We like to create albums with a bit of mystery and intrigue, to invite you to want to open the cover and explore what’s inside.

Photo Albums that have the look of a sophisticated coffee table book on the outside — but a beautiful photo album with your personalised story unfolding on the pages on the inside.

Introducing our latest collection of modern and stylish hardcover photo albums, with fun and creative covers. For that reason these are called our Fun Wedding Photo Albums. 

These Fun Photo Albums are unique to The Coffee Table Book, created by our Australian designers.

These photo albums have impressive lay flat pages for showcasing beautiful panoramic images and create uninterrupted storytelling pages.

These stunning and unique coffee table photo albums are the perfect addition to every couples home as a reminder of their special day.

Designed and Made in Australia using the finest printers and bookbinding materials, each album is backed by The Coffee Table Books 100% Happy Guarantee.

Photo Albums with Fun Cover Designs

There are eleven different cover designs of these colourful and fun wedding albums available:

Quality Photo Albums with Luxe Finish

All of these contemporary photo albums feature a textured cloth canvas cover giving an elegant tactile feel. The cover is then printed with the unique design on the front cover and spine adding that personal touch, making you want to curl up in a cosy corner and flip through the pages to your love story.

The pages are our popular fine art matte thick pages with your photos digitally printed using archival quality inks to be able to enjoy your treasured memories for years to come.

The fun photo albums are available to purchase in 2 contemporary formats, Square 10×10 or Square 12×12.

The albums start with 30 pages (15 spreads) upto 90 pages (45 spreads). Plenty of room to hold hundreds of your photos, so that you can include just your absolute favourites or as many photos in your album design as you like. 

Shop Australia’s Best Photo Albums

All of our Coffee Table Photo Albums are professional quality to ensure your precious memories are kept safe forever.

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90+ Wedding Album Cover Colours

We have just dropped our new 2025 Colour Collection updating our Wedding Albums to include 90+ colour choices.

We’re so excited to add 26 new album cover colours to our already extensive range.  This includes 9 new premium leather colours, 7 new classic leather colours, 5 new linen colours and 5 new silk colours.

The colour trend forecast for 2025 includes timeless neutrals, earthy tones, lovely greens, rich red-ish browns, zesty oranges, and distinctive brights — all accounted for in our wedding album colour options. 

The 2025 most popular wedding colour palettes deliver an abundance of ideas for your wedding, and we hope those colours flow on to be used on your album cover. We are positive you will find a suitable colour among our 90+ colours. 

16 Premium Leather colours with 9 NEW natural tones

18 Classic Leather colours with 7 NEW colours: 5 earthy tones & 2 distinctive hues

32 Linen colours with 5 NEW colours: 4 natural tones & 1 pop of colour

17 Silk colours with 5 NEW rich & warm earthy tones

6 Macrosuede colours

5 Velvet colours

Photo Covers: Customisable To Truly Create A Unique Cover

Why Wedding Colour Choices Matter?

Colours are more than just aesthetic choices—colour plays a pivotal role in setting the mood for your entire wedding. From the invitations to the floral arrangements, attire, and even the smallest details, your chosen colours will weave a cohesive theme throughout your celebration.

2025 brings an exciting mix of neutrals with accents of bold and timeless palettes whether you’re planning a romantic, whimsical, or modern vibe, the right colour palette can bring your vision to life.

Then, once your wedding day is over, you’ve received your wedding photographs, and all the memories come flooding back — how are you going to preserve your treasured moments to enjoy for years to come? This is the role of a wedding album.

Our new 2025 Wedding Album Covers cater to many tastes and colour palettes to ensure you can match your wedding day with an album cover colour that suits the vibe of the day.

Timeless & Elegant Neutrals

Neutral tones are synonymous with weddings for their sophisticated and timeless appeal. White, ivory, taupe and muted greys are classic choices and why they continue to dominate the wedding colour palette. These go-to palettes are the perfect choice for couples leaning to understated elegance. Head over to The Lane & Vogue Weddings for inspiration to achieve a timeless neutral wedding.

Wedding Album Cover Ideas with a Neutral Aesthetic —

We have a large choice of options for those that love a neutral aesthetic. In our Premium Leather there is Ash & Nude and Classic Leather the White, Ivory & Latte are your go-to neutrals. In our Book Cloth Covers there is Linen Burlap, Linen Fawn, Linen Jute, Silk Desert Haze, Silk Pearl, and Macrosuede Buff.

Earthy Tones: Sophisticated & Romantic

Pantone, the world colour authority, unveiled Mocha Mousse as their 2025 Colour of the Year — a warm chocolate brown which we will no doubt see make a grand appearance during 2025 weddings with its sophisticated colour palette.

Tonal browns, like chocolate, latte, taupe and mushroom are cozy and warming alternatives to the starkness of white and creamy tones, bringing richness and a depth of sophistication to your colour palette. Turn to interior design styles like Mid Century Modern, Scandinavian and Japandi for inspiration.

Brown Wedding Album Cover Inspiration with Earthy Tones —

We have a large selection of choices for those that love the warmth of a sophisticated brown aesthetic. In the Premium Leather there is a few light and dark options — Camel and Biscotti to darker browns like Cedar, Claystone, Molassas and Pumice. In the Classic Leather we have the Butterscotch and Cognac.

Green Is The New Black

Different shades of green are not new to weddings and going into 2025 they are still popular because they can be used in creative ways. Green is super versatile, complements most other colours, and brings a natural element to your wedding. Paler greens like sage and olive have a calming, serene tone perfect for spring and summer weddings. While the darker greens like moss and forest have a more dramatic feel and work beautifully for autumn and winter weddings.

