CReating Your HEIRLOOM ALBUM
Notes for Designing the Perfect Layout, Cover, & More
HeirLoom Album Design Guide
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More than Photographs - A Family Heirloom
Welcome
Years from now, your wedding day will not live on a hard drive. It will live in the quiet moments — on a Sunday afternoon when the house is still, when hands reach for a linen bound album on a bookshelf. Pages open slowly. Laughter follows. Someone pauses, tracing a finger over a familiar smile, a beloved face, a moment once felt deeply and now remembered just as vividly.
This is the difference an album makes. This is why we create albums.
Your wedding photographs were created with intention — carefully composed, artfully lit, and thoughtfully preserved. They deserve a life beyond a folder on your computer. A wedding album gives your photos weight, permanence, and presence. It transforms photographs into an object that can be held, shared, and passed down.
Long after trends fade and technology evolves, an album remains. An album is not simply a keepsake from your wedding day. It is a legacy piece. A tangible chapter of your family history.
Years from now, your wedding day will not live on a hard drive.
It will live in the quiet moments — on a Sunday afternoon when the house is still, when hands reach for a linen bound album on a bookshelf. Pages open slowly. Laughter follows. Someone pauses, tracing a finger over a familiar smile, a beloved face, a moment once felt deeply and now remembered just as vividly.
This is the difference an album makes.
Your wedding photographs were created with intention — carefully composed, artfully lit, and thoughtfully preserved. They deserve a life beyond a folder on your computer or a forgotten cloud login. A wedding album gives your images weight, permanence, and presence. It transforms photographs into an object that can be held, shared, and passed down.
Long after trends fade and technology evolves, an album remains. An album is not simply a keepsake from your wedding day. It is a legacy piece. A tangible chapter of your family history.
This is why we create albums.
Keep reading for more details on the process, design options, and pricing.
Made to last a Lifetime
HeIRLOOM
WEDDING AlbumS
Experience fine art standard with museum grade printing on layflat acid free paper. Crafted by hand in the USA.
I've partnered with an amazing album company that offers a truly customized approach. Your album is created and bound by an actual person - delivering skilled craftsmanship at every level.
PROCESS
I'll Lead the Way
Designing an album can be a daunting task to get started. I'm here to guide you through this entire process to ensure a smooth and stress free experience.
STEP ONE
Select your desired album size.
The most common book I create is 10 x 10 which is a great coffee table book size. You have the option between square or rectangular.
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STEP TWO
Design and layout your photographs.
Feel free to share your favorite photos, or leave it to me and I'll design a first draft for you to review.
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Step THREE
Revision drafts until it's perfect.
After your feedback on the design and photographs included, I'll make any requested revisions. We repeat this process as necessary.
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COVER MATERIALS
DEBOSSING OPTIONS
Album Investment Guide
Each base album includes 20 spreads (40 pages which includes ~50-60 photographs), any cover option, and custom debossing.
PRICING
8x8
10 x 10
12 x 12
8 x 10
9 x 12
11 x 14
$1,350
$1,530
$1,800
$1,530
$1,680
$1,860
ADDITIONAL SPREADS AVAILABLE AT $30 PER SPREAD
Order a duplicate album (in the same or smaller size) to gift to someone for 35% off original album price. Great for parents!
DUPLICATE PARENT ALBUMS
ALBUM BOXES
To protect and elevate your album
Fabric Album Boxes provide a beautiful heirloom storage solution for linen, silk, and vegan suede albums. Boxes are custom made to perfectly fit your album. Debossing options are available for further personalization.
Walnut Album Boxes feature dovetail joints and your choice of three stains. The woodworkers mill every piece of wood and each box is designed to perfectly preserve your fabric or leather album. Custom lid engraving is included.
WOODEN
FABRIC
$300
$450
Six Weeks After Approval
One-Four Weeks*
Six Weeks After Wedding
FIRST DRAFT
WHEN TO EXPECT YOUR ALBUM
DESIGN PROCESS
DELIVERY
*Length of design timeline is based on your response times
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS
For the majority of the album, I recommend between one and five images per spread. This allows each photo to have an impact and show the beauty and story of your day. Some of my favorite spreads and the ones that have the most "wow" factor are one image on a full page or spread. The more images on a page, the less impact they will have. Reception pages occasionally have 10+ photos to show the energy of the party!
In each album, I include a base number of 20 spreads. Which usually includes the best 50 or so photographs from your celebration. If you'd like to include more events (multi-day celebrations) or additional faces or details, we can add spreads from there.
Once each draft is complete, an online link to the design will be sent to you. You'll be able to review and provide comments for updates you'd like to see. We'll repeat this process as necessary.
Gifting an album to your parents is a wonderful idea! (And it's easy too!) One duplicate album is 35% off the original price and 2+ duplicate albums are 50% off - this works great for multiple in-laws. This only applies if the design is the exact same as the original album. If your parents want changes made to add specific images that they want, they will need to order and design their own original album.
I recommend ordering 8x8 albums for parents but if they want something bigger, you're more than welcome to order the larger sizes!
If decision making has become overwhelming, simply let me know and I'll send over my suggestions for cover & debossing options based on the style and colors of your wedding.
Ready to Begin the design process?
LET'S GET
STARTED
On a shorter timeline?
Book a design call with Sarah.
If you're ready to make decisions quickly, the easiest and quickest way to get all of the design questions out of the way is to hop on a video call and walk through everything together. You'll be able to provide real time feedback and brainstorm your options with me. After I've sent your first draft, let me know if this is an option you prefer.
Prefer to take your time?
Send me an email with your preferences.
Email me whenever you're ready to begin the design process. Feel free to let me know whether or not you've selected must-have photos for the album; otherwise, I'll begin on a first draft. From there, we'll go back and forth via email until everything is to your liking!
