I'm so, so excited to share these books with you! We've offered coffee table books for a long time, but we've switched vendors a couple of times - we're always looking for ways to improve upon the products we offer (in quality as well as the number of options) without making it too confusing.
While attending WPPI earlier this year, we were on the hunt for a new album/book vendor. I've always been a little more of a coffee table book kind of girl myself, but I'd considered adding an album option for weddings.
Looking at the albums (and there were so many beautiful ones) reaffirmed why I prefer a coffee table book - they're not so bulky and heavy, and they really live up to their names. They can actually sit on your coffee table (or a shelf) and look like part of your decor. And that's something we love to give our clients - a piece of art that fits in their homes. And what do most people do with a big album? Put it in a box in a drawer. That's not what we have in mind when it comes to showcasing your photos!
So we were walking the aisles of the trade show at WPPI, overwhelmed by the options (there are two giant tradeshow floors with literally hundreds of vendors). And then we saw them - "the ones." These were the books we would offer our clients.
We've actually ordered a few for clients already, but we finally got around to ordering our samples. We are in love with them and we know you will be, too. I normally wouldn't say this, but photos don't even do these books justice - they're so perfect in person!
The hard cover books are available in 12x12, 10x10 and 8x8 (we're still waiting to order a 12x12 sample). Each book is custom-designed to include several photos (that you choose!) and tell the story of your wedding or session on beautiful, glossy pages. The pages "lay flat," meaning the book doesn't have that huge bump in the middle, and we can create beautiful, two-page layouts.
We also have little 5x5 books in hard or soft cover. (These don't lay flat like the others, but make great gifts or flip books!)
This is the 10x10 book. This one's actually a wedding guest book, which is one of our very favorite items. We love that you can ditch the boring old guest book or the giant framed print with the signature mat for a fun guest book that highlights your engagement photos.
Each book is custom-designed to include several photos from your engagement session on matte pages. We leave plenty of room for your wedding guests to write messages to you (instead of just a plain ole signature). Or we can change it up and make it playful by writing questions for your guests to answer, like "What should the couple's first pet be?" Fun, right?
And the 8x8...
Perfect example of the "lay-flat" pages -
And the cute little 5x5...
As a side note to brides, if you're dead set on a traditional album, we can do that, too. But most of our brides love these!
- Heather Maynard, Athens, Georgia photographer
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