Lovely Green Wedding Album Cover Ideas —

We have some lovely options for those that love a green wedding colour palette. In our Premium Leather there is the new Sage and Sassafras or in the Classic Leather there is Sherwood along with some teal-greens. In the Linen there is the palest of pastel greens Panama Green, Evergreen a dark forest green and Aquamarine an aqua-green. We have two new truly beautiful greens in the Silk covers, Juniper and Olive. Also an Emerald green in our Velvet covers.

Pretty In Pink

Various shades of pink have always been a popular wedding colour. Blush and dusty pinks are an understated and classic choice. Don’t discount hot pink or a dash of fuchsia — a fun way to add an unexpected pop of colour for a bold effect.

Pink Wedding Album Cover Ideas —

Those looking to incorporate a playful touch of pink to their wedding day memories, might consider Classic Leather Miami Pink a vibrant pink or Blossom a pale pink. The Linen comes in Desert Rose, Pink and Fuchsia. Also Macrosuede includes a pale pink Petal.

Cosy & Warm: Terracotta & Rust

Terracotta and rust are leading the way in wedding colour trends, bringing a rich, cosy warmth that is both inviting and stylish. Burnt orange and reddish-brown tones, are perfect for creating a rustic, yet elegant atmosphere. A natural colour choice for autumn weddings, where they complement the natural surroundings.

A BRIDES.com X Minted collaboration unveiled their 2025 colour of the year as Verona Sunset. A citrus orange with sunset hues fits in the cosy and warm vibe adding the perfect pop of colour to complement a neutral palette.

Wedding Album Cover Ideas with a Cosy and Warm Vibe —

Our rust-coloured covers include Premium Leather in colour Terracotta and Silk Cloth in colour Rust are great options to perfectly wrap your wedding day memories. Also the Linen in Marmalade a vibrant orange and Macrosuede in Turmeric a gold-toned plush fabric would also be great colour choices for a warm and cosy vibe. These shades wonderfully complement weddings featuring terracotta, rust and orange shades but would also complement weddings featuring the contrast of greens.

Warm & Inviting: Rich Reds & Burgundy

Red started re-appearing in weddings throughout 2024 but in more refined shades like wine tones and rich burgundy. Cherry Red accents throughout florals, tableware, and even bridal party attire. This colour trend is perfect for couples looking to make a bold and passionate statement. 

The bold colour is also synonymous with love and romance, making it a natural choice for weddings of all kinds. It’s fun and unexpected, and we often see the colour incorporated in vintage and retro styled weddings.

The red hue is already a popular wedding colour in many cultures—for example, at Chinese weddings, red symbolises fertility and luck, and is believed to ward off negative energy.

Wedding Album Cover Ideas with a Warm and Inviting Feel —

The new Premium Leather Cherry has a traditional cosy vibe while the new Classic Leather Merlot will have you lingering over your keepsake a while longer. The Linen Imperial Red and Velvet Ruby are rich reds perfect for an autumn wedding.

Dreamy Meets Whimsical: Romantic Pastels

Why you might ask have pastels made a big come back? Blame the popular Netflix series Bridgerton, which heavily features the lilac and blue colour scheme.

The 2025 wedding season is bound to see dreamy pastels such as soft pinks, lilacs, buttery yellows, peach and powder blue make an appearance. These delicate tones create a romantic and whimsical atmosphere and add a tranquil, calm vibe to any wedding day.

Wedding Album Covers in Pastel Tones —

The Premium Leather colours Ash, Nude and Sage or Ivory and Latte in the Classic Leather bring an understated romantic feel to the cover of your album. While Linen colours Desert Rose, Panama Green, Edgewater, Sky Blue and Powder Blush would bring a touch of pastel elegance.

From bold splashes of colour to soft neutral tones, 2025 is all about weaving your personality into your colour palette. Use your favourite colours as your canvas to tell your love story.

Need some colour inspiration for your wedding? Explore these 2025 trending wedding colour schemes.

We have just dropped our new 2025 Colour Collection updating our Wedding Albums to include 90+ colour choices.

We’re so excited to add 26 new album cover colours to our already extensive range.  This includes 9 new premium leather colours, 7 new classic leather colours, 5 new linen colours and 5 new silk colours.

The colour trend forecast for 2025 includes timeless neutrals, earthy tones, lovely greens, rich red-ish browns, zesty oranges, and exotic brights — all accounted for in our wedding album colour options. 

The 2025 most popular wedding colour palettes deliver an abundance of ideas for your wedding, and we hope those colours flow on to be used on your album cover. We are positive you will find a suitable colour among our 90+ colours. 

9 NEW Premium Leather colours

7 NEW Classic Leather colours

5 NEW Linen colours

5 NEW Silk colours

Why Wedding Colour Choices Matter?

Colours are more than just aesthetic choices—colour plays a pivotal role in setting the mood for your entire wedding. From the invitations to the floral arrangements, attire, and even the smallest details, your chosen colours will weave a cohesive theme throughout your celebration.

2025 brings an exciting mix of neutrals with accents of bold and timeless palettes whether you’re planning a romantic, whimsical, or modern vibe, the right colour palette can bring your vision to life.

Then, once your wedding day is over, you’ve received your wedding photographs, and all the memories come flooding back — how are you going to preserve your treasured moments to enjoy for years to come? This is the role of a wedding album.

Our new 2025 Wedding Album Covers cater to many tastes and colour palettes to ensure you can match your wedding day with an album cover colour that suits the vibe of the day.

Timeless & Elegant Neutrals

Neutral tones are synonymous with weddings for their sophisticated and timeless appeal. White, ivory, taupe and muted greys are classic choices and why they continue to dominate the wedding colour palette. These go-to palettes are the perfect choice for couples leaning to understated elegance. Head over to The Lane & Vogue Weddings for inspiration to achieve a timeless neutral wedding.

