Thursday, January 21, 2010

We're getting our wedding album. Finally!

After one year and 5 months of marriage, we've finally ordered our wedding album!

At first I wasn't sure if I wanted to pay for an expensive, high-quality wedding album. I figured that I could make my own on blurb.com. But after doing some thinking and looking at professional wedding albums like the one that That Wife ordered, I knew that it would be something that I would treasure.

So I worked with my photographer and ordered a 40 page 12x12 album with approximately 130 images in in it. It covers getting ready for the wedding, the ceremony, the couple/family/friends pics, the reception, and our "Trash the Dress".

I just finalized the proofs and I am so excited! I love all of the layouts but I think my favorite are the panoramic two page spreads.

Here are a couple of previews....

{Click to enlarge -- Wedding Ceremony }


{Click to enlarge -- After the ceremony}


{Click to enlarge -- Wedding reception details}


{Click to enlarge -- Panoramic page, Trash the Dress}

Can't wait to show you more pictures of the album when I get it!

How about you other married gals out there? Did you do a professional wedding album? Make your own? Have not yet made or ordered one? If you posted about your wedding album on your blog, please link to that post in your comment. I'd love to see other people's wedding albums!

39 comments:

Heather (Live.Love.Laugh.) said...

Love it. I so need to get on ordering mine. Why is it that you are so gung ho during the planning and then after the wedding you become super lazy about wedding stuff, well I did at least.

Jessica @ How Sweet said...

That is so exciting! We just got ours, too! You pics are gorgeous!

Alissa said...

Beautiful pics, I'm loving your cake! You just reminded me that I need to do the same.

Meant to be a mom said...

I absolutely love your dress. So beautiful. I definitely think you will want your album one day. I'm glad you ordered it, it will be worth it to you one day down the line.

Can't wait to see more.

kjlangford said...

I need to pick photos for mine and order it, but my mom just made us a great scrapbook that I love, so I don't really feel like its as urgent anymore. Goal is to do so before we hit our first anniversary... I have 6 more months.

Megan said...

My mom made me one for Christmas and I love it! Your pictures are so beautiful!

Brittany Ann said...

I'm scrapbooking mine, but I'm not even half way done and we've been married 1.5 years!

Eileen said...

Those layouts look great! I love the beachy theme of your wedding! And the trash the dress pics are great ~ kinda wish we had done something like that!

I'm trying to make my own album... it's a lot of work though, so it's taking a long time. Been married over 2 years and it's still not done! It's on my list of goals for the year, so I need to start devoting more time to it. I'll definitely do some blog posts on the process!

Jamie Pickle said...

How exciting!! Your pictures are beautiful.

We didn't get an album as part of our package with our photographer (to save money). I still want to order one, but obviously you can see it isn't always a priority. Luckily my sister is a professional photographer so once we are ready, she can order it for us.

~Mrs. Guru~ said...

Yay, for you!

Linda said...

Sadly, still have not done our album. I was going with blurb. I started but never completed it.

Newlywed Hostess said...

I had a professional one done in a similar style to yours. I knew that I wanted something special that would be treasured for years to come. The traditional albums were not what I wanted so I negotiated for this type of album from the beginning. Needless to say, my SIL who used the same photographer when she got married liked mine and went back and had one done for her.
You will love the album!

Beyond by Maureen said...

Love your blog! And congrats on ordering your album...my hubby and I ordered ours for our 1 year anniversary (basically because of the extra cost of these kinds of albums). Best decision ever!!! You won't regret it! XOXO

Chic Runner said...

Love it, of course! I can't wait to see it in real life, because I love all your wedding pics that are in your house already. :)

Sonya said...

I love it and you're going to be so glad you did it! My photographer did a wedding album but nothing like that. I didn't really worry about it though since I got all of the digital images of my pictures so I could do as I please with my pictures. Can't wait to see more!

LWLH said...

Looks great...you had such gorgeous pictures!! :)

Sarah @ Preaching In Pumps said...

