Albums x 5

Every day at 1:30 (like clockwork) I hear the UPS truck coming around the parking lot here. There are days he delivers to my door and days like today he beeps and pulls up to my garage. Besides the last minute deliveries for Christmas orders, he had 6 albums for me! One of them I'm keeping for a studio demo.

I use a little known album company called Album ML, formally known as Memory Link. There's a lot of album companies out there, and I do use a few others, but Album ML has been so consistent, puts out such a great product, and they are so easy to deal with. I thought I would take a few shots of what came in today.



These are the 3 main album covers that my clients like to order. The middle one is a clear acrylic with a designed image under it. It really makes the colors pop and gives me a lot of freedom to do what we want with the cover. The back left is all black leather with a custom cut out. The back right is a piece of metal with a color image printed down the side.


Here's a close up of the acrylic.


Another acrylic with a different design.


Yet another acrylic with another different design


It's a good thick piece of really clear acrylic.


A nice smooth piece of metal. I like it better than the brushed look.


Here's the black leather with a custom sized cutout and the clients names and date imprinted into the leather.


Their bindings are really nice and lay flat. The pages are three layers each. The white, black, and white is a single thick page. I think it looks nice when you're looking at the album sitting out. I've only had one person gild the edges so they are completely black.


Here's a close up of the binding. It's just a bump across the seam.


Album ML just released a new presentation box that's so much better than they used to have. It's a good sturdy black leather-like box with stitching.




The stitching around the box.


The magnetic flap.


The inside is lined with a velvet like material.


To my clients seeing their album here, they will be mailed out on Saturday! You should have them by Christmas.