Creating your 40th birthday album
Whether you are thinking of making a thoughtful gift for a friend’s 40th or treating yourself on your own big day, a customised photo book is a lovely way to celebrate the occasion. Your photos will be immortalised in a sensational hardcover or softcover album, with pages of high-quality paper that you won’t be able to resist leafing through. For a touch of luxury, have your album bound in fabric with either a photo window or a personalised foil engraving. If you would rather highlight your favourite photo on the cover, opt for a printed hardcover, layflat or softcover photo album instead. Once you have chosen the design, simply pick the colour, format and size then you can begin personalising your photo book! We have a range of interior page templates available to help you arrange your photos exactly as you wish. Accompany each image with a caption or let the photos do the talking – the choice is yours. As part of the Rosemood service, your photos will be automatically retouched for printing.
Choosing the photos for your 40th birthday album
Along with the beautiful album cover you have chosen for you or your friend’s birthday, your selection of photos inside will give the photo book its unique charm and character. First and foremost, we recommend including photos that never fail to make you smile! You may wish to take your loved ones on a journey of the last 40 years by beginning with old baby photos and moving through the years to more recent snaps. For this, we have a guide on how to scan old photos for printing while ensuring that the quality is maintained. As a general rule, we recommend only including photos with a minimum of 300 dpi, and you can adjust the settings of any digital photos that you would like to enlarge in your album. But don’t worry if your favourite photos happen to be a little lower in quality – printing them smaller in a multi-photo page layout is a great way to still be able to include them. Thanks to our editing tool, you can play around with the page and photo layout as much as you want, saving your draft album as you go. And for any photos that appear rather red, you can switch them from colour to greyscale instead! Access this feature and more via the album personalisation tool on our app or website.
Albums to celebrate a loved one’s 40th birthday
Keen to go that extra mile for this extra special milestone? A big birthday merits a gift that is unique to the recipient and that can be enjoyed for months and years to come. Not only is a personalised photo book a thoughtful gift; it is entirely original, making it the ideal present for the person who has everything. Explore our complete collection of birthday photo albums to pick the perfect design for your friend, family member or colleague’s 40th birthday gift. To put the icing on the cake, order a premium gift box to accompany your fabric hardcover album and protect it from dust, sticky fingers and spillages. If you have any queries about creating an unforgettable 40th birthday gift, get in touch with our friendly customer service team. If you have other loved ones in your life who are celebrating birthday milestones, you might also be interested in our 18th birthday photo albums or our 30th birthday photo albums.
