à la carte albumsProfessional custom wedding albums & photo books for your personality and your budget.

Superfast books/albums: order by Dec. 10th.
In-stock bordered albums: order by Dec. 12th.

Rush Options

Option 2: In-Stock Bordered Albums

SEATTLE ONLY: I keep a limited supply of Bordered Albums on hand. Turnaround on these is regular or rush design, plus a week to assemble (and then shipping). For 2011 Christmas orders, order must be placed by December 19th for pickup in King/Snohomish counties ONLY.

In stock in the artfire shop:

• 5×5 10 page album in Oxide (metallic vegan leather), up to 18 images design. $99
• 5×5 10 page album in Black Pearl (silk brocade), up to 18 images design. $99
• 5×7 (vertical) 10 page album in Green Eyed Girl (textured sueded pleather), up to 18 images design, $125.
• 8×10 (vertical) 10 page album in Liplock (red silk), with cover photo inset. up to 24 images design, $250
• 9×6 (panoramic) 20 page album in Cristal (silver metallic silk), up to 50 images design, $335
• 8×8 20 page album in Komodo Dragon (brown textured leather), with cover photo inset. Up to 50 image design, $450.

Option 3: Request a free custom certificate, ready for gifting, with your design deposit!

I will mail you a lovely certificate on fine art paper attesting to the book-to-be, any custom text you request, and even one of your images included upon it, complete with festive envelope, ready to go under the tree, at no extra charge!

Then, the process goes on as normal, including no required payment for the physical books until you have approved your design — which can be after you’ve had a moment to recover, budget-wise, from your holiday plans.

Option 4: And of course, there are always gift certificates.

Hello to the folks coming here from GeekGirlCon! I will be at the con for much of Sunday, almost entirely in the Lopez room. Come on up and say hi!

In preparation for introduction of some new cover materials, 8 non-leather materials are being discontinued, and will only be available as long as stock remains; let me know ASAP if you are hoping to use one of these materials, so we can rush the order:

The discontinued options are all from the “Brocade” and “Middle Earth” collections:

The premium cover options for Bordered Albums have just tripled, including a boatload more leather options and some really unique fabrics! PLUS Photowrap covers are now available (with no upgrade necessary)

Check out the new gallery of premium options

Mine, to be precise. A la carte will be closed from July 13th-19th.

I know, it isn’t even Christmas yet, and I’m telling you to think about Valentine’s Day? Well, if you want to give an album as a Valentine’s Day present, yes.

If you would like your album by Valentine’s Day, you’ll need to have approved your album design by:

Coffee Table Book: January 10th
Premier Flush Album: January 5th
Superfast Flush Album: February 1st
Split Album: January 10th**
Matted Album: January 5th

(remember that design takes 1-2 weeks from receipt of images)

If you are willing to do rush shipping and/or rush production fees, you can probably add a week to any of these. Dates assume 3-4 business days for shipping to you, so Seattle-ish residents can have a few extra days, too.

**There are some “pre-made” split album books that I can get 2 weeks faster; selection varies from day to day.