Robyn :)

    This is so perfect! I am going to make one for my little boy.

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  22. Leigh-Ann Avatar

    Love your cropping Elise!!
    Everything you make, I LOVE 🙂

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  23. Chrisy@GoodNorthCoastLife Avatar

    Awesome as always Elise. Great idea, executed and shared perfectly. xx

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  24. Maja Avatar

    Great idea! I am doing this for sure with my kids 🙂
    http://nevermindnm.blogspot.com/

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  25. Pam Avatar

    So great, what a special keepsake!

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  26. Ellery Avatar
    Ellery

    Wow!! I can’t believe your daughters name is Ellerie, I thought I was the only one! Love this I have a friend who made a dinky print out book using only the words his 3 year old could read and he felt so proud that he could read a whole book by himself.

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  27. orange gearle Avatar

    Seriously. That “boots’ photos is to die for.

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  28. Laura Hager Avatar

    This is the cutest! I absolutely love this idea! Can’t wait to have a kiddo to make projects like this!
    Laura

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  29. Sarah Milligan Avatar

    Seriously adorable!!

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