PQ Blackwell, publisher of the world’s most exquisite illustrated books, brings their high publishing standards to the world of digital memoirs, photo books, and albums with MILK Tailor Made Books – and we are thrilled with the results. Thanks to MILK for sponsoring this post and providing a sample album for review. As always, our opinions are 100% our own.
To me, the meaning of life is in the stories and in the telling.
It’s purpose is in the learning, it’s spirit in the details, and it’s heart in the memories.
So I have been in love with storytelling, and the crafts of preserving them, my entire life.
It is why I love to make photo books for my children, my family, and my photography clients. I want to help preserve and share their stories. And I want to package those precious memories in the most beautiful ways possible.
So, I am beyond excited that Geoff Blackwell, founder of PQ Blackwell, has created MILK Photo Books and Albums.
You may have never heard of Geoff Blackwell, but I bet most of you have held one of his bestselling publications in your hands or paused in front of a screen at images from one of his projects.
Geoff Blackwell is the award-winning originator and publisher of some of today’s most exquisite and distinguished bestselling books, such as Conversations with Myself by Nelson Mandela and Diana: The Portrait, and he is the man behind the project MILK (Moments Intimacy Laughter and Kinship), a collection of images founded on humanity.
PQ Blackwell works with the world’s leading photographers and individuals, including international luminaries Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and eminent photographers Albert Watson, Andrew Zuckerman, and Tim Flach, to create illustrated publications that are the best of the best.
And now, with MILK Tailor Made Books, PQ Blackwell allows each of us the opportunity to print the beautifully crafted books that our memories deserve.
Having spent the past decade publishing beautiful illustrated books that have inspired and touched the hearts of people around the world, we decided that new technology had reached a point where we could draw together all that experience to help people experience the wonder and delight of making their own books – a pleasure that we have been lucky enough to experience throughout our working lives.
The New MILK Double White Photo Album
MILK offers a variety of gorgeous photo book and photo album layouts and sizes.
Their latest offering, the Double White Photo Books and Albums feature lay flat, double thick photo pages, bound with the highest quality board pages.
Introducing our new range of double thick photo books and albums: Double Whites from MILK Tailor Made Books on Vimeo.
I made a MILK Medium Square Double White Album for my daughter, Olivia.
It was so simple to create. I effortlessly uploaded my images and then chose the layout, dropped in photos, easily resized and adjusted, and added text.
Our book arrived today and Olivia and I both adore it. It is simply gorgeous.
The MILK Medium Square Double White Album comes in a beautiful linen presentation box. Since this special album is one I want my daughter to treasure and show to her children, I am so glad I have this elegant box to keep it safe.
The quality of the album and the presentation box and attention to detail are incredible.
If you are looking for a way to preserve your photo treasures, MILK Tailor Made Books is the perfect solution.
Our stories – our memories – are everything. They deserve to be beautifully bound.
MILK celebrates Moments of Inspiration, Love and Kinship. Capture your moments in Photo Books at www.milkbooks.com.
More about the history of MILK can be found at www.milkbooks.com/about.
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Written and photographed by Janice Croze, co-founder of 5 Minutes for Mom. This post is sponsored by MILK and Janice received a photo album for review purposes. Opinions shared on 5 Minutes for Mom are always 100% our own.
I’d choose Ivory linen, then put family and special occasions photos in it.
I would choose black and put in pictures of our family road trips.
white and family photos
i would choose ivory and put pictures from our wedding in there.
I would choose sand and use family vacation pictures.
i would choose black and have pictures of my nephew for my parents.
I would choose ivory and put family pics in it
I would choose black linen and would put pictures of my grandchildren in the book.
Ivory, all my pupsters
O love several of the available options but would probably choose the ivory linen to use for my children.
I would choose the charcoal colour and would put a family pictures
i’d probably choose ivory and i’d put vacation pictures in it.
I would choose sand and use it for family beach vacation pictures.
I like the 15265 Cream linen fabric. I would put vacation pictures in there from Hawaii.
I would choose fabric 15329, and include family pictures!
I would probably choose the ivory and I would make a album for my son’s wedding
I would choose the charcoal. My husband and I took an Alaskan cruise for our honeymoon two years ago and I still haven’t made a photo book yet. This would definitely motivate me to get it done!
I would choose the Ivory color and include pictures of my family in it.
Sand is my favorite! I made a MILKbook before using Sand for my daughter’s baby book, and would use another book for my son’s baby book.
I would choose the black and use it for my family photos
White on off white is classic to me and seems so clean.
I would pick dark gray and use pictures of my daughter.
I would choose the Ivory color. I would use family photos in the album.
I would choose http://www.milkbooks.com/fabrics.aspx#15361 and I would put family photos in it.
Ivory for baby photos.
Black just seems perfect. I’d definitely include photos of my kids….there is a big age gap, and sometimes photos of them together are rare.
I love the blue, and I think I would turn it into a remembrance album for my cousin, she died about 4 years ago, so I think it would be a nice gift for my aunt and uncle
I would choose the dark grey and put a lot of pictures of our recent trip
Hi! I love the photo books – I’ve been looking for an easy to use site and company to create some quality and collectible books. Their mobile site made it difficult for me to look at the linen fabric options but I prefer the lighter colors and I have so many quality pics in my iphone that need to go in my own MILK book! I hope to win! Thanks for the giveaway and sponsor! Xo!
