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22 March 2024
Pimp your wall with some printed photos. Here are 12 ways you can display your favorite memories on your wall and make your home even more homey.
Inspiration
21 March 2024 / 3 min read
In the cozy Kreuzberg district in Berlin we met up with Sarah Gottschalk in her cozy apartment to chat about how to make your personality shine through in your home, memories on printed photos, vacations that never happen and as they say in German - Dekofimmel.
Meet a Once Uponer
21 March 2024
When we look at photos of the memories we’ve shared together, we strengthen our relationship with one another. It’s not really about the photos themselves – it’s about the stories they tell and the emotions they stir.
Inspiration
31 January 2022
Even though it is very easy, and honestly, pretty fun to make photo books in our app (if we may say so ourselves), it still takes time. Simply because there’s typically not just ten photos to look through. More like ten thousand. But you know what? You can get around this way easier than you think – by making your photo books bit by bit.
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24 September 2021
Who actually keeps all 762398 drawings that your kids make? Anyone? Well, here’s how you make your kid’s artwork into a coffee table book:
Inspiration
12 January 2024 / 3 min read
There’s not a lot of things that we buy that last a lifetime. We have a tendency to get bored with most things, but memories, on the other hand, become more and more precious as time goes on. So help yourself remember to remember by creating your very own collection of memories.
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9 January 2024 / 1 min read
2023 is coming to an end and it’s time to take a moment and think about your year. Maybe all your dreams came true this year, or maybe they didn’t at all...
Inspiration
5 January 2024 / 2 min read
There’s something special about collecting your favorite moments in a yearly photo book. Because just like that, all your photos come to life and the memories they hold will live on in that book. Forever. Pretty awesome, right? So, it’s about time to start your very own collection of memories with these five tips on how to get started.
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6 November 2023 / 2 min read
Scroll down for ten photo books that'll win you every gift-giving award this year.
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9 November 2023 / 1 min read
Looking for an alternative to the traditional Christmas card? Say hello to our photo prints. The perfect way to get a little more personal this holiday season and create something that your loved ones will want to keep forever.
Inspiration
6 November 2022
We’ve said it before – and you’ll hear us say it again – there’s no gift like a photo book. So why not give it to the whole fam or the entire friend group? It can honestly be as easy as make-copy-paste-repeat. Here's how!
Inspiration
12 October 2021 / 3 min read
...and let me tell you, this is gonna go straight to the dad-heart. Because that’s the type of gift a photo book is. Though we might be a teeny-tiny bit biased, there’s honestly no better way to tell your dad or partner how much you and your kids love them (and appreciate all those little things they do) than by showing it in a book you made with love.
Inspiration
13 March 2024
All moms out there deserve the best. And they do deserve it all year round, of course. But on Mother’s Day you get a little reminder to recognize all the little (and giganormous) things they do. So, whether this makes you think about your own mom, your partner, sister, friend or grandma, here are some Mother's Day photo book tips you can use.
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13 October 2022 / 1 min read
There are plenty of ways to make a recipe book. And we mean plenty. You probably have recipes saved on print screens on your phone, jotted down on a notepad somewhere, recipes saved on your computer or ripped out from a magazine? Here’s three easy ways to make your own cookbook from all those scattered recipes.
Inspiration
16 May 2022
When we found @lou__lundberg on Instagram we instantly loved her techy tips, tutorials and lifehacks. Louise is a digital designer who runs her own business and when we realized she’d made a Once Upon book, we asked her right away if she would share some of her tips with our Once Uponers.
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26 June 2022 / 1 min read
Obviously there are a lot of ways to make your baby’s first year-book. It all depends on the amount of time you have.
Inspiration
22 June 2020
Sometimes getting started is the hardest part. But making a “my first year book” for your baby can actually be quite fun. To help you out a little we’ve created this list of things to write about and photo tips to make it a little easier.
Inspiration
6 September 2022
Beach days, barbecues, flowers, freckles and ice creams and much, much more that all deserve more than being forgotten on your phone or in your camera. Time to get cracking on your Summer of 22' photo books to make sure all your sweet summer memories aren’t forgotten.
19 June 2023 / 3 min read
A lot of us want to capture memories from when life is at its best. Imagine your camera roll after a wedding, graduation or vacay. Pretty much to choose from, eh? Exactly as it should be!
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25 October 2022 / 3 min read
It was February, freezing cold and dark outside the first time Ylva felt that little lump in her right breast. She was only 43 years old and could never have imagined that the tiny lump a few months later would turn her life upside down. Read Ylva’s story about her cancer and how it helped her to share it with others.
Real life stories
1 November 2022
We might be a teeny tiny bit biased, but let’s be clear, there’s no gift like a photo book when you want to give away all the feels. So, here’s how you turn your photos to perfect gifts for all your loved ones.
Inspiration
22 May 2022
Say hello to ten year old football lovers Tuva and Alice. Their photo book passion project completely knocked our socks off.
Meet a Once Uponer
11 February 2021 / 1 min read
...in a Once Upon book, of course! Que Phuong Tran is a food art expert from Vietnam who has made a Once Upon book showing her favourite art pieces.
Inspiration
11 April 2021
Anna grew up with her mom as her big inspiration and together with her interests for healthy living, communication and sustainability – she started sharing her recipes on Instagram (@consciouskitchenstories) and, of course, made her very own Once Upon cookbook.
Meet a Once Uponer
5 November 2021
You can now choose to say a little something about each memory in your photo book. We have talked to our Product Designer, David Resoluth, to deep dive in the journey behind the scenes on our image caption feature.
Behind the scenes
11 September 2022 / 2 min read
All little kids are just straight up comedians, aren’t they? Some of the things they say, ask or just contemplate about makes you bite your lip numb not to burst out laughing. Because you can’t really laugh at them, not then and there, but what if – in a couple of years – you could laugh together about their un-knowling hilarious sayings? Here’s how you remember those funny comments with close-to-zero effort
Inspiration
18 January 2022
We’ve had a little chat with our Product Designer, Helena Melender, to take a little peek behind the scenes on how our image uploader feature has been developed.
Behind the scenes
5 September 2022 / 1 min read
Now when you can make your photo books on your computer too, it means you can seamlessly make your books on your phone, your tablet and your computer.
Behind the scenes
28 February 2022
Some things never change…But sometimes a little change is just what’s needed. The same Once Upon you know and love. We had a chat with our CEO, Lina Andersson, and our Product Designer, Evelina Örn, to better understand the in’s and out’s to why and how we’re introducing a new, more once uponier, us.
Behind the scenes