Few gifts honor and celebrate the important moments of one's life more personally than a specially-designed book.  Whether quietly elegant or whimsical, an original book can reflect the essence of an event, life-transition, memory or idea.

  • a child-sized “abc’s” album featuring family photos that illustrate each letter of the alphabet
  • a wedding album with matching guestbook that accents themes of the wedding or invitation
  • a delicately unfolding book that shows off miniature photos of a new child
  • a travel diary for a trip that celebrates an anniversary
  • a bold, celebratory book that recounts a fantastic birthday party in photos and text
  • an accordion book that unfolds along a shelf to show a collection of photos that illustrate each season

If you have an idea for a special occasion book that you’d like to discuss, contact alisonarts to find out more information on design timeframe and other details.

Below are the stories and images of some completed commissions.
       
This photo album commemorates a house that was meaningful to three generations of one family. The cover, a paper and fabric collage of a house and yard, is based on a photograph of the home that is incorporated as the window of the house.

Though the family selected and inserted the photos themselves, I designed section dividers to introduce each room using photos of the house, a floor plan, and remnant wallpapers.

 
 
 
 
 
A couple's quirky wedding invitation inspired the design for this wedding album.

Designed to hold selected favorite photographs, this 8" x 9" album features the last names of the couple and recalls the polka-dots and lively colors from their original invitation.

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The design for this large memory album evolved from a Spanish lullaby a couple sings to their son each night about a spider looking for its home. A 3" x 13" covered box on the inside of the book holds 3 dimensional objects that don't fit on the pages of a book.