I took Marcus and Jen's engagement photos on September 24th but I wanted to get their guest album designed and ordered before I blogged about them mainly because I love how an album tells the story of the day better than loose photographs.Above is the cover for their album. This will be printed as a lay flat press book. Basically this means that the pages are print paper rather than photographic paper. I choose this option for guest albums because it's easier to write on. I also absolutely love lay flat books because they, well, lay flat. There is no "gutter" where the middle lands and the design extends across the entire page spread.
I also love how I can have a title on the spine of the album. If you look at the cover you will notice it has their names and the date of their wedding. I think it's a lovely touch.
They brought several clothing changes, which I love. Jen wanted the different changes to be mixed throughout the book. So while I tried to have each page contain it's own individual "story" I also wanted the pages to be different than the ones adjacent.
My biggest challenge when designing guest albums is remembering to include room for guests to actually sign. You'll notice I failed to leave room on the page above but I try to have at least one full pano every album I design. I just really love them and the lay flat album design shows them off so beautifully.
Jen wanted a "rustic-chic" look so I designed a custom page background for this album. I wanted it to be pretty neutral so that it didn't compete with the messages people wrote but to also have a very subtle texture to tie in the "rustic" aspect of their wedding without being too strong so that it still felt "chic".
They are a really fun couple and BYU fans as you can see. :) 
Marcus and Jen are getting married on 11/11/11, isn't that fun? I'm so excited, I can't wait. It is going to be a lovely day.
