Handmade by the best in the industry
Gorgeous craftsmanship. Every album is made to order, made by hand in New Zealand by a lovely family-owned and family-operated business for nearly 50 years. I trust the quality of this premier company, Queensberry, and can stand by their albums having seen ones decades old.
They endure the test of time. They are a worthwhile investment that is meant to last generations as a family heirloom, meant to tell the story of your family legacy.
Much of our lives are spent viewing screens and as technology continues to change, still nothing beats holding a physical album in your hands. The photos from your wedding day are the most tangible artifact remaining -- of course, aside from being married!
There's nothing better than seeing them beautifully printed in a gorgeous album that you can touch and feel. No internet access needed. Cozied up on the couch with your love, you can linger on a page, skip ahead to the reception, or flip back to the moment you said "I do" -- the album lets you endlessly relive your wedding story.
Custom designed just for you
I have a seasoned in-house designer. She is amazing. We sit side by side in my office. Her creativity abounds with custom album design. Our combined professional experience and training for how to craft a visual story and what that means for your wedding, results in a provoking album steeped in emotion, poignancy, and a timeless quality. It is meant to move you not just at your 5 year wedding anniversary, but your 50th.
The design process is typically completed in about a month. There is a pre-design phase, three rounds of revisions completed on a weekly turnaround, and final approval. I use a convenient online, private proofing site that allows you to see what we have created, simply submit changes, and easily approve. The hardest part is just picking the photos!
Once the album is approved, production begins. All photos selected for the album are retouched to provide a fundamental, polished, professional, and, most importantly, a level of real refinement. Although subtly noticed, it makes a difference. This phase and the printing phase, combined, is about six to eight weeks, at which point your album will be hand-delivered by Whit, or shipped if meeting in-person isn't feasible.
Custom features
You get to select your cover material, feature, font, and title page to really make this album your own. It will most likely live on your coffee table, have a special spot in your family room, or have it's own shelf display on one of your bookcases, so it totally makes sense you want your album to look its best. You'll just smile and swoon every time you walk past it in your home.
Cover material: Leather, micro leather, or silk
Leather: Beautiful hides from France and Germany
Micro leather: Exceptional leather alternatives
Linen: Finely woven texture, subtle and vibrant hues
Buckram: Choice of library bookbinders, durable
Silks: Delicate silk bookbinding fabrics from Japan
Cover feature: Photo front, motif, debossed, debossed with foil stamping, or plain
Photo Front: Full or half
Motif: Photo, text, combo, plus more features
Debossed: Personalize with text, three cover fonts
Debossed with foil stamping: Bring the personalized debossed text to life with foil stamping
Foil stamping colors: Gold, Rose Gold, Silver, Copper, Steel, Black, White
Plain: Add an element of intrigue, keep it clean + simple
Cover fonts: Futura, Affection, or Windsong (one line of text front + center, some exceptions based on the cover material selected)
Couples albums
All of the following is included:
Pre-design and 2 rounds of revisions
Classic photo retouching on final approved album
30-pages of matted + flushmount pages, specific to your custom album design
Traditional silver halide printing on Kodak Endura Lustre photographic paper
Cover material of your choice: leather, micro leather, linen, buckram, or silk
Cover feature of your choice: photo front, motif, embossed, or plain
Soft suede bag and album box included
Discounts for full-sized copies or volume orders
Please contact Whit for custom pricing and sizing
Companion albums
Great for parents or loved ones as a thank you or surprise gift.
Companion albums are smaller versions with the exact layout and design as the Couples album and are completely flushmount pages.
Covers are same material, and can be photo front or plain.
Must be ordered at the same time with the Couples album.
Soft suede bag included.
Discounts for full-sized copies or volume orders
Please contact Whit for custom pricing and sizing
Album upgrades
Want to include your rehearsal dinner and welcome party in your album? How about more of those epic dance floor moments of your favorite guests tearing it up? Or maybe you want to see more portraits of you and your love? Just add more pages to make your story more robust and full of all that emotion from your best day ever. Two rounds of revisions and then approval round completed on a weekly turnaround is usually plenty, but if you want to make more revisions that's fine, too. You deserve to have it exactly the way you want.
Additional Page Spreads: $100 - $250/spread depending on album size
Additional Rounds of Revisions: $250/round (2 rounds are included)
Additional Retouching: $150/hour (classic album retouching is included, this is for anything beyond)
Over the course of your lifetime and future generations, the valuation of these albums is put into worthwhile perspective. While these handmade heirlooms are one-of-a-kind and unparalleled, they are an investment. If so, let's have a quick phone call to honestly discuss everything and see if there is another option I can provide you to beautifully tell the story of your wedding day, but in a more elevated album than the do-it-yourself choice. I promise you will be so happy you chose to have it professionally custom-designed, retouched, and printed. I look forward to speaking with you! 781.492.7069 is my cell, whitney@whitneyjfox.com is my email. - Whit