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Make your own wedding album at home.
A professional wedding album is beautiful and expensive: MILK's premium albums start at $357, Artifact Uprising's hardcover is $59, and even Mixbook's hardcover starts at $29. 99 before per-page charges. None of them let you keep a printable file.
Your sheet, before the magic
At a glance +
- Pages
- 8 · 12 · 16 · 20 · 24 · 28 · 32 (up to 16 free)
- Sheets
- 4 for 16 pages
- Printing
- Both sides, flip on short edge
- Time
- about 15 min · stapler, ruler or bone folder
- A4 sheet
- A5 pages · 149 × 210 mm
- US Letter sheet
- half Letter pages · 140 × 216 mm
- A3 sheet
- A4 pages · 210 × 297 mm · needs an A3 printer
- US Tabloid (11×17) sheet
- Letter pages · 216 × 279 mm · needs an 11×17 printer
Pages are half the sheet, so an A5 book comes off any A4 printer, an A4-page book needs an A3-capable printer, and A3 pages would need A2 — no home printer offers that, so it is a copy-shop job.
Why make a photo booklet at home
Foldpic lets you design a wedding booklet in a classic ivory-and-serif style, download the PDF, and print it at home for the cost of paper.
It will not be a leather-bound lay-flat. It will be a real folded, stapled book of your favourite photos that you can make the week after the wedding, give to both sets of parents, and reprint for the friend who asks. Many couples use it as the small album while they wait for, or instead of, the big one.
The editor keeps it simple: pick a template, drop in the photos in the order of the day, add a title and a date, review the spreads, and download.
Classic wedding templates
Serif titles, ivory backgrounds and thin gold rules. Hero-photo pages for the ceremony, grids for the guests, and a dedication page for the two of you.
Ready before the photographer's album
Professional albums take weeks. Yours can be printed and folded the same evening you get the photos.
One file, many copies
Print a copy for each family and a spare for the grandparents. There is no per-copy price because there is no printing service in the middle.
Guided all the way to the staple
The instruction sheet shows how to stack the sheets in order, fold them together, and staple the spine without a long-arm stapler.
A few folds from finished
7 steps, printed on both sides. The full instruction sheet with checks and a common-mistakes box comes with your PDF.
1Print 4 sheets on both sides, flip on the short edge.
2Turn one over: the back page shares the same top edge.
3Stack the sheets in order, side A facing down.
4Fold the whole stack in half. Page 1 is on the front.
5Two staples on the crease.
6Trim the open edge if you want it flush. Done.
1Print 4 sheets, both sides
2Check the back side is the right way up
3Sort the 4 sheets by their tag
4Fold every sheet in half, one at a time
5Nest them: each sheet inside the one before
6Staple the spine
7Trim the edge (optional)
Templates for this format
Paper Vows
An ivory serif wedding booklet: full-bleed pages, a collage, the vows.
Photo booklet · Wedding
Quiet Pages
The all-purpose minimal photo booklet: white pages, no fuss.
Photo booklet · Minimal
Field Notes
A kraft-paper travel booklet with journal pages and a contact sheet.
Photo booklet · Kraft · Travel
Tiny Hours
A soft, white first-year booklet: polaroids, grids, a milestone page.
Photo booklet · Minimal · Baby
Before you print
- How to make a wedding album yourself at home
Design and print your own wedding album at home: picking 40 to 60 photos, booklet vs accordion, paper, and what it costs next to MILK or Mixbook.
- How to print a booklet at home (duplex, flip edge and collate explained)
Print a saddle-stitched booklet on a home printer: exact settings, which duplex flip edge, how to stack and fold, and how to check the first sheet.
- Best paper weights for printing zines and photo booklets at home
Which gsm to buy for zines, booklets and accordion albums on an inkjet or laser: 80 to 250 gsm explained, tray limits, glossy vs matte, scoring and grain.
- Photo book at home vs Mixbook and Shutterfly: honest cost comparison
What a 20-page photo book costs from Mixbook, Shutterfly, Snapfish and Artifact Uprising versus printing at home, what you give up, and which to pick.
Photo booklet questions
How big is the finished album?
A5 (148 by 210 mm) from A4 sheets, or 5.5 by 8.5 inches from US Letter. Print on A3 or Tabloid for A4 or Letter-size pages if your printer takes them.
How many photos fit in 16 pages?
Around 25 to 40 with a mix of hero pages and grids. A 32-page album, which will need a per-project unlock, roughly doubles that.
What paper makes it feel like an album?
120 to 160 gsm matte paper for the pages and, if your printer allows, a 200 gsm sheet for the cover. Score the cover fold first so it does not crack.
Can I make an album for the parents too?
Yes. The PDF is yours, so print as many copies as you want. Change a dedication page and download again for a personalised version.
Is a home-printed album good enough for a wedding?
It is a lovely small album, not a replacement for a lay-flat book with thick board pages. Many couples make one for the mantelpiece and gifts, and order a large album separately if they want one.
Make your photo booklet now
Free during the beta, up to 16 pages. No sign-up, nothing shipped: you print it at home.