Wow wow wow!! Pennsylvania based wedding photographer Meghan Elizabeth captured this seaside wedding in the most gorgeous way! She is truly so talented and we feel so honored to have worked with her on close to a dozen albums in the past year and half. 
 
This album ended up on the large side with 30 spreads. The bride originally wanted a lot of images in her album (as most brides do!) but after seeing some of the busy spreads, she decided to pair down the photos to allow for a less cluttered design. We see this happen again and again and it just goes to show that carefully curating the images to the very best ones from the day will allow those images to shine and tell the story in a more impactful way. 
 
Meghan trusted us throughout the process to communicate directly with her client (using our Hands-off Service) and to facilitate the Cover Finalization process as well. And finally, we also printed it! Meghan ordered a 10x10 Align Legacy Book with a Pebble linen cover and silver foil debossing.  
 
She had this to share: "I could not do this without the Hands-off Service and time save that having Shannon (her preferred designer) provides. It's awesome to know that someone who designs albums professionally and has that eye for design, and knows the albums well is taking things over so that I don't have to stress about it. For example, Shannon shared the advice that a certain color foil doesn't look good on a certain color linen. Which not only provides my clients with a quality product but helps me provide them with a quality service. She's fast and on top of it. If I was designing the albums myself and having to make all the changes, it would take me weeks to get it done in between everything else I have to do to run my full time photography business." 
 
Such kind words! Thank you Meghan!  
 
Here are a few photos of the printed album that Meghan graciously shared with us as well as a few of our favorite spreads from this stunning design:

To see the design in full, click through the slideshow: 
 
 
 
Thank you, Meghan, for trusting us to be a part of your team!

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Design by: Shannon (View More) // Design style: Classic (View More) // Blog post written by: Melissa Jill

Today's Featured Album is just TOO FUN!! We created this album for long-time client Sharon Elizabeth who is a wedding photographer based out of North Carolina. We've had the pleasure of working with Sharon for over a decade on over 50 albums and absolutely adore her and her work! She is one of our beloved Client Advocates and shares generously about her album workflow with other photographers. Click here to watch a short video where Sharon shares why she used to think none of her clients wanted albums. It's definitely worth the watch! 
 
This backyard wedding that took place in Norfolk, Virginia was so colorful, whimsical and festive! The whole day looks like it was pure joy! Sharon printed this album through us as well and sent us some gorgeous photos of the printed 10x10 Align Legacy Book with an indigo linen cover and gold foil debossing in Allura font. The cover is so perfect for the wedding story it holds inside! 
 
Here are a few of our favorite spreads from this fun design: 

To see the design in full, click through the slideshow: 
 
 
 
Thank you, Sharon, for trusting us to be a part of your team!

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Design by: Sarah (View More) // Design style: Classic (View More) // Blog post written by: Melissa Jill

When an album turns out this beautifully, you just HAVE TO share it!  
 
We are so excited to share with you today the very first album we designed for Chicago based wedding photographer Kelsey Renee! Kelsey creates beautiful images and it has been such a joy to work with her this year! 
 
This Michigan State University wedding is full of fun moments and details -- we especially are smitten with the spread featuring the groomsmen drinking out of tea cups! Too fun! 
 
Not only did we design this album -- which was approved with NO REVISIONS in less than one week -- but we also printed it! Kelsey was so kind to send us a few photos of the 10x10 Align Legacy Book covered in our Tweed distressed leather. This album includes 15 spreads and has gold fold debossing on the cover in Helvetica font.  
 
Here are a few of our favorite spreads from this lovely design:

To see the album design in full, click through the slideshow: 
 
 
 
Thank you, Kelsey, for trusting us to be a part of your team!

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Design by: Kari (View More) // Design style: Classic (View More) // Blog post written by: Melissa Jill

We recently collaborated with Detroit based wedding photographer Penny Ralene Photography to create this gorgeous sample album for her! It turned out just stunning and we are so excited to share it with you today! 
 
Penny ordered a design for her sample album and approved the initial design with no changes. We were able to get this album into print production within 3 days from the time she ordered it! Not only did we design this album, we also printed it! Penny ordered a 10x10 Align Legacy Book with thick pages covered in Yukon leather. The text is in gold foil in our Adelicia font.  
 
Penny was so kind to take some photos of the finished album! Here they are along with a few of our favorite spreads from this beautiful design:

To see the design in full, click through the slideshow: 
 
 
 
Thank you, Penny, for trusting us to be a part of your team!

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Design by: Kari (View More) // Design style: Classic (View More) // Blog post written by: Melissa Jill

This post is long-overdue since I've had this album in-hand since FEBRUARY, but I'm so excited to share with you my very own family yearbook album! I've been getting one of these to commemorate a year in the life of our family for the last 4 years now and the series of albums that sit on the shelves of our living room is seriously one of my most cherished possessions. Beau, our four year old, often asks to look at the one with "Beau in mama's belly" and we will almost weekly sit down and look through one of them together talking about all of our memories. 
 
This year I opted to design my own album, which I haven't done in YEARS, but I actually really enjoyed it. These are our press-printed albums that we offer to consumers and they come in various linen cover options. I get a different color each year and this year I opted for the Pebble linen. It has a really pretty texture to it. The majority of images in this album were taken on an iPhone (the best camera is the one you have with you!) and since we do 8x8 albums for these, I like to keep the pages fairly minimal and simple.  
 
Here are a few of my favorite spreads:

We live in Huntsville, Alabama and have like ONE day of snow each winter. We of course have to drop everything when that happens and have a snow day!

Balloon festival!

Bruce graduated from seminary with his Master's! So proud!

One of two professional sessions we had last year (so I can be in some photos) with Valerie Callan Photography.

Beach trip!

Beau's first college football game!

Christmas in our home with self-timer matching PJ portraits! 
 
And here is the shelf where our family yearbook albums live! Couldn't love them more!

To see the design in full, click through the slideshow: 
 

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Design by: Melissa Jill (View More) // Design style: Simple (View More) // Blog post written by: Melissa Jill