Wedding Album Cover Ideas with a Neutral Aesthetic —

We have a large choice of options for those that love a neutral aesthetic. In our Premium Leather there is Ash & Nude and Classic Leather the White, Ivory & Latte are your go-to neutrals. In our Book Cloth Covers there is Linen Burlap, Linen Fawn, Linen Jute, Silk Desert Haze, Silk Pearl, and Macrosuede Buff.

Earthy Tones: Sophisticated & Romantic

Pantone, the world colour authority, unveiled Mocha Mousse as their 2025 Colour of the Year — a warm chocolate brown which we will no doubt see make a grand appearance during 2025 weddings with its sophisticated colour palette.

Tonal browns, like chocolate, latte, taupe and mushroom are cozy and warming alternatives to the starkness of white and creamy tones, bringing richness and a depth of sophistication to your colour palette. Turn to interior design styles like Mid Century Modern, Scandinavian and Japandi for inspiration.

Brown Wedding Album Cover Inspiration with Earthy Tones —

We have a large selection of choices for those that love the warmth of a sophisticated brown aesthetic. In the Premium Leather there is a few light and dark options — Camel and Biscotti to darker browns like Cedar, Claystone, Molassas and Pumice. In the Classic Leather we have the Butterscotch and Cognac.

Green Is The New Black

Different shades of green are not new to weddings and going into 2025 they are still popular because they can be used in creative ways. Green is super versatile, complements most other colours, and brings a natural element to your wedding. Paler greens like sage and olive have a calming, serene tone perfect for spring and summer weddings. While the darker greens like moss and forest have a more dramatic feel and work beautifully for autumn and winter weddings.

Lovely Green Wedding Album Cover Ideas —

We have some lovely options for those that love a green wedding colour palette. In our Premium Leather there is the new Sage and Sassafras or in the Classic Leather there is Sherwood along with some teal-greens. In the Linen there is the palest of pastel greens Panama Green, Evergreen a dark forest green and Aquamarine an aqua-green. We have two new truly beautiful greens in the Silk covers, Juniper and Olive. Also an Emerald green in our Velvet covers.

Pretty In Pink

Various shades of pink have always been a popular wedding colour. Blush and dusty pinks are an understated and classic choice. Don’t discount hot pink or a dash of fuchsia — a fun way to add an unexpected pop of colour for a bold effect.

Pink Wedding Album Cover Ideas —

Those looking to incorporate a playful touch of pink to their wedding day memories, might consider Classic Leather Miami Pink a vibrant pink or Blossom a pale pink. The Linen comes in Desert Rose, Pink and Fuchsia. Also Macrosuede includes a pale pink Petal.

Cosy & Warm: Terracotta & Rust

Terracotta and rust are leading the way in wedding colour trends, bringing a rich, cosy warmth that is both inviting and stylish. Burnt orange and reddish-brown tones, are perfect for creating a rustic, yet elegant atmosphere. A natural colour choice for autumn weddings, where they complement the natural surroundings.

A BRIDES.com X Minted collaboration unveiled their 2025 colour of the year as Verona Sunset. A citrus orange with sunset hues fits in the cosy and warm vibe adding the perfect pop of colour to complement a neutral palette.

Wedding Album Cover Ideas with a Cosy and Warm Vibe —

Our rust-coloured covers include Premium Leather in colour Terracotta and Silk Cloth in colour Rust are great options to perfectly wrap your wedding day memories. Also the Linen in Marmalade a vibrant orange and Macrosuede in Turmeric a gold-toned plush fabric would also be great colour choices for a warm and cosy vibe. These shades wonderfully complement weddings featuring terracotta, rust and orange shades but would also complement weddings featuring the contrast of greens.

Warm & Inviting: Rich Reds & Burgundy

Red started re-appearing in weddings throughout 2024 but in more refined shades like wine tones and rich burgundy. Cherry Red accents throughout florals, tableware, and even bridal party attire. This colour trend is perfect for couples looking to make a bold and passionate statement. 

The bold colour is also synonymous with love and romance, making it a natural choice for weddings of all kinds. It’s fun and unexpected, and we often see the colour incorporated in vintage and retro styled weddings.

The red hue is already a popular wedding colour in many cultures—for example, at Chinese weddings, red symbolises fertility and luck, and is believed to ward off negative energy.

Wedding Album Cover Ideas with a Warm and Inviting Feel —

The new Premium Leather Cherry has a traditional cosy vibe while the new Classic Leather Merlot will have you lingering over your keepsake a while longer. The Linen Imperial Red and Velvet Ruby are rich reds perfect for an autumn wedding.

Dreamy Meets Whimsical: Romantic Pastels

Why you might ask have pastels made a big come back? Blame the popular Netflix series Bridgerton, which heavily features the lilac and blue colour scheme.

The 2025 wedding season is bound to see dreamy pastels such as soft pinks, lilacs, buttery yellows, peach and powder blue make an appearance. These delicate tones create a romantic and whimsical atmosphere and add a tranquil, calm vibe to any wedding day.

Wedding Album Covers in Pastel Tones —

The Premium Leather colours Ash, Nude and Sage or Ivory and Latte in the Classic Leather bring an understated romantic feel to the cover of your album. While Linen colours Desert Rose, Panama Green, Edgewater, Sky Blue and Powder Blush would bring a touch of pastel elegance.

From bold splashes of colour to soft neutral tones, 2025 is all about weaving your personality into your colour palette. Use your favourite colours as your canvas to tell your love story.

Need some colour inspiration for your wedding? Explore these 2025 trending wedding colour schemes.

