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kara’s brilliant guest book idea | storyboards

June 19, 2008 – 12:45 pm

I’m all about the product shares this week. :)

Along with our albums, I love storyboards. Probably because a storyboard is like a single album page that goes on your wall–pictures are just better when they’re together in a nice clean design.

Kara came up with my favorite use for a storyboard yet–using it instead of a guest book. She ordered a 20×24 mounted storyboard (all of our storyboards are mounted, so they are sturdy and will be able to hold up to being a guest book very well). We decided it should have lots of white space for lots of signatures. I mocked up a couple of options, and here was the winner:

engagement portrait guestbook alternative

Can’t you just see it full of signatures and hanging on the wall? I totally love this idea!

And while we’re on the topic of storyboards, here’s one that I mocked up for Aubree and Zack that I want to print for myself I love it that much. (Which is the weird thing about being a portrait photographer. If I were a painter, it would be cool to have my paintings in the house. But sadly it would be weird if I hung MY art at my house–I think our clients would be weirded out if they thought we had 15×30 inch storyboards of them in our hallway.) :)

engagement pictures storyboard

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our wedding albums just got cooler

June 18, 2008 – 6:17 pm

I adore our custom flushmount albums. I obsess about them and drool over the leather swatches. I think they are amazing and the perfect way to see your pictures. I get so excited when our couples order an album because that’s how I want them to see their pictures. Not on a disc, but in a gorgeous album, designed to reflect the day and perfectly printed so the colors are amazing and will last forever.

I got way excited when I learned about a new cover option: glass. (It’s not really glass, it’s plexiglass, because an actual glass album would be fragile and dangerous, but when I think of it as a glass album, I love it that much more.)

I knew immediately what I wanted to make my sample from: Meg and Matt’s engagement shoot. I created the album and then had to wait for the cover to be an ordering option at my vendor (this took forever). Then I had to wait two months for my album to arrive (this took forever, too). And then on Monday, there it was at my door: the coolest album ever.

And one of my favorite spreads:

I could totally see using these as adorable guest books. Speaking of which, tomorrow I’ll share another cool product: the storyboard Kara and Drew are using as a “guestbook” at their wedding!

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Just in time for mother’s day - photo jewelry

March 28, 2008 – 8:35 am

I’ve been wanting to offer something like this for a while and am thrilled to have finally found a vendor I trust that has a fast turn-around: me.

This particular bracelet (”mother of pearl”) is made from freshwater pearls with a sterling silver toggle clasp and sterling silver two-sided frame. There is an opening at the top of the frame allowing you to change out the photos yourself.

I’ll be adding them to our shopping cart shortly and previous customers are welcome to order them using images from past sessions. If you’re nowhere near Colorado Springs but have a photo you’d like to use, you’ll also be able to order them. Bracelets are $50 plus tax and shipping.

photo jewelry bracelet

(The photo I picked for my bracelet is an old sentimental favorite–Nic and Will on Will’s very first day taken by me while I was still laying on the delivery table.)

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Photo Purse

March 18, 2008 – 8:20 pm

I have been loving some of the photo purses I’ve seen in the world and decided to try sewing one myself. (When Nic heard the words “photo purse” he looked like he was going to throw up, and when I told my sister-in-law Heather about it, she said “like those things grandmas carry?” and even though it was over the phone, I’m pretty sure if I had been there she would have looked a little green, too.)

The answer is no. NOT like grandmas carry. Like awesome rockstar moms carry. (Or awesome rockstar grandmas.)

I finished it off on Monday and love it. I have plans and most of the fabric cut for a second that will hopefully find its way to completion this week. I wanted one purse that was fun/cute and one that was more vintage/elegant. I went with fun/cute first, because fun involved sock monkeys and I like sock monkey fabric very much.

photo purse

I’ve had the fabric for a long time, so I’m glad I finally broke it out and used it. If anyone is interested, I am happy to share specifics about the fabric/pattern/construction in a separate post.

The inside of the bag is lined with more sock monkeys and a little pocket:

photo purse inside

(It still needs to be ironed, so it’s a little loosey-goosey.)

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