Many people had asked me how much that I spent on my wedding from top to bottom?
The answer is just below 16K CAD. Is that expensive? or reasonable? In fact, I don’t know. I did the best I can and I tried to minimize the spending by comparing deals.
And I have 60 people reception and not 200. I was actually quite happy to see everything turned out.
If you are interested to see my balance worksheet. Feel free to download it here.
Download Alexandpatty wedding balance sheet
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31.Oct.08 
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Our wedding photo package actually includes 200 4″x6″ prints. We decided not to go with those prints. The reason being that
1) I have to look for a photo album to hold them
2) I don’t have space to store them – we live in a newly built condo that storage doesn’t exist
3) They will get tucked away in our bookshelf!
So we asked Kevin to exchange the prints for a canvas gallery wraps 16″x24″. It’s basically photo print on canvas style and wraps on the canvas frame. It will be a nice addition to our new home.
You can see more detailed product shots from Kevin’s blog
Our canvas gallery wraps
Photo wraps around the canvas
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23.Oct.08 wedding Comment (1)
Few weeks ago, I decided to make my own wedding album with mypublisher.com. I didn’t go with my photographer’s options using their wedding book album. It’s not like I don’t like it, it’s because it’s really out of my budget! (each wedding book cost over $500!)
Mypublisher’s page paper are thin, they are not heavy duty cardboard page like the wedding book, but I think it’s good enough for me. Plus if you can find the promotional code online, you can “buy one and get one free”. So I can keep one and send my parents one 
I used two different photographer for my engagement photos and wedding, so I decided to put both of their pictures together into one album.
Mypublisher provides this “mypublisher” software that you can customize your book from the front to the back. The do have page template setup so you can insert up to 12 images per page. However, I’ve seen some people just make their own page layout in photoshop and the save it as one big image to insert onto the page. I didn’t bother to make my own layout, so I just use their template and put all the photos together.
The standard is usually 20 pages, but I added another 14 pages, and each additional page is $.99, plus I added the book jacket for extra $4.95. If you also want to try Mypublisher, I would actually suggest you to go for leather cover or just classic cover and NO JACKET. I thought they would print the cover photo on the actual book cover again but they only print on the book jacket. And the book jacket thickness is very flimsy.
See mypublisher pricing here
The total after shipping is $70.59 US, and then when it gets to Canada, you will have to pay $13 for custom tax. So I think it turns to cost around $40 per book.
You can view my photobook online as well
if you cannot see the link, go to Mypublisher’s Mybookshelf
and type in my order id: M801708
and enter the password: 1284869
Enjoy!
Front cover
inside page sample
inside page sample
inside page sample
inside page sample
album back cover
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