But first, lets make sure your wedding photos are backup securely.

Keeping your wedding photos safe

While a photo album is the best way to preserve your photos, we have a few suggestions and tips to ensure the safety of your precious wedding day memories.

1. Backup Storage

First and most importantly, after receiving your online wedding gallery, download your images to your computer. We recommend keeping 2-3 separate copies of your wedding gallery. One set of your wedding photos on your computer, a separate copy on a USB or hard drive and a third in cloud storage for safekeeping.

We recommend storing one of the backup copies in a fireproof safe, safety deposit box at your bank, but most definitely keep at least one copy out of the house in a separate location should the worst happen and the house burns down. Being in Australia, bushfires are common throughout the warmer months, and you just don’t want to experience losing your home and most precious photos along with it.

We have heard of couples losing their wedding photos through computer crashes and hard drive failures, so make sure you have an online and a safe physical backup.

2. Print Your Wedding Photos

Digital photos are convenient, but here’s the thing… technology is always changing. We’ve been in the wedding album design business for close to 20 years now. We were there when wedding photographers crossed over to digital photography.

Even just in 20 years, things have changed dramatically. Photographers began delivering images on CDs, then it was USBs, now computers don’t have disk drives and even my lastest Apple MacBook doesn’t have a USB port. While we encourage couples to backup and keep a digital copy of their wedding photos, we also encourage you to print your wedding photos.

Printing your photo safeguards your precious memories. The best way to preserve your wedding day memories is in a beautiful photo album.

Experiencing your wedding day through printed photos is wonderful, joyful and nostalgic. Browsing images on a computer screen just doesn’t compare with the tactile nature of a physical album that you can hold. The best part, sitting down beside your spouse, with the kids or even by yourself and just reliving the memories and transporting you back to that very special day.

From cover to the story unfolding on each and every page, our handcrafted wedding album are meticulously made in Australia with premium materials and the finest archival papers to ensure your album lasts and becomes that treasured family heirloom. Explore our wedding albums

Reliving your special day together as it unfolds on the pages of a wedding album

As one of the longest Australian businesses to supply wedding albums and an album design service exclusively to couples, we also have the most extensive collection of album cover finishes and personalisation options.

We started The Coffee Table Book album design business back in 2006 at a time when digital wedding photography was new. Professional wedding photographers began delivering their photography as digital images on a CD, and in years to follow DVD and USB. We have been around long enough to even watch photographer’s deliver the couple’s wedding photos through online storage platforms.

With so many digital wedding photos going out into the world, we saw a need in the Australian wedding market for couples to still be able to get their digital wedding photos printed in an quality bespoke album after their relationship with their photographer ended.

Sometimes it was because the couple’s wedding photographer didn’t supply albums or they simply just wanted alternative options for an album. Whatever the reason, we provided a solution on how couples could access professional, high quality albums direct to the general public.

Over the years the wedding album itself has evolved. From the slip-in album styles and magazine-style flushmount albums of the past, to today’s layflat photo albums and the Wedding Magazine Album a premium photobook with a contemporary softcover magazine-style quality.

Let’s take the opportunity to look at the modern layflat albums available :

The Layflat Leather Wedding Album

These leather albums are show stoppers! The ultimate in luxury and quality. Perfect for the coffee table to brag to your family and friends with how amazing and stylish your wedding day was long after the event.

Take a closer look at the leather covers

The Linen Fine Art Album

These linen albums are luxurious in every way. Many colours to choose from. Including gorgeous naturals, to sophisticated black and navy, to bold vibrant colours for those more adventurous couples. Personalise the cover with your names. The perfect style companion to work with your home interior decor.

Take a closer look at the linen covers

An Album With A Silk Fabric Cover

Yes how about the silk fabric albums! The texture in the silk makes for a unique and stunning finish.

Take a closer look at the silk covers

A Photo-Wrap Cover

The perfect album for when you want a true custom wedding album. Personalising the cover with one of your wedding photos is truly the most individual way to customise your album.

Take a closer look at the layflat albums with photo-wrap covers

The Alternative Wedding Album – Wedding Magazine

The Wedding Magazine is an alternative wedding album, with its softcover magazine quality its perfect for not only your wedding photos, we we can include text. The text can be anything from your wedding vows, song lyrics, poems and so on.

Take a closer look at the Wedding Magazine Album

You can be assure no matter which style of wedding album you go with, it will be gorgeous and a modern way in which you can brag about your wedding day. Now just to decide whether you want a fine art album or a magazine style photo book. Oh plus one more fun thing if you decided on the fine art album, choose leather, linen or a photo-wrap for your cover …

If you are having trouble deciding, we are more than happy to make some recommendations, just get in touch.

Among the various cover options, a warm brown leather album stands out for its classic and sophisticated aesthetic.

Here’s why a wedding album with a warm brown leather cover is the right choice for couples who want to keep their wedding memories alive for years to come.

1. Why Choose Leather for Your Wedding Album?

Leather is often synonymous with quality and durability, making it a timeless material for preserving important memories.

A leather wedding album feels luxurious and robust, designed to withstand the test of time while maintaining its beauty and charm.

The tactile experience of holding a leather album adds a level of intimacy and value to the memories it holds inside.

2. The Warmth and Richness of Brown Leather

Brown is a colour that evokes warmth, tradition, and sophistication. Whether it’s a sweet caramel or a dark chocolate, the hues of brown leather offer a timeless appeal.

The earthy tones also lend themselves well to a variety of wedding themes, from rustic and vintage to modern and classic. A warm brown leather album enhances the sense of nostalgia, making it a perfect choice for a wedding keepsake.

