Smilebox Blog

You’re the supreme Easter bunny.  You’ve bought the Easter dresses and suits, dyed the eggs, decorated the house, organized the hunt and managed to document it all with darling photographs of the big day.  Now share your joy (and efforts!) with friends and family in a Smilebox Easter scrapbook or Easter photo greeting.  We have 78 Easter or Spring designs that make it easy to drop your photos into in just minutes.  Just type “Easter” into the catalog search field to choose yours.  Here are a few of our favorites.

So you’ve always wanted to write a children’s book.  Here’s your chance to channel your inner Dr. Seuss and create a unique multimedia story for the child in your life.  Created by Smilebox Studios, this new and unique design features dramatic illustration by our own digital artist Mark Puskar depicting an animated adventure in the forest with an endearing purple dinosaur.  The design allows you to create your story and add your personal photos.  Or if you’re experiencing writers’ block simply use the story we’ve included.   

Kids love to hear tales of adventure — especially when they’re the main character!  Young children will enjoy listening to the tale created just for them as they watch the pages magically turn to reveal their personal story.  Readers will be able to show off their skills and read along themselves.  So warm up your fingers and create a story starring your kid, grandkid, niece or nephew.  They’ll love it.   

Get the design by opening Smilebox and typing “Adventure in the Woods” in the catalog search field.  To enter the contest, email your creation to community@smilebox.com or add the link to your blog post in the comments section below.  Our panel of judges will award the most creative entry a digital camera and two runnersup a yearly subscription to Club Smilebox.  Winners will be announced here on April 4.   Complete details on the contest are available here.

Everybody is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day!  Going to parades, wearing shamrocks and even drinking a little green beer –- nationalities around the world will soon celebrate St. Paddy’s Day.  So send your friends and family a festive St. Patrick’s Day photo egreeting whether they are Irish or not!  Get in the spirit and catch the luck of the Irish with Smilebox.  Simply enter St. Patrick’s Day in the search field of our catalog for our St. Patrick’s Day designs.

You asked for it and we delivered!  Check out the debut of two next-generation slideshow designs — Slide and Swirl — that let you include hundreds of photos in your creation!  We’ve also made it easy to drag-and-drop to change the order of your photos. These slideshows are perfect for when you want to show off lots of photos in one creation, such as a tribute slideshow, vacation slideshow, or wedding slideshow.  We’ll be rolling out many more new slideshows like these in the coming weeks and months.

Our program manager, C.Y., used the Slide design to showcase photos from a recent family trip to Monterey. Take a look!

This week we share with you our favorite Smileboxes that show us that the everyday events in our lives make the sweetest memories.  These Smileboxes recap the excitement of a teenage concert by Lori, the proud moments of boy scout ceremony by Cari and the achievement of a 50K marathon by Journey to a Centum.  Enjoy!