I found somewhere new that I thought my group might like to take a look at. In fact some of you may already know about it. It is www.snapfish.com. They will make prints for you and also books and all at a reasonable price. The small flip books would be great to give to prospective clients. They also do posters and other items as well. But I really like the fact that you can put your paintings in a book and show them off to clients or give as gifts. And the different sizes are reasonable. Take a look and let me know what you think. Membership is free so it costs nothing to give it a shot. Look forward to hearing back from you. Any other ideas post them. I would love to hear about them and so would others. Thanks everyone.
Heather Ward 21 Jul 2008
Excellent idea! I've made a couple albums/calendars with Shutterfly (www.shutterfly.com), which is a similar site. They were gifts with pictures of my daughter, and I haven't seen them so I can't vouch for the quality. My mom did say it was better than the one she made through a local service.What I did do, though, is print up a bunch of 5x7s of my drawings with labels at the bottom and put them in a nice, little black portfolio I got from Dick Blick. The quality of the prints was excellent, and only 20% of the cost of my local photo developer.
And as for giving them out, I read about someone who gives them to prospective clients (publishers or whatever) for a small refundable deposit. Apparently she usually doesn't get them back!