When it comes to family, nothing speaks louder than beautifully printed photographs of your loved ones around the home. Earlier this year, we had the joy of creating a two-volume yearly family photo book set for a couple we had previously worked with, and it was truly heartwarming to see their journey unfold.
What began with a wedding album has blossomed into a meaningful tradition, now featuring a collection of four family photo books that tell their story.
With the arrival of their first child, they crafted a second photo album (the first yearly family photo book) to capture his first precious year, creating lasting memories.
As their family grew with the addition of twins, earlier this year they expanded their collection with a stunning two-volume set, beautifully titled 2022 and 2023-2024 for their family memories, special events and travels around Australia and abroad.
Each yearly family photo book not only preserves their milestones but also strengthens the bonds of love that make their family unique.
Here are five reasons why we love creating yearly family photo books for you:
1. It saves you time
Creating a printed family photo book is something everybody aspires to make time for — but somehow never seem to get around to it. The actual investment in time it requires selecting your favourites among the hundreds, and then having to learn how to use an APP to design the book could easily take weeks of your time.
2. It saves you from getting stressed & overwhelmed
Let’s think about just the quantity of photos for a second — in a single year, you might have hundreds or thousands of photos sitting on your phone or hard drive. And from there, you’re somehow meant to choose just 150–200 favourites to sum up your year? That alone is enough to make even the most ambitious person say, “Never mind.”
That’s exactly why we offer a photo curation service where you can send all your photos! Our skilled designers with a background in professional photography, are trained to quickly and carefully cull through large batches of images and flag only the very best.
And once we’ve got your photos sorted, our designers will lay them out on the pages in a logical order.
3. It saves your sanity
Album design is an art form. Choosing the right layout, arranging photos so they tell a genuine story, and navigating complex software isn’t something most people naturally know how to do. It’s often the one step that stops even the most tech-savvy from finishing their album.
Over the years, our designers have honed this skill — and it’s one of our favourite parts of the process. It means we can create a beautiful design for our clients and yearbook families, giving them a strong visual starting point.
From there, making tweaks is simple — things like swapping a few photos, removing one, or adding another — all done easily through intuitive online proofing software.
“We create a beautiful starting point, so refining your story becomes effortless and enjoyable.”
4. Premium Quality Printed Albums
Maybe your photos are safely backed up to the cloud. Maybe they’re all sitting neatly on your phone, giving you a sense of peace that they’re “somewhere safe.” But can your children access those memories whenever they want? Do they know how to find them, tucked away behind logins and file names?
How are they meant to relive their adventures — their birthdays, holidays, and all the in-between moments that make up your family’s story? And what about you — how will you vividly revisit those years yourself?
A yearly photo book invites those memories back into your hands. It can be pulled off the shelf at any moment — always ready to join you on the couch for an evening of reminiscing, laughter, and stories that never fade.
“A yearly photo book invites your memories back into your hands — ready to be relived anytime.”
5. It helps you appreciate the good things
The reason we treasure our yearly family photo books so much? They take the beautiful chaos of everyday life — the laughter, the mess, the ordinary moments — and weave it all together into something tangible and timeless.
Each album becomes a little keepsake that lets you step back and see the bigger picture — how many golden moments are hidden within the rhythm of daily life.
When you’re deep in the everyday juggle of parenting, marriage, work, and home, those quiet, golden flecks are easy to miss. But opening a family album gives you that big picture view zoomed out — a perspective filled with gratitude, love, and a reminder of just how far you’ve come.
“Family albums turn everyday chaos into a collection of golden moments.”
Can you design your own family photo albums each year? Absolutely! But for many of us, we never actually get around to it. Years later the photos are still sitting on the phone, just waiting for something to happen to them and be lost forever. Printing your photos is a way to safeguard them against getting lost or deleted, but most importantly make sure you look at them and remember that moment in time.
From big milestones to little everyday moments, turn your favourite memories into a photo album you’ll actually flip through. We will take care of the design while you get to spend time with the family.
