Kennebunkport Wedding Keepsakes: Album, Magazine or Both

A quick comparison

A wedding album is the formal heirloom. It runs for as many as 40 spreads, with sizes from 12×24 to 20×30 inches, and you choose classic or lay-flat binding and a cover of photo, leather or acrylic. Both can be designed from the same set of photos, so you do not have to decide on day one.

A wedding magazine is shorter and lighter, 20 pages at 8.5×11 inches with 15 original editorial styles and a $70 price. It tells the story the way a travel feature might, with a rhythm that is easy to flip through. Neither is better in every case; the right pick depends on how many people will see it and how much of the day you want to include.

Which one for a seaside wedding

If your photos have long horizons, boats, rocks and sky, lay-flat binding keeps them whole. The pages open completely flat, so a coastline can stretch from one page to the next with no break.

If your wedding was a small gathering at a seaside inn or on the rocks, a magazine may be the most natural fit. Some couples choose it as a first keepsake and add an album later when they have time.

Consider your cover as well. A photo cover is included, leather adds $25 and acrylic adds $39, and a harbor photograph on an acrylic cover can look striking on a coffee table.

Choosing the pictures

Start with the places. A frame of the harbor, the pier, the church or the inn sets up the story, and people photos fall into place around it. Then choose a few portraits of the two of you that you would be happy to look at for years. A short list of ten must-have moments helps you stay focused when the gallery runs to several hundred frames. Dock Square and the bridge into town are busy right through July and August, so the uncrowded harbor frames usually come early in the morning.

Look for images with room around the subject. Seaside scenes with open sky give a spread room to breathe, and the resulting pages feel calm rather than crowded. Avoid including too many near-duplicates; one great frame of the harbor beats five similar ones, and your spreads will feel more composed as a result.

Giving copies to the people who matter

Parents and grandparents are the obvious people for a smaller book of their own, with photos of the family together and the moments when they were most involved. A magazine or a compact album does that well.

If you are ordering several, plan the timing. Printing takes 5 to 7 business days after approval, and shipping runs from Economy at $12 in 15 to 18 days to Express at $60 in 5 to 7 days. If a book is going to a grandparent, the magazine is the easier format to handle, since a 20×30 album is a lot to hold in a chair.

Designing it online

In the Folio Forever designer, Smart Auto-Layout arranges your photos into spreads and you can change anything. You approve every page before printing, and the book is printed exactly as you approved it. If you would rather not do the layout alone, an optional design-team polish is $99, and the FAQ and refunds pages answer common questions before you order.

Classic albums begin at $240 and lay-flat at $275, with leather +$25 and acrylic +$39. We are a Florida-based studio and we ship to Kennebunkport and anywhere in Maine with tracking. If a book arrives with a print or binding defect, transit damage, or anything that does not match the approved proof, report it within 14 days of delivery for a free reprint or a full refund.