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This post is part of our Two Weeks of Love Contest. From now until Valentine’s Day, we’ll share a book each day submitted by our customers. The author of each book will win a prize and be entered to win a cruise from CruiseDeals.com. If you have any questions about this contest, please read the FAQs here.
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Congrats to Leslie, our Day 2 Winner in The Two Weeks of Love Contest. Thank you for sharing your vacation book! Since you are the DAY TWO winner, you will receive a $30 Picaboo Gift Card! (Check your inbox, Leslie!)
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Why do we love this book?
From the beginning, Leslie’s book invites you in. The cover entices and the first page seal the deal. And when the trip is over on page 142, you don’t want this book to end. Every single page is designed with careful thought.
Here’s page two. Isn’t this beautiful?
This is a recap Leslie put together of her trip. Isn’t this a lovely way to remember every moment?
We also love how Leslie combines past and current moments of history in her book. Here’s a great spread devoted to Federal Hall. Then, a few pages later, we’re witnessing Occupy New York.
The juxtaposition of past and future makes this book timeless.
How was this book designed?
There are a couple of things Leslie does that makes this book really unique. We love her use of typography. She knows how to include a lot of copy on a page and make it engaging and readable. This is not an easy task!
Look at this typographic spread. What a great way to share fun facts about the Statue of Liberty.
Consistency is an important design element and throughout Leslie’s book, she uses backgrounds to house her captions. Sometimes the backgrounds are translucent and sometimes they’re light gray. Leslie flips back and forth between both colors to ensure our main focus is on her photographs. This design elements ties diverse experiences together and glides your eye from page to page.
And look how she turned pictures of subway designs and maps into textured backgrounds. This is a great way to set a tone and an environment.
What makes this book so special?
Leslie uses open space to create emotion. Take a look at this spread that showcases the glamour and mystique of New York.
This page begins a beautiful and emotional montage that recounts a touching visit to Ground Zero.
The memorial continues with more open space and amazing photographs.
We love how she layered images on this page to highlight the victims of 9/11.
Here’s what Leslie had to say about her book:
I created this book for me and my family (my husband and two daughters) about one of our loves: NEW YORK. My family and I have traveled the entire US and New York remains one of our favorite places. From the most recent trip, our hearts were touched immensely by the 9/11 Memorial. Both our 10-year-old and our 13-year-old remarked that it was the most valuable thing we had experienced in New York City. I think the judges will find my 9/11 Memorial pages (photos and words–pages 68 through 95) most interesting! I cry every time I look and read through those pages.
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This is a stunning book! A lot of thought went into it. Well done, Leslie!
Isn’t it amazing! We LOVE this book because it shows us new and exciting ways to design books. Thanks for inspiring us, Leslie!
Thank you so much!!!
Very impressive book! I’ve been using Picaboo for several years and I know the process and creativity it takes to accomplish some of those pages. The amount of time and dedication you have invested is now being showcased in your book. So many people are going to be inspired
Thanks for your comment, Lance. This book is inspiring. In fact, I’m personally gonna apply her open space technique to my next book.
Wow. Now y’all are inspiring me!! I have several projects going right now….but none so emotional as those 9/11 pages. One reason I did the open spaces was to give the feeling of opening a new book from that point….
Beautiful! Very inspiring.
Isn’t it beautiful, Jenn! We all fell in love with Leslie’s book. Thanks for your comment.
Thank you, thank you!!!
WELL DONE!!! GREAT PHOTOS
J
Thanks!!!
I love that greenish shot of Statue of Liberty!
Yeah! We’re not sure what application she used. But she did alter her images in such a dramatic way.
Thanks! See the post I left below — that pic was done with my iPhone hipstamatic camera app! In fact, my New York album is mostly ALL iPhone4 pics (the only images that aren’t iPhone pics are tickets, maps, race numbers etc that I scanned). The effect that the statue of liberty pic has is so neat—-it was a hazy day that day so it applied that greenish color. On a bright, sunny day, it would’ve been much more vivid. But, love both the results…..my fave Hipsatmatic lens/film combo is the John S lens (on high quality)/Kodot XGrizzled film.
Leslie is one of my best friends from high school. Not only is she one of the most creative people I know, she is one of the sweetest and most grounded. Love her! So glad she won something from Picaboo. And know this….Leslie has only been using Picaboo in the last few months. I turned her onto Picaboo (I got tired of having an addiction to Picaboo all by my lonesome!) and I know it probably hasn’t even been six months since that happened! She has a very artistic mind for sure! Go, Les.
Hey Emily! That is too funny that you referred her! Thanks for introducing us, Emily. We loved her book. And we can’t wait to see what else she creates. Thanks for your comment, Emily!
I feel like I won something else reading your comment, Emily!
I am so thankful for you and that you intro’d me to Picaboo!! Your albums are beautiful, too!!!
every page is perfection….well done, Leslie
I agree with everything you said, Cathy! Thanks for your comment.
Y’all are seriously making me blush! I cannot take credit~God is responsible for giving me every bit of creativity I have!!
TRULY a winner!
I posted a pic to my business page so that my customers could see my app recommendations, too. You can go to http://www.facebook.com/TheInvitationStation to see a photo I uploaded with pics of the app icons, as well as my explanation of why I ♥ them
Thanks again for all the sweet, sweet comments. My photo books are like my most favorite souvenir from our trips!