Album design: part one

So, I think I've found my calling in life. No, seriously. I LOVE designing our album in Photoshop. I'm quite proud of myself for taming the PS beast and producing a product that makes me happy---I wasn't sure if it could be done. Even after spending 15 hours on this process I'm still not sick of it!

And now I present to you all 40 pages I've designed from scratch. These are full pages, so they will be split into two before printing. Just imagine a little line down the center if you will. I tried to keep it very simple and all about the image, which was quite a feat for me. You know me--I love glitter and embellishments and lots of details. But I think I pulled off the simple look quite well.

I had to save these as low resolution for my finicky little blogger but you can click on them to make them a lot bigger. Enjoy!
























You likey? Do you have faves? Mine are the detail shots [tons of tiny pics make me happy] and the ceremony ones. Well, okay, I love them all:)

Now all I have to do is our reception which I can probably keep to 10 layouts or less. Then the cover which I'm already excited to design and I send these puppies off to Blurb and pray that I didn't screw it up too bad.

I am seriously considering doing this type of thing on the side. Iloveitsomuch.

28 comments:

  1. WOW!!!!! You did a phenomenal, amazing,and spectacular job! I can't believe you designed those layouts yourself... GREAT JOB!!!!

    I love the ones where the detail shots are in the background... sooooo cool!

    Can't wait to see more! How many total pages are you going to do????

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  2. Thanks, Nicole! I'm hoping to keep it under 50 sides once I do the reception. But anything from 40-80 is the same price so who knows:)

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  3. LOVE the simple style. I think it is so striking!

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  4. Great job...it looks amazing! I love love love your pictures. I feel like I have seen them a million times but they get better each time!

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  5. Julia, simply beautiful!! You should consider doing it on the side...I'd certainly solicit your services! Can't wait to see the rest.

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  6. Absolutely gorgeous!! My album was part of my photographer's package and he did a lot of the same style with the images in the background. It's so beautiful.

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  7. WOW WOW WOW! you soooo need to do this on the side.... and then do it for me! :0) i would love an album like this!!!!

    absolutely gorgeous dear!

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  8. J-

    Absolutely LOVE it!!! You did fabulous just like I told you, you would. Keep sending your designs our way. Also, glad you got some of the stuff fixed otherwise a massive trunk was about to occur!

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  9. Wow!!! You did a great job! I love how you really captured the emotion and storyline of the day without overwhelming me with too many pictures. I may be speaking with you about our album... I get a high resolution CD of all my images from Clary and I would LOVE something like this. We'll talk in a few months... :)

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  10. You did such an amazing job! I especially love the details of the reception and the ones where you are having fun with your veil. Unsurprisingly, you have some awesome talent.

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  11. You're hired! When can you start? :)
    Julia, A-Mazing job, but I would not expect less. I also love the background images, behind the main vocal point pics. Love!
    Every page is meaningful and really does tell the story of your day.
    Keep 'em coming!

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  12. OMG you ROCK at this!!! I know who I'm coming to when it's time to make our album...

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  13. I love it! Those layouts are great. I love seeing all the details of your wedding. Our pictures have been doing nothing since we got them. Maybe I should send them to you!!

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  14. So pretty! You obviously have a knack for this. My favorite is the page of all those pink and green reception details.

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  15. The album looks AMAZING! Great job! :)

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  16. I think you should do this for sure! You are so so so good at it! WOW! Great job! I don't have a favorite; my jaw dropped for all of them! They are gorgeous. They are really fantastic. Congrats on all the hard work. Now go and back it up somewhere! ;)

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  17. Julia,

    You want to design my wedding album I just got my disk set back and haven't the slightest idea where to start.

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  18. Wow! Those are gorgeous! I wish I knew how to do that. I wanted ours to look like that but couldn't figure out how... you'll have to tell me sometime :)

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  19. what a treasure you have created!

    love it!

    you ARE a gorgeous bride!

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  20. These are gorgeous! Is the "you were my yesterday" verse from your vows? I love it.

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  21. OH MY GOD, JULIA! How freaking beautiful. I love that you kept similar color schemes on pages.

    The album really works well as a whole too. You don't so much have a big progression as much as a cohesive collection, which I think is amazing.

    I don't really have a favorite, because they are all so fabulous.

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  22. Oh Julia...you must be SO happy with your work! It looks so so lovely! Gorgeous!

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  23. It's gorgeous!!! You did a great job!

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  24. Julia, that turned out so good! Seriously I think you should do this for a living. You are so great at this and would do so well with it. I could really use your helping doing mine.

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  25. Thank you ladies!

    I backed them all up, Kam....no worries:)

    And yes, Jamie, the "you were my yesterday" phrase was a part of our ring vows. I might share more later on...

    And to everyone who seriously wants to 'use me' [that seems so dirty!], email me! Or else I will contact you once my own album is finished. I would love to do this and Nate keeps telling me to 'walk the walk' and quit talking about it
    :)

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  26. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!! I loved every page and layout. I can't wait to see the rest.

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  27. OH...MY...GOSH...AhhhMAZING!! You are incredible. That is as good, if not better than a professional one. You have found your second, or is it 3rd or 4th calling. Is there anything you cannot do?

    This is a stunning album. I am so excited for you. Now how much did it cost you total to do that?

    Excellent job!!

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  28. Once again, you've proven that your talents are limitless......C'est Manifique!

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