Picture This

Tuesday, March 1, 2005

Tdease Picture This (NAPSA)—Face it, when you give a gift, a picture can be a beautiful sight—especially if you save it in a scrapbook or turn it into something unique and personal. An easy way to do so is with Faces.com, a photo-networking community offering unlimited digital photo printing for a monthly fee. Personalized gifts made with your own photos are marvelous presents. Faces.com prints, which are made by professional photog- raphy labs and printed on archive quality paper for superior image quality, also make for timeless treasures during the holiday season. And it’s fun and easy to do, since you can upload your photos from almost any source, including digital cameras and camera phones. Photos are saved on each subscriber’s private, personal Web site online. Once you’ve got your pictures on the site, you can then send for more than just prints. You can use them to make special presents, such as mugs, calendars, mousepads, aprons and T-shirts. Superior Scrapbooking Faces.com has a wide variety of free photo-editing software, includ- ing popular scrapbooking templates, tools and ideas, offering popular scrapbooking software. “Digital scrapbookingis a fantas- tic fit for today’s fast-paced society—and with tools such as Faces.com, its easier, quicker and more fun than ever before,” said Jeanne Wines-Reed, co-author of “Digital Scrapbooking for Dummies” along with Joan Wines; owner of The Great American Scrapbook PicTURE PERFECT: Next time you take a terrific picture, you can use it to make greatgifts. Company and Scrapbook Retailer Magazine. Sharing Your Photos Faces.com takes the widely popular blogging phenomenonto a new level by adding personal photos into the mix. Members can share photos online with friends or with other members with similar interests, then add their own comments. Members choose the level of privacy for their account, so your images can be seen only by the people whom you want to see them. The social networking aspect of the site, combined with opportunities for photo blogging, makes this an excellent community “meeting place” for scrapbookers to share projects and offer feedback. Unique Gifts You can even usethe gift-giving occasion to take a photo, print it on souvenirs and send them to all the participants. You can learn more about creating great gifts and getting fine photos online at www.faces.com.