Pantone the world authority on colour, unveiled Mocha Mousse, a warm brown as the 2025 Colour of the Year. With this announcement, brown tones will influence interior design, graphic design, fashion and even weddings throughout 2025.

3. The Durability of a Premium Leather Wedding Album Stands the Test of Time

One of the greatest benefits of choosing a leather wedding album is its durability. Leather is naturally resistant to wear and tear, ensuring that your memories will stay protected for generations.

With proper care, a premium leather album can become even more beautiful over time as it develops a unique patina, adding character and charm with age.

4. Customising Your Leather Wedding Album

Personalisation options are one of the key reasons couples opt for leather wedding albums. From embossed names and dates to creative designs and colour embossing, customisation ensures that your album is as unique as your wedding day.

Whether you choose a minimalistic style or more elaborate design, the versatility of leather allows for endless design possibilities.

5. The Appeal of a Rustic, Vintage Wedding Album

For couples planning a rustic or vintage-themed wedding, a warm brown leather album is the perfect match. The rich texture and natural look of leather complement wooden accents, lace details, and antique-inspired decor.

This combination of rustic charm and timeless elegance creates a wedding album that feels as though it’s been passed down through generations.

6. Leather Albums vs. Other Materials: What Makes Leather Unique?

While other materials; fabric or linen can be used for wedding albums, leather is unique for its strength, flexibility, and luxurious feel.

Unlike photo covers or cloth-bound albums, leather is more resistant to dirt, moisture, and damage. Ensuring that your photos remain in pristine condition for decades. The texture and aroma of leather provide a sensory experience that no other material can replicate.

7. The Versatility of Brown Leather Photo Album for your Wedding Photos

Brown leather is incredibly versatile, easily blending with various wedding aesthetics, from classic to contemporary. The natural tones complement both light and dark colour palettes, making it an ideal choice for wedding albums. Whether your wedding features soft pastels or bold jewel tones, the brown leather can tie your design elements together beautifully.

8. How to Care for Your Premium Leather Wedding Album

To ensure your premium leather wedding album remains in excellent condition for years to come, regular care is important. Leather should be kept away from direct sunlight to prevent fading, and occasional cleaning with a damp cloth is recommended. Conditioning the leather with special leather care products can help maintain its suppleness and enhance its natural luster.

9. Why a Leather Wedding Album Makes a Thoughtful Anniversary Gift

A leather wedding album is not only a personal keepsake but a thoughtful anniversary gift idea. Presenting an album as part of an anniversary celebration, like our premium leather album is a lasting and meaningful present.

10. The Lasting Legacy of a Leather Wedding Album

The significance of your wedding day is something that will continue to evolve over time. Your wedding album will be a key part of that legacy.

A leather album doesn’t just preserve your memories; it becomes an heirloom to be passed down to future generations. The tactile beauty, durability, and timelessness of leather make it the perfect material to hold your wedding memories.

A leather wedding album is more than just a photo book; it’s a tangible, enduring piece of your wedding story. Whether you’re drawn to its beauty, durability, or emotional significance, the album ensures your most treasured memories are preserved.

Explore the Premium Leather Wedding Albums and what cover options, shapes, sizes and all that jazz is available

Have questions about our leather wedding albums, get in touch HERE.

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Exclusive Q&A: the Creative Album Designer behind the stunning Coffee Table Book share insights into creating gorgeous albums for couples.

Q. When Did The Coffee Table Book Start Designing Albums?

The Coffee Table Book has been in the business of designing wedding albums since 2006, coming up on 20 years. One of, if not the first album designers in Australia to offer professional photo albums direct to the bride and groom.

Before The Coffee Table Book, couples could only access high-quality photo albums through professional wedding photographers.

The Coffee Table Book carved out a niche service as album designers, designing wedding albums with the bride and groom in mind. It was the beginning of the digital photography era and the beginning of couples receiving their wedding photos as digital files, compared to receiving negatives and prints as in the past.

With couples receiving digital photos, it also gave them options when it came to the type of album they wanted to display their wedding photos without being locked into using their photographer.

If you are interested in reading more about the beginning of The Coffee Table Book, read Our Story here.

Q. What Has Changed In The Wedding Album World Over Recent Years?

With a rebrand and website refresh in early 2016, designing albums hasn’t changed much over the years, but the styles of photo albums on offer have changed a lot.

Say no to hiding albums away in the back of a cupboard.
The albums of today have gorgeous covers with endless personalisation options.

No longer do you need to print individual photos and stick the photos into sleeves.
Albums today have edge-to-edge printing for seamless page designs.

AS ALBUM DESIGNERS, WE CREATE MODERN ALBUMS YOU WILL PROUDLY DISPLAY ON YOUR COFFEE TABLE LIKE AN ART BOOK.

Q: What attracted you to becoming an album designer?

It started when I was an amateur photographer. It was the beginning of the digital photography era and the fact we could put our photos straight on a computer to view them was a reality.

But the amount of digital photos I was quickly accumulating meant they were getting lost in the thousands of photos on my computer. Printing the best of those photos was something I enjoyed early in my photography days.

Photo Books were becoming popular and as a hobbyist photographer, I loved the idea of printing my photos in a book format. You could say I fell into designing wedding albums.

I loved looking at printed photos because thats what I was familiar with growing up in the 80s. Even today Id still much rather look at printed photos.

Then it was a simple realisation, if I could design albums for one of the happiest days in a couples life and get paid for it, that being an album designer would have to be the best job in the world. Weddings make great stories so its easy to fill lots of pages in a book.

Id always loved design, then add my love of photography … the rest is history as they say.

Q: How long have you been a wedding album designer?

