Latest Handmade Photo Book Ideas! How to Create an 'iPhone-style Album' and Incredible Album Examples

Have You Heard of the "iPhone-style Album"?

Among junior high school girls, high school girls, and university female students, it has become popular to create and gift "surprise boxes" or "anniversary albums" by combining memorable photos and letters. ♡

There are various methods and designs, and the quality is simply astonishing.... but the most impressive one I recently came across is this!

＼ iPhone-style album ／.

Just as the name suggests, it’s a photo album that looks exactly like an iPhone! Can you believe it comes out of the box that the iPhone is packaged in.... Isn't it amazing??

The Inside is Naturally Designed Like an iPhone App ♡

The contents of the iPhone album include:

☑ Arranging memorable photos in a camera roll style

☑ Adding messages in a LINE style

☑ Reflecting on travel destinations in a Twitter style

☑ Including edited photos or video captures in a TICTOK or SNOW style

☑ Creating a Hulu or Netflix-style album featuring dramas or movies watched together

☑ Adding images of favorite YouTubers in a YouTube style

These are standard ideas ♡

The final product resembles a book that opens from the middle, and it’s also popular to fill one side entirely with letters or just photos.＊

How to Create an iPhone-style Album

【Things You Need】

☑ Drawing paper

☑ Photos

☑ Double-sided tape

☑ Pens or colored pencils

☑ An empty iPhone box

【Instructions】

First, you need to create images by combining iPhone materials with photos, so prepare the base iPhone image.

It seems that people often use iPhone images from iPhone 7 and earlier, as the latest iPhone X and XR don’t have buttons.＊

➡ You can download free iPhone images here＊

Once you've downloaded the free materials, use the app "PicsArt" to open the saved iPhone image.

➡【App】Pictart is here＊

After opening the iPhone image, select "Add Image" to choose the image you want to insert into the iPhone, then use "Crop" to resize it to fit the iPhone image.

Using "Border", set the inner border to 1 and transparency to 50 to create a more authentic look for the photo.＊

Once complete, save the image you created.＊

Create as many of these images as you'd like for your album. If you want to design them in LINE style, Twitter style, etc., it’s recommended to prepare the images first and then combine them with the iPhone material.◎

After the images are ready, print them in L size,

stick them in a horizontal row on the drawing paper so that they open like a book,

then use double-sided tape to adhere them at intervals on the back, and you're done! ♡

For detailed instructions, please watch this video.＊

Next, I'll introduce some actual examples of iPhone-style albums that were made.＊

Examples of iPhone-style Albums

An iPhone-style album that includes actual Instagram and LINE conversations, along with messages from friends. Creating one as a surprise for a friend who is getting married by compiling messages is also wonderful! ♡

Handing it over in an iPhone box makes it feel like there’s something real inside, which is exciting! ＊

I Want to Make an iPhone-style Album!

A handmade photo book that looks so much like a real iPhone that you might mistake it for the real thing. I’ve introduced how to make an "iPhone-style album." ＊

It’s quite stylish to create something from paper that represents the cutting-edge of digital technology like the iPhone.

Since I believe it will surprise people with the "What is this?!" factor, why not try making one as a surprise gift for your boyfriend or friends? ♡

➡ Check out the articles related to ideas and surprises for anniversaries here＊

➡ This is convenient! Check out the materials for creating anniversary albums