I’ve been a fan of Wild Magnolia Design for a couple years, but hadn’t seen one of their albums in person. They are pricey, but I finally bit the bullet and ordered a sample. It is GORGEOUS!

I chose their Organic Vintage cover, which is made of 100% hemp canvas.

Wild Magnolia Album

Hemp Canvas Wedding Album

For the end papers, I chose their Scrimshaw pattern, which happens to be tree-free and made of recycled plastic bags.

Scrimshaw End Papers

Scrimshaw Close Up

The paper is Epson Somerset Velvet, a high-end giclee paper that is made entirely of cotton. The bride you see here getting handfasted is the very same designer who made the game.

Handfasting Album Spread

I couldn’t choose just one wedding, so after months of agonizing I decided to include several. This next spread is from Emily & Jeremy’s awesome DIY wedding at General Potter Farm that was featured in State College Bride magazine. Yes, the one where Nigel the goat ran off with a program!

General Potter Farm Wedding Album Spread

The next spread is from Emily & Matt’s wedding, which was featured in Green Bride Guide. They chose the Gaia Book for their wedding album, which is another earth-friendly favorite of mine. I just had to see their images in this album, too.

State College Green Wedding

Kristin & Steve’s gorgeous two-day, compost-everything wedding had to be included, also!

Green Wedding Album

This album is SO soft, I could sleep with it. It’s also VERY high-quality! You should check it out!

Wild Magnolia Hemp Wedding Album Binding

Hemp Wedding Album

If you’d like to see this album in person, call me! I’ll bring a Gaia Book for comparison!

My life is so full of serendipitous moments. Remember the album I had to drop-ship because it was delayed? I finally got to see it.

Keri & Brian ordered a 12×12 Finao One with two gorgeous leathers, ‘Secret Garden’ & ‘Datebook.’ Secret Garden was out of stock, so we had to wait… and wait…  and wait. It was painful! She mentioned to me that she was coming into the State College area in July and offered to meet up so I could get my hands on it. The serendipitous part? She was staying at a family cabin that is WALKING DISTANCE from my house. They live in Virginia and their wedding was in Shamokin Dam. I live in Spring Mills, not State College. Cool, huh?!

Without further ado, here is their awesome wedding album!

Finao One Datebook & Secret Garden

Finao One Flush Mount Album

Finao One Album

Finao One Flush Mount Spread

Finao One Spread - No Pink Line

One more cool nugget of information: Brian proposed to Keri at this cabin!

Keri & Brian

Thanks, guys! It was so great to see you again!

Anna & Ben chose an 8×8 Finao One in Saffron for their wedding album. 8×8 is a very nice size in my opinion, because you can tote it around town and show it off!

The Green Card

Finao Album Wrapping

Finao Album Photo Cutout

Finao Album Flush

Finao Mounted Pages

Chrissy & Tim’s gorgeous album showed up today! They chose a Finao One with a vegan cover. The Finao One is the album that comes with the standard album package, but it still has many green features.

• Their pleathers are all PVC free.
• They do not use hides that have been tanned in Asia.
• Their product packaging is completely green.
• Their albums are constructed from as many natural, post consumer, and completely recyclable materials as possible.
• Their albums are made by hand in the USA.

Without further ado, here are the pictures!

Bernie & The Box

The box made Bernie nervous.

Finao Packaging

Finao Bow

Finao One in Silver Screen

Finao One Binding

Finao One Page Corners

Finao One Spread

Finao One Album

Finao One