I started The Coffee Table Book when I moved to Queensland in 2006. I started designing albums for professional photographers, before realising the real need was to provide photo albums directly to the couples, as they were receiving their wedding photos in digital format on CDs back in those days.

It was important to get those photos off the CD and into print – print is the best way to enjoy photographs – but its also important to have a backup of those images.

It was early days in digital photography and CDs could corrupt and then the photos would be lost. Thankfully over the years we are more educated on backing up our photos, but only because we or someone we know has sadly lost important photos. If you want some tips on keeping your digital photos safe hit up our article on the subject.

Back then professional photographers were still wary of outsourcing their album design to an album designer. Whereas couples have no way of sourcing quality albums, except through their photographer.

A year or so after the wedding, as time was approaching their first wedding anniversary, the relationship with their photographer had lapsed, so they started looking elsewhere to create an album. As an album designer, I became that link to tell the story of their wedding in a professional quality album.

Q: Do you find it challenging to work with images from a wedding that you didn’t photograph?

I actually enjoy seeing the photos for the first time and seeing the couple’s wedding day play out in front of my eyes.

When I started album design back in 2006/2007, and being a hobbyist photographer, I actually went to a few weddings with one of my photographer clients to get a better understanding of the flow of the wedding day and then would design the wedding albums and it was hugely beneficial.

It certainly gave me another perspective and lead me to my own journey of becoming a wedding photographer. I can appreciate both perspectives and I just love designing wedding albums whether I was part of the day as the photographer or not.

Q: Do you prefer to select the images for the design or for the couple to select the images?

I prefer to receive all the images and make the selections myself. It gives me free reign over the design and show the couple the best possible design. As well as providing a storytelling approach versus just photo after photo or a cluttered design.

Sometimes people can’t see the potential in an image because its not necessarily a great image, whether the colour is off, its at an angle or the image is too dark/light, but I can easily see if the image can be saved.

If a couple were to want to choose their favourites for the album, I cant totally work with that too. 

Sometimes I feel couples believe because I wasn’t there on the day, that I don’t know who the important people are and I might miss including them in the album. But I was a wedding photographer for 12 years and photographed plenty of weddings to get a good feel and detect who the important people are. But thats what the revision process is for, so we can iron out all the important images and especially make sure all the important people are featured and ensure they make the cut for the final album design before going to print.

Q: How would you define your style as a wedding album designer?

Less is definitely more when it comes to designing album pages. Ive seen too many albums, not mine of course, where the pages are just too busy with lots of images and even too similar images on the same page. 

My style is clean and simple while letting the ‘hero’ images take pride of place. Keeping images shot in the same location, in the same light on the one spread is important for an aesthetically-pleasing design.

Id usually keep the spread either all colour or all black & white, however, sometimes mixing colour and black & white is quite effective when used sparingly.

I spend a bit of time cropping images too to focus on the story or emotion in that one picture.

Q: Do you have a preferred album size or shape?

Hands down Square albums are my favourite. The square shape is contemporary and timeless at the same time. I like the 10×10 because of its compact size but if you feel its not quite big enough we also offer a 12×12 album. Also the smaller 8×8 is still a great size to carry around because we all want to show off our wedding photos right!

But when couples ask me if any size album works better, there really is no wrong or right answer – its a personal preference.

Some people prefer a horizontal album as the landscape photos fit nicely on the horizontal page. Especially if you have photographer that has a more documentary or reportage style of photography then the horizontal photo albums might be the best option for your wedding photos.

But I still think the landscape image looks beautiful filling the entire spread of a square album, just be mindful you will loose some of the top/bottom of the images, but just equally as nice is the landscape image filling one of the square sides and overflowing onto the other side.

More recently we are falling in love with the vertical album as it lends it self to portrait photos. If your photographer has a fashion or editorial style and approach to wedding photography, then its worth considering a vertical album.

Q: What’s the turnaround time for an album design?

We offer a fourteen day turnaround for the first design. Then depending on how quickly the client gets back to us with there changes can vary. From approval of the design, delivery is usually around 3-4 weeks. Our design process is outlined here.

Q: What are some of the hot trends appearing in the wedding album design community?

Definitely the hot trends are album cover options.  We are seeing the move to fabric covers, something a little softer than leathers. However leather albums have always been popular for its durability.

Definitely more adventurous vibrant colours but neutrals especially our natural linens are always popular.

Personalising covers with embossing – over recent years embossing has moved away from just one line of text in limited fonts. Now we can offer custom embossing to include any font as well as illustrations.

The most recent trend for album covers is steering away from embossing the couples names, but using quotes like “from this day forward” and so on. I personally love the more creative and adventurous covers as a way to bring the unique style of a couples wedding to their album.

Q: Do you include ideas for the cover as part of your service?

Absolutely yes. As designers, we love getting to experiment with new ideas and using different colours for album covers than the classic black leather. Usually its experimenting with different fonts for the embossing and incorporating illustrations from the couple’s wedding stationery.

If you have been considering having your wedding photos printed in a beautiful keepsake album, then get in touch as we’d love to work on your album.

Mocha Mousse unveiled as Pantone’s 2025 Colour of the Year

Mocha Mousse is “a rich, warming brown inspired by chocolate, and coffee,” “Earthy, elegant, and comforting — Mocha Mousse connects us to nature and modern refinement.”

“For Pantone Color of the Year 2025, we look to a mellow brown hue whose inherent richness and sensorial and comforting warmth extends further into our desire for comfort, and the indulgence of simple pleasures that we can gift and share with others.”

— Laurie Pressman, Vice president of the Pantone Color Institute

2025 Color of the Year: Mocha Mousse is a warm, sophisticated, creamy neutral that immediately brings to mind coffee and chocolate.

