I've been a member of Blurb Books for a while now, and constantly receive photobook requests and stuff, so therefore never really considered the thought of another company like them.. until I stumbled across Photo Productions - who do pretty much the same thing, with a waaaaay less complicated system and website - yay!!

Personally, I'd never really need to use it as I'm a whizz at InDesign, but for my dad, gran, aunt and neighbour who i don't have time to make photobooks for (as much as I'd totally love to) I'd highly recommend. It's as simple as uploading your pics to their site, and the nice people over at Photo Productions put them all together into a glossy hardcover, delivered to your door. Woo hoo!

They specialise in like, wedding albums, family albums, etc, and the best part is - delivery is free in the UK. Shweet. I like, and will bookmark.

hello from a wiiiindy Cape Town - gees does it ever stop blowing in this place??!!
I recently watched Blood Diamond (again) and loved it (again) and would watch again tomorrow if I had the time. It got me thinkng about diamonds though, and the price people are willing to pay to have a pretty finger or neck. The traditional Tiffany's style jewellery shop will give you the pleasure of personal assistant and fitting and all that jazz... for an extra price. But what about all these sites on the net now where u can buy diamond stuff? Are they for real?

I stumbled across Sam's Club in my online diamond mining, and realised that I don't need to waste extra time and money if I want sparkly things like diamond necklaces, diamond bracelets, diamond pendants, etc. They evem do the obsuce ones like diamond tennis bracelets, riviera diamond necklaces...the list goes on.

From what I can see, their prices are market competitve but not overpriced, and everything seems a shweet deal. I've always wondered about buying shit online though - how do you really know what you're getting?! In a country like SA, I'm bred to be sceptical. I guess if you really don't care about the children getting their mitts chopped off and the ever-increasing scandal of Big Corporations hiding the diamonds underground in Oslo to control the market, then Sam's Town ain't too bad a deal.

So ever since I saw the first "Post all your most valuable gold jewellery to such-an-such-a gold place and we'll pay you hundreds (yes, hundreds!!) of pounds for it..." ad on the telly, I've been wondering why on earth people would fall for such a thing. Why, oh why, would I want to part with jewellery of probable high sentimental value for a few quid, if a) there's a big chance it gets stolen in the mail, b) i can't guarantee I'll get a fair price, c) i can show my boobs and bargain with the man in the pawn shop and get a better deal, and d) it belonged to my great-great-great grandmother!

A little diggin of my own revealed so many damn websites offering to pay me top prices for my gold that I feel like throwing up with the pressure of advertising and Big Rewards, and my head spins with "All that you could do with your new cash.. yes... CASH!!!"

I found a better way to make money from gold, thank you very much. I can buy a gold coin through people like this, who look a lot more professional and are not some fad postal service. If I want i can even really get into it and buy a gold bullion (I didn't even know you could do that??!!! what would i do with a gold bullion purchase.. hmmm.. put it on a bling necklace and be hot like Mr.T, me thinks). Plus, there was a story on the news of those postal people paying too little for your gold. I mean, really, what did you expect?!


Moral of the rant: go to someone safe like these nice people at gold coins gain and get them to manage your gold for you. Any trade it in big shiny blocks, rather than selling your great-great-great grandmother's wedding ring.