Creating a Special Proposal Photo Book

The special proposal speech you want to say can be captured in the text of a photo book. The words you carefully planned won't be lost when the special moment arrives. Even if you don't end up saying what you planned, the message can be captured and shared forever. Combining pictures from your times together with the words you want to say makes the book even more special. Here are some overall points:

Everyone wants their proposal to be unique, so it is hard to give advice in making a proposal photo book. If you really need to start from the beginning be sure to read our Photo Book Primer. This discusses how to gather your pictures and organize them so your project will be easier.

You have a wide variety of sizes and photo book publishers to choose from. Visit our Photo Book Publisher page to help narrow down which publisher to use, using the ratings. See the Photo Book Covers, Sizes and Prices page to make sure your publisher has the size book you want.

Everyone wants their proposal to be special, and everyone wants to always remember it. Help keep it more than just a memory, with a book documenting the special day.

Theme Ideas

50 Reasons I Love You
Start with a long list of the things you love about your soon to be fiance. Start putting pictures that match these and end up with "And I love how it will feel to have you by my side for the rest of our lives" or something like that. You can include the words you want to say when you propose.

Our Favorite Songs
You can either use a grouping of your favorite songs or the lyrics to one special song - include pictures and your proposal.

Love Poems
If you are the poetic type you can create a book of original poems or tried and true poems that mean a lot to both of you.

Through the Years
If you have known each other for a long time it would be nice to have pictures from the beginning and talk about how much your love has grown.

ABC's of You
Shutterfly has some Guided Books that are called Memory Makers. The ABC's of you is set up with all the letters in place, so it makes a very professional looking book. All you need is to come up with a phrase for each letter and the pictures.

Celebrate Everyday Life
Celebrate Everyday Life is another Memory Maker book from Shutterfly that could make a good proposal book. Love is really a part of the everyday things you have in your life - so much that the patterns of both of your lives intertwine. This simple theme could be very complex.

Photo Book Examples

There is a great source of good book examples. Some people find it easier to make their own book if they look at examples that other people have done. The Shutterfly Gallery has many examples. If you find something that you like, simply click on a button and make a book just like the example. This doesn't mean you can't make it unique, but you will have some of the look and feel planned out for you.

Using a Photo Puzzle in Your Proposal

Treasure Hunt
You can have a treasure hunt that ends with a ring and your proposal. If you do something like this it would be fun to have the first clue as a photo puzzle. There are many ways that you can incorporate this in your plan. You can just have the clue, or you can make a puzzle with pictures of your friends and family, places you have gone, or even where you'd like to go for your honeymoon. Included in this collage you could have the rules for the treasure hunt or the first clue. It can be as simple or as difficult as you like.