photo loveletter.com a truly touching gift Plan your perfect photo loveletter. A Photoloveletter is an incredibly touching gift to receive. This guide will help you plan your words and photos to best effect. Print it out, make notes on it and then have it handy when you return to Photoloveletter.com. Remember, we are here to help, so feel free to contact us for any queries or advice.... Happy creating... The Photo loveletter Team Customer Service [email protected] 0117 230 98 90 Mon-Fri 9-5pm. loveletter.com photo Key Facts about this Guide Layout: Short Letter a truly touching gift Average Time: 1 hour No of Images: 17 This guide shows each of the ten pages from an No of words: 225 example Photo Love Letter, using our short letter Guides are also available for our medium (400 words) and long (600 words) letters. layout. The guide includes hints and tips on using the site, spaces to write down your thoughts and some example text. Lookout for these symbols throughout the guide; Photo tips Writing tips Your ideas. For you to make notes of things you might put on that page. This guide uses our Simply Roses design, but you can use any one of four designs with the short letter layout.. You can view these designs on the website (see below) . The design is applied to your love letter when you click Preview. Try out the different ones, then choose one suited to the person receiving the love letter. You can only apply the design before you start your love letter so it is worth taking a little time to choose the right one. Floral Chic 16 words The approximate number of words you have space for in that text box. Page 1 The page number. The pages are not numbered when printed but they help you match pages in this guide with the ones on the website. Cute n Kitsch Simply Roses Nature Lover Turn over to start planning your perfect gift......... photo loveletter.com a truly touching gift Page 1 You don’t have to be Shakespeare to write a great love letter, you just need to know how you feel. Write simply, honestly and in your own words. And don’t worry about how much or how little you have to say— you can use our poems and quotes to fill any spaces. 7 words Start with a simple heading and date of the occasion. Then use a greeting you feel comfortable with — Dear, Dearest, Darling etc. Say why you are writing for example This photo is in our wedding category. You can change any photo to one of your own or another one from our library. ’ I wanted to make this anniversary really special....so I thought I’d write you a love letter.’ You will find some opening lines in the ‘poem picker’ on the site. Find one you like and insert it, edit it or write your own. Alternatively start with a romantic quote, or line from a poem or song. 26 words Note : The images and text shown here are reproduced in low resolution for printing on desktop printers. Your actual PhotoLoveLetter is reproduced on high quality paper in our commercial printing facility by skilled technicians. This gives sharp, crisp images and text and excellent colour reproduction. See our customer reviews on the website for proof! Recall how you first met them, what attracted you, say what you like about them and recall any memorable or funny events which illustrate your point. photo loveletter.com a truly touching gift This photo comes from our landscapes category. Page 2 Page 3 ge 3 70 words 20 words This popular quote comes from our ‘Love Quotes’ category . photo loveletter.com If you have some lower quality photos like the ones taken on your mobile, use them in small boxes. a truly touching gift Page 4 Page 5 This quote comes from the ’Love Quotes’ category. 15 words Use your best photos in the large boxes or use our stunning library images. This comes from our Flowers category. You will find a wide range of poems and quotes on the site. If the poem you want to use is too long you can insert extracts using copy and paste (highlight text then CRTL+C, then CTRL+V to paste). Alternatively put your wedding vows in here or lyrics from a favourite song. Page 6 photo loveletter.com a truly touching gift Page 7 Choose complimentary photos on adjacent pages. Here the use of a little colour amongst mostly black and white works well. 30 words Look for quotes and poems to complement your choice of photos. Photos on this page come from the ‘colourful and kitsch’, ‘nature’ and ‘symbols and messages’ categories (left to right). photo loveletter.com a truly touching gift Page 8 Page 9 40 words End your letter here. Either use your own words, a quote (try the inspirational category) which sums up your thoughts. Or you can insert ‘I love you’ in up-to 12 different languages (in the poem picker). photo loveletter.com a truly touching gift Page 10 Photo Uploading. The uploading feature on the website requires little instruction, but to get the most out of your photos follow these tips; 16 words Try using a touching or humorous p.s. here, for example ’Did I say I love you?’ ’You’ve got a great bum!’ or even ’Will you marry me? 1. For best quality we recommend photos are least 1240x1240 pixels. You can check this by right click — properties —details. 2. If you have many very large photos and a slow internet connection you will find uploading quicker if you resize them in a photo editing program (e.g. MS Picture Manager) down to a size closer to 1240 pixels. We can advise how to do this if you need help. 3. Photo files should either be jpg, tiff or png (right click—properties to check). 4. Photos should be the right way up before you upload. You can turn a photo round in Windows using right click – rotate. 5. Put your photos in one folder before you start (your desktop is a handy place) Now go to PhotoLoveLetter.com and start creating your gift...