Wedding albums sure have come a long way since 1977

Last night, as my husband was watching an ancient Bonanza episode, he noticed that one of the cowboys was an old friend of ours. We cracked up, recalling how different the character was from his real-life persona. I seemed to recall a picture of him in our wedding album and pulled out the dilapidated volume to show my grown daughter, who exclaimed, "Oh, that's who that was. I always wondered about him."



Leafing through the old album I was apalled to see the condition it was in. There is no longer a cover on the cheap, dimestore book; the photos are affixed to what used to be sticky pages, and the protective acetate sheeting has mostly disappeared. There are a total of 40 images in the album--definitely just the highlights.

Yet, what would I do without it?

It got me thinking how important our wedding albums are, no matter how pitiful. We treasure those images for years and decades throughout our lives. And if I had my mother's album, how I would treasure that--even though my parents have been divorced for more than 30 years.

Today, we expect fancy albums with custom-designed pages made from archival photos. There may even be a video DVD inside, too. The options seem endless.

I love being able to create such a gift for my clients. Who knows what the future will bring? I, for one, can't wait to find out.