You know, we haven't got one yet, but I would love to create my own on snapfish - my aunt did all of the photography so I have all of the original files. This might be fun to play around with!!

(It might take me awhile, but eventually I will link back)

Anonymous said...

I am thinking of doing something similar. I had good intentions of making my own but I am really not very creative enough to make it look nice.

Nice preview! I love your beachy colors and of course the beach pictures.

Cherish said...

Hi!! I am a newbie follower of yours and I love your blogs!! Your pictures are absolutely beautiful!! My favorite is the first layout. Your dress is beautiful! I am creating a scrapbook album for our wedding and I have been posting pics of it on my blog. It's taking me a while though! In March will be our second anniversary! I am really enjoying your blogs!

Jen said...

Your album looks great - how exciting! I actually did a really detailed post (i.e. pictures of every page!) on my blog about mine...here it is:

http://867-53oh9.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-wedding-album-is-here.html

Amy said...

We did get a professional album, I am so glad we did--her choices and layouts were so much better than what i could do on my own. I searched for the pictures of it--can find my proofs anywhere. But I did this post
http://lifeinthejct.blogspot.com/2008/09/scrapbooking-wedding.html
on my scrapbook and some MyPublisher books I made for my bridesmaids.
Thanks for sharing yours!

Jess said...

I love these pages!! So gorgeous!!

Meagan said...

I love it!! It looks great! Your dress was gorgeous.

Kenya said...

I just finally picked up my wedding album two weeks ago. It was one year and 3 months for me. But I still have to go back and pick up our big portrait too! lol

Love the previews. I also have panoramic images going across two pages and LOVE that style.

Patience said...

Your pics are beautiful. I am not sure what we are going to do with our photographs, I guess it all depends on how well they turn out.

Unknown said...

The album was so costly, but we really are happy that we decided to go with an album. Your proofs look amazing!

Crazy Shenanigans-JMO said...

That looks great! I bet the rest of it looks amazing as well!!

Perfectly Imperfect said...

I love this! I've mentioned before the nightmare that was my wedding pictures, so no, I don't have an album!! I need to put one together myself one day...

Lindsey said...

Gorgeous!!! You have inspired me to make one, this is so beautiful!

Lucky in Love said...

We got one from our photographer when we got married...but it is more like printed pictures just put in an album. I have been meaning to make one myself...but I haven't yet. Or printed any pictures. And it has been 2 years, 4 months. And counting :)

leah @maritalbless said...

Well we're at 3 1/2 years now and still don't have one lol. I hope when we do it looks as nice as your's is put together!

5th Belle Avenue said...

Oh that is SOOO exciting!!! I loveee looking at ours, it NEVER gets old!! Can't wait to see more pics!

Becky said...

We got one, it was included in our package. I think we got really lucky because our parents' albums were also included! I love to look at ours! Glad you were able to order one.

Ally said...

We got our formal album about 12 months after our wedding. I am VERY happy we did. I like to be able to show it to people. We got an album included in our photography package.

Michelle said...

Your pics are beautiful-looks like you had a really nice wedding

Ashley Reale said...

You two are a gorgeous couple and your wedding cake looks AMAZING!!! (Found you through BlogHer, btw)

kanishk said...

We just got ours, too! You pics are gorgeous!

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Jules said...

Too funny, because I’ve been married 1 year and 4 months and just ordered our album about a month ago. I can’t wait to see a preview of it from my photographer.

Your album looks like it is going to be wonderful. You were a gorgeous bride and your dress was beautiful! I especially love the after the ceremony pics and the detail shots.

Here is a link to some of my wedding photos: http://chicnpink.blogspot.com/2009/10/one-year-anniversary.html

Jessica @ Wanting Adventure said...

That is such a good idea to get an album! I'm very happy we chose a package with our photographer that included one. I still look at it occasionally, three years on.

But don't feel bad about waiting so long - I still haven't started our personal scrapbook from the wedding. I'm only halfway done with the honeymoon one!

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