Monthly Archives: February 2010

We are currently seeking submissions for our newest creative posing guide for brides and grooms.  If you have a talent for posing your wedding couples in a very unique, creative, outside-the-box way, you could be featured in the guide and get a lovely Design Aglow shopping spree to boot~

Our guide will also include imagery by acclaimed Design Aglow contributors Anna Kuperberg, Laura Novak, Susan Stripling, Tinywater, Jessica Johnston, Amber Holritz, Chenin Boutwell, Christa Hoffarth, Red Leaf Studios….and possibly YOU too!

The contest is now over. Thanks for all the fantastic entries…(we have received well over a thousand images!) and will be in touch within the week to announce the winners.

Amber Snow shares her inspiring Welcome Box with us today. How cool is this? She says, “I love Design Aglow’s article collections and awesome products, and attached are some images of the Portrait Agreement, which I easily customized with my logo and colors. This has been a huge help in creating my business, as I didn’t even know where to begin to compile this kind of information when I first started my studio. I print the contract myself on linen paper, and include it in the “Welcome Box” that I give to new clients, along with paper samples, session information, and my price list. It’s really great to have a contract that ties in so well with my brand. Thank you so much for creating this!”

We have received  so many kind words about our Legal Portrait and Wedding Contracts…they are really bullet-proof, yet simple to understand and still beautiful like everything we create. Make sure you always protect your business and yourself when you are on the job!

I just made these adorable little 5×5 linen notecards for one of my favorite clients today using the new Sweet 16: Fleur template. For the back, we just picked one of our favorite “fleurs” and added color to the edge rather than the inside. I would also love this template as a supersize canvas…

Kate Austin shares her photobooth marketing ideas with us today using two of our favorite products, Mr. Big and Beautiful Mats.

She writes, “We run a photobooth hire company called ‘In the Booth’ in Brisbane, Australia and I had been looking for a great way to display some of our booth images.  We take the booth to a lot of bridal expos and I wanted something eye catching to hang as part of our display.  Mr. Big was the perfect solution!  I had it made as a 30”x45” canvas and it now hangs in our reception when not on display at expos. We get so many comments on it and a few clients have already asked if it’s available for purchase after their booth event!

Our photo booths were at a large scale event last year where guests could purchase instant enlargements of their booth photos as well.  We used the Beautiful Mats to dress up their enlargements before printing and the guests absolutely loved them!”

I just thought you might like to see how Design Aglow products have been used in the not-so-traditional photography sense J  I’ve also attached a photo of our booths so you can have some understanding of what I’ve been rambling on about!

Vanessa Hall sent us this fantastic share today…we think it is so funny and inspiring. She writes, “ A local guy here in Melbourne prints up your Article Collections for me and he binds them too in spiral bound to make nice easy reading. I leave one in the car so if I am waiting for my son at  school or even at the hairdresser (and we all know how long they take!) I can take it along for a good read!!! As with the spiral bound its easy to use my copies are approx 32cm x 20cm (or 12.5″ x 8″) and have one two page spread printed on each page!”  We love this idea, thank you Vanessa.

The latest and greatest offering based on Design Aglow’s best selling Sweet 16 template, this mod, multi-purpose, shapely collage template is perfect for any reason and season. Simply insert desired images, images, text, color, or patterns into the template, and watch creativity and sales blossom. Sweet 16: Fleur perfect for everything from weddings, engagements, general marketing and advertising, you’ll add a spring to your step with these perfectly placed petals.

PERFECT FOR:
• Weddings
• Portraits
• Marketing and advertising
• Special events
• Valentine cards and canvases
• Save the date cards
• Album covers
• Framed collages and canvases
• Vendor gifts

See the new sweet 16: fleur right here. Send us beautiful photos of your finished products, and if we publish them on the blog, you will receive a $75 shopping spree!