Custom Designed Albums
YOUR STORY PRESERVED IN A CUSTOM DESIGNED ALBUM FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO READ
The Process
01.
INITIAL
DISCOVERY CALL
Gain clarity on what you want to convey through your album, ensuring that your story is authentic and meaningful. I will help you with a plan to step you through the next process of gathering all your information and stories.
02.
GATHER
Gather your favourite photos and start writing your stories and anecdotes about the people, events, and milestones that make up your wedding or life story. I will send you instructions with a Dropbox link and also some ideas and tips for this process.
03.
INTERVIEW / DESIGN
CONSULTATION
Once you have uploaded all your photos and stories we will discuss design specifics so that I gain clarity on the design style you have in mind for your album and any specific requirements you may have.
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Alternatively, if writing your story isn't something you want to do yourself, once you have uploaded all your photos, we can do a video call where you can tell me about your photos and I will compile these into stories to go alongside your photos.
04.
DESIGN
I will transform your stories, photos and memorabilia into beautiful layouts.
I aim to send your first layout options to you within 1-2 weeks. Once you have confirmed your preferred layout design, I aim to complete the rest of the layouts for review within 2-3 weeks.
05.
REVIEW
Your opportunity to have your say about the design so far and make any changes to make it more personal to you. This is done at two stages, after the initial layout designs and then again once all layouts have been designed according to the design style you chose.
06.
PRINTING
Once you have given your final approval of the design, your album will then be sent off for printing. Allow approx. 3 weeks for printing.
07.
CELEBRATE
Share your completed album with your family and friends, fostering a sense of connection, pride, and appreciation for your shared history.
Why Queensberry Albums?
QUEENSBERRY PRODUCTS ARE HANDMADE TO THE HIGHST STANDARDS AND GUARANTEED ACCORDINGLY
EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY
Flushmount Albums
Queensberry albums are handmade using the finest materials and best printing techniques. The flushmount design allows images to spread seamlessly over 2 pages uninterrupted.
Materials
Genuine leather covers are Queensberry's specialty. They buy only the finest hides from Europe's leading suppliers, and selectively cut and process them to enhance their inherent quality. Along with their durability and luxurious handling qualities, it is the individuality of texture, grain, range marking and density that gives Queensberry’s leathers their appeal.
Queensberry’s linens, silks and buckrams are sourced from natural fibres. Cotton-based Buckrams have been the choice of bookbinders, publishers and libraries for many generations. Linens and silks extend the range with colours and textures from across the spectrum — soft and delicate to vibrant show stoppers.
Queensberry's man-made materials are selected with an eye to their visual appeal, touch, durability and impact on the environment. Micro Leathers offer the same "touch and feel" as genuine leather, with beautiful textures and lovely colours. Faux Leathers are another vegan-friendly alternative to genuine leather, and offer still more beautiful textures and colours.
The heart of every photographic product is the printed image and the stock it's printed on. Queensberry card and paper stocks are chosen for their quality, durability, appearance, and suitability for purpose. All are pH-buffered to ensure they remain acid-free over a lifetime. Printing equipment is carefully callibrated, managed and maintained to produce accurate colour and long-lasting prints.
High-tech but handmade
Queensberry's workflow is high-tech and their printing state of the art, but all their books, albums, boxes and frames are handmade to order using traditional methods — one-off, personalised and unique.
Sustainable
"Once-in-a-lifetime" products like Queensberry's have a vanishingly small impact compared to our everyday practices and purchases, but every little counts.
Proudly located in New Zealand, Queensberry is a family company, its products created by a close-knit team that cares. Because their products are handmade, they offer rewarding jobs to a skilled staff, many of whom have worked together for decades. They're proud to deliver a world class product, and proud to be part of a team that trust, respect and care for each other. And that’s precisely why we love working with them.
Queensberry understand that everything man-made impacts the environment, including their products. Their philosophy is to choose the best materials from the most trustworthy suppliers, to expend the least resources transforming them, and to minimise their carbon footprint. For example their leathers are sourced from fine European suppliers, not just because they offer beautiful hides and continuity of supply, but because they care deeply about animal welfare. Similarly, their man-made, "vegan-friendly" micro leathers come from an environmentally responsible manufacturer, with no heavy metals, formaldehydes etc used in their production.
Queensberry closely monitor all production inputs and recycle all recyclable waste such as the silver from their Lab. Material scrap such as leather, paper and card is on-sold, recycled or donated. (Local schools and kindergartens love their offcuts!) Products are shipped in recycled/recyclable/compostable packaging wherever possible.
To ship their products Queensberry use German logistics company DHL, which is committed to zero carbon emissions by 2050, and, by 2025, to a 50% Increase in carbon efficiency levels compared with 2007.
Sizes
Choose from standard and smaller sized albums, whichever tickles your fancy! Whether it's displayed on your coffee table or safely tucked away on your bookshelf, you can't go wrong with either.
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The 'copy albums' are smaller replicas of your album. A wonderful way to say "thanks for everything", your parents/grandparents will love this thoughtful gift, whether of your wedding day or a life story. Or maybe you would prefer to keep the copy album after you gift the full size album to your parents/grandparents.
Cover Styles
Embossing
Cover Motif
