Jennifer Wathen has posted about her love for real Italian leather and included KISS books in the post!

After looking for an album company to offer, it was not a surprise again to find myself longing for one wrapped in Italian Leather. This album showed up at my door with a set of lips on the box. Would it have that same smell? As I opened it, I was immediately taken back to the day I opened that leather coat. I would not be dissapointed. After taking it out of it's slip case, I found myself yet again in that same trance.

I ordered this album for a wedding I did in December. The red leather is a nice departure from the traditional black albums I'm use to seeing and the leather is divine.

Check out the entire post to view the other exciting leather memories of her past! This post is awesome, Jennifer. We got a kick out of it!  

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A few rockin' images were posted by Seattle Digital Wedding. Check 'em out!

The forbidden green book looks great with these images! We loves you guys at at Seattle Digital Wedding!

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We've added a dedicated cell phone for support: 765.894.5536. You can text there if you like, too. We've also added the option to IM suport: KISSwb for iChat and AIM.

We're always looking for better ways to serve you!

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Terra sent us an email about her KISS!

Oh my god, I've never seen your albums in person before, this album is GORGEOUS!! It's so soft and pretty and smells good!

Big kiss to you guys and many thanks! My client is going to fall over when she sees this, I never imagined it would be so breathtaking.

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You're great, Terra!! We are just as excited about your new KISS book as you are!

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Trevor Meeks made a comment about his KISS book on Open Source Photo. Check out his thoughts!

I've seen my fair share of albums... metal covers, engraved covers, etched covers, embossed covers, silver edges, gold edges, white mattes, black mattes, pearl pages, glossy pages, lustre pages... you name it I've seen it. I've also seen a lot of photographers who offer an array of these options in many different kinds of books. This can be extremely confusing to clients who ultimately just want a beautiful way to show off their cherished wedding images.

When I started hearing about KISS Wedding Books around OSP, the idea behind the albums themselves seemed... well, radically simple. 3 sizes, 6 colors, no options. Why show your clients tons of different products and options when they (and you) have better things to do than worry about the decision between a copper cover and an etched cover and glossy pages and lustre pages and... well, you get the point.

KISS makes it simple. Yep, I'll say it again. SIMPLE!

Even after hearing so many rave reviews about KISS on OSP, I still wasn't fully convinced... er, motivated. I hadn't been able to feel this super-soft leather everyone had gushed about in their blog posts and forum threads. I hadn't been able to see the beautiful RA-4 optical printing on the spreads. It just wasn't enough. Well, finally I got what I wanted. Kevin Swan, the simple-minded director of KISS (also a fellow OSP-er) and his partner in crime, Shaun Austin, kindly graced us with their presence in Napa, CA for OSP-West 2008. Between lectures, I found myself drawn to the 4x8 foot table filled with KISS books of a few different colors and sizes... I was hooked!

After a few months I finally motivated myself to order my first sample album from KISS. I have to say I'm sorry I waited so long. The quality of these hand-crafted books is IN-CRE-DI-BLE. The superfine Italian Leather covers beautifully compliment the stiff optically printed pages inside. The binding is flawless, and the pages sit together perfectly when the book is closed. But why keep it closed much longer than to see that? The real beauty lies inside. The crease in the center of each spread is hardly anything to write home about. No wear and tear here. No loss of image along the center of the spread... just pure color and beauty from edge to edge.

As I said, seeing is believing. Like many others I've tried to capture the beauty of my first KISS with a few images, but none will truly show the beauty of these books... you've got to see them for yourself. That being said, here are a few glimpses of my first KISS!

Thanks, Trevor!! We appreciate your topic on Open Source! You rock!

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