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LOL! maybe "wierd" but eh no biggie! it's her album and she loves you! how sweet! My mom ould probably pick a picture of my son to be the cover to her album of my wedding!
If she specifically asked for it cause its a picture she really likes that isnt anywhere else, I'd just do it. It's still obvious its a wedding album and has a ton of pictures of you and your husband. Youre her baby girl, I see no harm in having jsut your picture in the cover.
You say you're doing a replica rather than her own designed album...does that mean YOUR copy would have to have just a pic of you as well?
I'd do it in a heartbeat because 1)this isn't an album you're going to have 2)she paid for your wedding and 3) if your SO is anything like mine, he won't care. I think it'd be really great to do that for your mother. Another option is to have that particular picture blown up and framed for her and then give her the album you were planning on giving her in the first place.
you could just get that particular photo framed for her to hang in her house and say that thats is a gift from you and the album is a gift from us..
@MademoiselleL: That's a good question! I assumed that we could but maybe we can't... in that case, we'd definitely not go with that picture of just me.
i don;t think its that weird and if she requested, i say give her what she wants! I also know if it were my DH, he wouldn't care one way or another what i put on the cover of my mom's album. I might not be putting a pic at all. I like the suggestion that one of the pro photogs on here (USER876) gave me to just have a leather cover with our names and date engraved.
I would do the replica album and then an additional print of the picture your mom likes.
If my mom scraped her pennies together to pay for my (expensive) wedding and later told me to pull a unicorn out of my ass as a thank you gift ..I would just hope it wouldnt hurt too much on its way out....
Needless to say , I cant think of a good reason on why you shouldn't - she loves you and you are her little girl , it is a sweet memory and their will be tons of photos of your DH in the album anyway
Very weird. Are you marrying yourself? If you were, then it would it be ok. Otherwise no. Why even have a groom then? The fact that she is paying makes no difference. Either both of you for the cover or none.
I don't think that's weird at all. You're her daughter, and given her generosity, I'd just give her what she wants. It's not like there aren't pics of you and your husband *inside* the album :).
Thanks for your feedback, everyone. I am going to take the advice most of you gave, and give her the album cover she wants. It's already a replica of "my" album so if she can have this one part exactly how she would like, even if I think it's a little weird, then so be it! :)
On another note, I am having serious anxiety about buying these albums! It's $2000 for two leather bound 8x12 albums, which is a pretty good price for professionally designed, flushmount books in my opinion. But I wish that we could have had a larger album and I hope I'm not disappointed by the size. I love the design though... I guess I'm just having a hard time pulling the trigger!
@daniellemybelle: $2000?!???!! Wow! I know there are other options out there if you wanted to save some of that money and create them yourself. I believe Picaboo has them for around $300 each. Yes, it'll take you some time to put them together, but at the same time, you're saving a TON of money. Just wanted to throw that out there :-)
@BabyBoecksMom: Thanks for the suggestion - we did a Picaboo album for my MIL, but decided to go with a professional album because we knew our photographer would do a fantastic job with the design, and this way we get a very high quality album that will last for a long time. We're comfortable with the value that we are getting for our money, but it's still hard to pull that trigger.
Well, now she is saying she wants a diffent photo! I hope she is being honest - I told her that I totally didn't have a problem with it and was just being silly, but she says she really likes this one more!
You could get that one picture of just you that she loves, get it printed & put it in a nice frame & give to her :). That way, she has that one photo of just you! Plus, chances are if she really loves that photo, she'd hang it on her wall, or put it up at a desk. Albums are usually put on a shelf, so she'd see the printed photo more.
I would feel wierd giving my mom, or anyone, an album of my wedding with just me on the cover.
Not weird at all. Used to be standard operating procedure to have bridal portraits (bride only, if not obvsious) done well in advance (perfect for the wedding annoucement for the paper, etc.) and I remember seeing bride-only photos displayed in family homes all the time growing up. It may be a generational thing and, really, it's a small gesture.
I'd think it was weird if she didn't want any pictures of your DH.... I don't think it's strange she would want a solo picture of her daughter on the album!
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I am FINALLY ordering our wedding albums! I'm getting a replica of our album for my mom. I asked her what she wanted for the cut-out on the front, and she said she would love a particular picture... of just me!
I told her that, being honest, I didn't feel right about that because it might hurt DH's feelings. It was OUR wedding, not MY wedding! She said that it's just because it's her favorite picture and she was sad it wasn't included elsewhere in the album. Keep in mind that there is already a full spread (2 pages) of photos of just me in addition to the getting ready photos, while there is not the same for DH, so it's not like she didn't get her bridal portraits - she just wants more!
I feel bad because this is our gift to her thanking her for the very expensive wedding she threw for us, scraping pennies to do it, and for all her help and long suffering through the process. I already am doing a replica rather than her own designed album in order to be able to afford it, so I feel like I should at least give her what she wants in this area. What do you all think?