I have been an album-designing fiend lately, and I wanted to show you one that turned out much better than I thought it would! (You will have to excuse the terrible product photography going on here.)

I had been twirling ideas around in my head about making a hardcover book of my favorite photos from Nationals this year. I had a long debate with myself as to which company I wanted to try, and decided to go with Mpix Pro. I am a professional member with them and I love their quality, but I hadn’t tried any of their press products yet. The final decision ended up being an 8×12 hardcover layflat book. I love it!

This is the cover and two spreads.

This is a spread of the Junior and Senior National Teams, the binding, and a little outline of Ivana Hong I put on the spine.

It is now sitting on my bookshelf with all of my other gymnastics books and I am thinking I am going to make this my project for every major gymnastics meet I attend. What do you think?

If you missed out on the galleries from Nationals, they’re still here.

Tags: 2009, 2009 Nationals, Album, Elite, Elite gymnastics, Gymnastics, Hardcover book, Ivana Hong, Junior National Team, Layflat book, Mpix Pro, National Champion, National Championships, National Team, Products, RWS Photography, Ryan Schulz, Senior National Team, USA Gymnastics, USAG, Visa Championships