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Thoughtful wedding gift idea: a 30 x 40 inch stretched canvas print (using an image from their engagement session)

I am very open minded when it comes to the style of a wedding; vintage, edgy, glam, modern, I love it all, but when it comes to the wedding album, I will admit, I do have some opinions. I don’t like ones that look like they were made in any year of the ’80s, or even the ’90s. I prefer clean, modern looking ones with lay-flat  pages. I love the ones that tell the whole story of a couple’s amazing day in a collage of moments and moods and colors. I want to see an album reflect the couple’s personal sense of style, but most of all I love an album that dares you to put it on the coffee table, and even pass it on to the kids.

After what felt like an endless search, I finally found the perfect album fabricators. They offer 100s of different custom cover options, and allow me to make each album look totally unique. Here are some pages from two that I recently shipped. I love the look and the durability of the printed metal cover, and the leather cover with a photo indent is a timeless classic.

Personal, thoughtful gifts are always the best kind of gift, and I have always loved a photography gift for consistently fulfilling that criteria. I may be guilty of overdoing the photo gift in my own family, but for most, it’s an undeniably great gift. This was a commissioned piece for a deserving grandmother who adores her two grandchildren. She has one collage focusing on the older grandson, so now the newest grandson gets his own collage too.