Every December since 1999, Pantone chooses its “Color of the Year” naming a colour that “captures the global zeitgeist—the Color of the Year express a global mood and an attitude, reflecting collective desire in the form of a single, distinct hue“.

In the news release, Laurie Pressman, vice president of the Pantone Color Institute explains why this creamy neutral is so resonant right now. “For Pantone Color of the Year 2025, we look to a mellow brown hue whose inherent richness and sensorial and comforting warmth extends further into our desire for comfort, and the indulgence of simple pleasures that we can gift and share with others.”

“Grounding, comforting, and dignified, Mocha Mousse is prized for its ability to stand alone or mixed easily with other shades when applied to all manner of colour-focused industries. “A versatile shade infused with inherent sophistication and earthy refinement, Pantone 17-1320 Mocha Mousse creates a strong chromatic foundation, complementing diverse applications, both minimalist and richly decorated, across design and all colour conscious industries,” says Pantone. “Revel in your own personal luxury. With a subtle elegance and sensorial richness, Pantone 17-1230 Mocha Mousse empowers you to create moments of luxury that may be intimate in scale but can extend a sense of indulgence throughout the day.”

While 2024’s Colour of the Year: Peach Fuzz was similarly warm, Mocha Mousse takes it a step further, falling heavily into brown territory. It’s a shade not so far removed from all the creamy neutrals popularised in interior design over the past few years, and will no doubt excite all those trend forecasters who have been heralding the return of brown. We can’t wait to see how this shade plays out in 2025 and beyond.

Will This Warm Brown Colour Make An Appearance In 2025 Weddings?

While Mocha Mousse will influence interior design spaces in 2025, how will this sophisticated warm chocolate brown influence 2025 weddings? Good question!

We will see Pantone Colour of the Year used throughout interior design and decor, to branding and products, and fashion. In September 2024, Elle Magazine described shades of chocolate brown as an “it” colour. While Vogue wrote that the colour dominated runways in 2024, anticipating the trend will continue into 2025.

With its sophisticated, earthy elegance, Mocha Mousse can stand alone or serve as a versatile foundation, enhancing a wide range of palettes and applications—from minimalist to richly detailed and decorated designs. Take a look at these moodboards Pantone created to inspire us when using Mocha Mousse in colour schemes and designs.

Relaxed Elegance Moodboard — Brown tones mixed with Complimentary Neutrals

Floral Pathways Moodboard — Brown shades mixed with Contrasting Pastels

How Will Brown Influence 2025 Weddings?

We often see colour trends in fashion and interior design flow into wedding trends. We predict that Mocha Mousse and brown tones will make an appearance throughout weddings. From stationery, paper goods, decor, floral arrangements, bridesmaids dresses, groom and groomsmen’s attire for 2025 weddings.

Explore how to infuse Mocha Mousse into your upcoming wedding to create a warm, sophisticated and timeless space for your ceremony and reception.

Mocha Mousse isn’t that dissimilar to last year’s colour of the year Peach Fuzz. 

Peach Fuzz was a huge inspiration behind our first collection of Colourful Wedding Photo Books. Seen in our WedZines: Wedding Magazines with Colourful Covers for its warm cosy vibe. And no doubt we will see chocolate shades and warm coffee colours gracing our album covers throughout 2025.

A Soft, Warm Brown Wedding Album Cover For Your 2025 Wedding

From our rich chocolate-brown leather album cover colours to our new Biscotti caramel colour. Complimentary creamy neutral linen covers, and nude leathers like White and Ivory fall into the relaxed elegance colour palette. Bringing warmth, cosy vibes and nostalgia to your wedding album cover. Perfectly sits on your coffee table among your home interiors.

Perhaps contrasting pastels to the warm natural tones. From the Blossom in our Classic Leather to Mauve and Cornflower Blue in our Linen wedding album covers. Pastel colours that compliment the natural tones as if you were walking through a field of wildflowers. Marrying an impressive cover with your wedding day memories.

Our Premium Leather Wedding Album in colour Pumice has a unique suede feel. The gorgeous chocolate shade is the perfect wrapping for the forest themed wedding captured inside.

Our Premium Leather Wedding Album in colour Biscotti is a cosy warm caramel colour. The genuine hide markings offering character and charm that a real leather wedding album provides.

The Classic Leather Wedding Album in colour Ivory provides a neutral palette that will compliment any home decor.

Linen Wedding Album in colour Wheat is a sophisticated looking fabric with its tonal weave. Offering a soft furnishing feel to your wedding day memories.

The Silk Wedding Album in colour Pearl is an elegant looking fabric cover. The natural texture offering a soft furnishing feel to your wedding day memories.

The cool trend for couples getting married (or eloping) this year — that you might not have heard of yet! Wedding Photo Zines are a coffee table magazine to enjoy your wedding photos printed all in one place.

These photo zines aren’t new — we have been publishing bespoke wedding magazines for couples since 2013. Over the years, the idea of merging meaningful photographs and heartfelt words to tell a more in-depth story of the wedding day has grown exponentially.

YOUR WEDDING PHOTOS PRINTED AS A MAGAZINE EDITORIAL

The wedding photo zines are designed like a magazine editorial with your treasured photographs and meaningful words from your special day.

The ability to include hundreds of photos from your day including all your must-have favourites but also many of the fun candid moments too makes the zine a favourable way to preserve your special day memories in print.

The written content means you can include sentimental words from your vows and speeches, the wedding party names, guest list, extracts from song lyrics and love quotes, to crediting the dream team of vendors like your venue, the florist, wedding planner, dress designer and so on that made your day truly a one of a kind event.

Below are some page layouts from a recent wedding photo zine we designed for this gorgeous Newcastle couples wedding utilising their vows, speeches and vendor credits.

