A few months ago, our regular bookmaker that crafts our handmade wedding guest books went into retirement. They were kind enough to give us ample notice. So, we jumped right ahead to find a new guestbook maker that meets our expectations and demands…and boy, are we demanding?!

To start our search, we requested catalogs from over twenty vendors. We narrowed down the search to eight based on their quality, turnaround time and elegance. We then purchased sample covers, papers and swatches from these eight vendors and picked four. We ordered sample books from all four. As you can imagine, the cost for this search, was quite high.

One came really close to what we want. Their pages are great as they can be signed using any regular pen. They have a variety of genuine leather covers. The colors of our engagement photos turned out incredibly accurate. The B&W; which are typically hard to reproduce came out beautifully. However, the pages are thin and the size of the album isn’t royal enough for us. So, our search continued.

The winner guest book that made it, is now beautifully shown above. It is 10×10″, comes with a nice box and is wrapped in soft fabric to protect the album from scratches. Beautiful soft leather smother the album, is smooth to the touch. The pages are thick, images spread panoramic across. It lays flat without any center seems. Overall, a fantastic book!

We can’t wait to produce more of these for our other clients using images from their engagement session!

- Michael Soo