Katharine Elizabeth Photography {the blog}

I thought I’d post a few pictures of items that have gone out the door lately.

And actually, one reason I want to show this 5×5 session album (done with 20 images) is because I should mention that in addition to having images in your book with a white border on each page (previously shown here), you can also do them as full-page square images (left side in the image below):

A square crop doesn’t work for every image, of course, but sometimes it’s just what you need.

I love this 20×20 wood gallery mount.  So clean and classic in black and white:

And a couple of canvas wraps that I love (both 16×20s):

For this one, we can all just sigh a collective “awwwwww” together, okay?:

You just said it, didn’t you?

I knew it.

You can’t look at that beautiful baby and not smile and say, “awwwww.”  It’s impossible.

I also ended up getting two wraps of my own kids last month.  This one is a 20×30:

And the 2nd one is a 16×24.  The 2nd one sat on top of our DVD cabinet for a few weeks (below, left) before I finally bit the bullet and hammered a nail into the wall for it (below right).

I have a hard time actually hanging them up.  Because once I hang them up, I can’t tote them around the house from room to room, deciding where they look best.  And heck, that’s half the fun.

One thing I forgot to mention before is that these mini mounts can also be prepared for you with a full-size magnet on the back, rather than the little stand on the back.

The reason I was reminded to tell you that is because I did four of the 5×7 magnet-backed mini mounts for my husband’s office (he has a nice, metal cabinet they can stick to).

And I thought to myself:  “Self, I bet your spouse isn’t the only person out there with a bare, lonely file cabinet or refrigerator in need of some TLC!”

Well, that’s not verbatim or anything.

But it went something like that.

One fun (and useful) thing you can do with a favorite session image is to create custom thank you cards.

For example, we took a great image from a family’s previous session, added some fairytale overlays…

… and then printed the image on the front of 4 x 5.5 inch linen cards.

On the back of each card, I added a simple “thank you” and a few corresponding graphics to match the whimsical mood of the card.

The remaining open white space is for you to pen a thank you to your Thank You Card Recipient.  The linen paper is easy to write on and has such a nice look and feel.

The cards come in sets of 25 and include white or parchment colored envelopes.  I am a big fan of handwritten thank you notes, so these are right up my alley.  Such a great way to send someone a personalized thank you along with a great picture they can hang on their fridge or pin up in their office at work.

Keep them in mind as an option after your next session!

You know, I did eventually find a place for that 10×24 canvas gallery wrap.

I hung it in our front hall underneath a shelf holding a few framed prints (including the Belle & Boo print mentioned in this post).

I think it’s a good little set up for our oddly-shaped front hall wall.

Then again, I love the picture, so I could probably hang it over the washing machine and still think that was a good place for it.