THE GLOSSY MAGAZINE JUST GOT BETTER!

The glossy magazine just got better! Wedding Photo Zines, a premium photo book with editorial magazine qualities.

As an alternative to the traditional photo album which have thicker pages or the standard photo book, wedding photo zines are a premium magazine-style photo book with a softcover.

It’s all about the beautiful tactile nature of the pages! The paper used for the cover and inside pages has a matte finish, just the cover is a thicker paper laminated with a soft-touch velvet finish, for a sophisticated look and feel.

PHOTO ZINES FOR WEDDINGS, ELOPEMENTS AND INTIMATE NUPTIALS

Not having a big wedding? Don’t worry, these wedding photo zines come in 100 page, 200 page and 300 page editions. Making the zines the perfect keepsake for all kinds of weddings and ceremonies.

The zines are suitable for grand celebrations such as multiple-day cultural weddings, traditional and non-traditional weddings, to elopements, micro weddings and intimate nuptials.

Even your engagement photos deserve to be preserved in a magazine.

A GORGEOUS ELOPEMENT PHOTO ZINE TO GET YOU INSPIRED

Below are some pages from an Elopement Photo Zine we created for a Tassie wedding. This is a personal favourite of ours at The Coffee Table Book for many reasons.

Stunning professional photography by Jon Gazzignato that shows not only beautiful photos of the loved-up couple and their oceanside nuptials, but the magnificent rustic homestead Thalia Haven and the epic wild coastal landscape of Great Oyster Bay off East Coast Tasmania.

The magazine design started with an acknowledgement to the indigenous land the couple were taking their vows on to set the scene. Followed by some landscape photos to really get you situated in the location.

Then pages of the couple getting ready in the photogenic stone and wood house. Then onto the outdoor ceremony where they were joined by their daughter for their intimate nuptials.

After, pages of the couples location photoshoot around the property, taking in the wild scenic views as the backdrop.

Topping of the magical day with a feast in the house kitchen.

HOW DO I GET MY WEDDING PHOTOS PUBLISHED IN ONE OF THESE GORGEOUS WEDDING PHOTO ZINES?

These wedding photo zines (and elopement photo zines) are so rad, you’ll definitely want to order at least one copy. The best part about the zines is when you order more than one copy they attract the bundle discount pricing.

How about 1 for you, 1 for your partner to avoid fighting over the one copy. Then 1 to put away for safekeeping as a backup. You might even want extras to gift your parents and the in-laws.

Order as little as 1 magazine up to a 10 pack. For larger quantities please enquire. For pricing visit our shop here

For more information on our Wedding Photo Zines click here or to get your very own copy visit our online shop.

Below are our end of year order deadlines, designed to ensure that you receive your goods in time for Christmas.

Once you get over the shock Christmas is around the corner ;) … YES you need to start the ball rolling if you want your wedding album or wedding magazines delivered before Christmas.

Both our Wedding Albums and Wedding Magazines are custom designed for YOU and that means they take time to produce. 

2024 CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY DEADLINE

The design process through to manufacturing for both the photo albums and wedding magazines, we need at least 8 weeks to turn the albums and magazines around. 

Because its a collaboration process between us and you, we cannot give an exact timeframe. For this reason, we need to allow plenty of time to ensure you receive your album or magazine in time.

We generally have the first draft design back to you within 10-15 days, but in the busy period leading up to Christmas that time may stretch to a bit longer. From there we go through the review process, where you have the opportunity to make changes. Once you approve the design, manufacture and delivery can take 3-4 weeks.

We need at least 4 weeks for design and changes to be made, so the absolute latest we can accept orders for pre-Christmas delivery is 25 October 2024. Avoid the last minute rush by ordering now!

1. From the time we receive your order and photos, we start the curating and design process. The first design draft is provided within 15 business days.
2. Then you have the chance to review the design and make changes — we allow up to 3 rounds of changes. Upon receiving your changes, one revision round can take up to 5 business days to turnaround. If you need all 3 rounds then allow 15 business days.
3. Once the design is approved, the album or magazine is printed and bound before going through a quality check. Production takes around 15 business days.
4. Depending on where you live in Australia or the world (yes we deliver worldwide), delivery can take anywhere from 2 days to a week or more. Be mindful in the lead up to and during holiday periods freight companies experience a higher volume of parcels so expect longer than normal delivery times.

Designs must be approved for printing
by Friday 22 November 2024
for guaranteed pre-Christmas delivery

We need at least 4 weeks for design and changes to be made, so the absolute latest we can accept orders for pre-Christmas delivery is 25 October 2024. Avoid the last minute rush by ordering now!

We will continue to process orders and make deliveries after these dates, but there is no guarantee they will be delivered before Christmas. We will make our best attempts but no guarantees.

Any orders that are not delivered before Christmas will be processed in the new year — please refer below for holiday closure dates.

If your album or magazine is a Christmas Gift, we urge you to get your order in ASAP to ensure you get your album or magazine delivered before Christmas. 

Which ever style you go with, your wedding album truly becomes an invaluable keepsake of an important milestone. 

Being able to bring your album out at Christmas while all your loved ones are gathered, is a great way to remember the good times.

Don’t delay if you’ve got your eyes on an Album or Magazine as a gift for your loved one this festive season.

2024/2025 HOLIDAY CLOSURE DATES

The Coffee Table Book will be
closing Friday 20 December 2024
to Monday 13 January 2025 

Although our office will be closed during the holidays, our online ordering system is open 24/7 to take orders! When we return, we will begin processing orders by the date they were received. Any orders placed during the holiday period will be first in the queue — so don’t hold off ordering until we re-open.