I would include family vacation photos and choose charcoal linen
Hope I win! Trying to make a wedding album for our 5 year anniversary =)
I would choose the ivory linen and use my wedding photos 😉
Hope I win! Trying to make a wedding album for our 5 year anniversary =)
I would choose the sand colour which would look great on our coffee table and have family photos done.
The Ivory one.
Charcoal & and my sweet babies!!
I would choose the pink linen. I have a 6 month old daughter, and I would love to put all the pictures we have taken of her into a beautiful photo book.
I would chose ivory for a wedding book. This prize is just stunning, I enjoy looking at the examples and dreaming of the possibilities.
I would choose ivory because it is classic and clean looking. I would include photos of my most recent vacation to Las Vegas!
I would choose the Ivory for my wife and my 10 year vow renewal photos.
I would choose ivory and use it for vacation photos.
i’d totally choose either the cream or ivory one. this would make a perfect gift for my mother who loves photo albums. well, she usually likes them the traditional way, but this one would surprise her very much. i’m sure it will be filled with photos of our family – she loves taking photos anywhere and anytime 🙂 thanks for the opportunity!
It’s so hard to choose, but I’d probably pick sand. I’ve been meaning to print some pictures from my son’s first year, so this album would be perfect!
I have 3 daughters getting married so I would choose their favorite colors for each of their books, Purple, Blue and white and fill with the wedding pictures
I’d pick the ivory linen for wedding pictures
I would choose Ivory and use it for a vacation album.
I would choose sand, and probably fill it with pictures with my godson, who’s on the way! 🙂
I would pick one of FLORENCE BROADHURST designs for a family album
I would choose the cream with the black lines for the fabric and definately choose family photos including extended family
I’d love to use the ivory linen and do a proper wedding album for our wedding from 17 years ago!
I would choose charcoal for an album of beauty.
I would probably choose ivory and would use it for family photos
I would choose the ivory color. I would love to use this for a plethora of family photos – from vacations, holidays, birthdays, and just plain old regular days!
I love the sand cover…I think I would finally make a book for some of my recent travels!
I like the Charcoal or the Black the best! The openness of the book you featured is wonderful, so bright and fun!!
I would choose ivory and i would put either wedding pics (of all married couples in both my husband and my family or pictures of all the kids in the family.
I’d choose the black one so it doesn’t get dirty and I’d put family photos inside!
I think this would make such a sweet bridal shower gift or better yet, for the grandparents!
I would pick black linen, and I would make us a wedding album as we have nothing printed yet from our wedding .. almost 5 years ago!
I would choose ivory and put family pictures. I take pictures of my kids all the time, but I hardly ever get any of them printed so it would be lovely to see them.
I would choose ivory for the Linen fabric and put my new family photos in it 🙂
btw those are reallyyyy beautiful i wish i could have one!
I would choose the sand linen cover, and I would create a book for my wife of our new family as a surprise to celebrate our second wedding anniversary. She’s always taking the photos, so I want to dedicate a book to her 🙂 Fingers crossed – these albums look awesome!
I would choose sand, and use it for family photos
LOVELY products! I’d choose the gray with family photos. This baby factory has been closed for YEARS! 😉
I’d go for the charcoal cover and would create a book of my favourite images from our honeymoon, as they’re still just sat on a memory card
i would choose the dark grey color! i love that timeless color. I would fill it with pictures of my 2 year old and newborn!
WOW! These are STUNNING!!!!
I would love to win one of these!
I love the charcoal colour and would do a family vacation themed book! Such great memories.
Ooh, tough choice. It’d depend on the photos inside, I think. I’m weird like this. And they’d have our kid in them, because my husband and I never put anything else in an album 🙂
Love the white, and would do the family- of COURSE>
I’ve heard about these and everyone who has reviewed them have raved about them!
I would choose black. It seems to be my go-to for general photo albums. I’d put all my 2014 photos in it as a kind of year book!
I would pick the ivory and do pictures of my new grandson.
I have several ideas for photo books that I would like to complete and they all center around family. I think I’d probably go with the sand. Thanks for the opportunity!
I love the charcoal and would make a When I Was Five book for my youngest
How lovely! I am definitely going to look into these. I really want to start printing a family yearbook each year. I would go with the dark gray linen!
I would make a book about our family travels in Europe and use the sand option.
I would choose the ivory and I would fill it with photos of my amazing trip to Greece. Thanks for the chance to win one of these gorgeous books!
The books are stunning! I’d probably choose the black so little fingers won’t stain it 🙂
I would choose the charcoal and use it for photos of my daughter throughout the years.
I would order the black linen fabric and the photos would include my travel and camping photos.
I love the sand option. I would make an album of our wedding photos
I’d choose the light blue one and fill it with family photos
I would choose black and post photos of me, my family, my friends and my boyfriend, the best moments of my life
I’d choose the pinkish linen and make a baby book for my newborn daughter
I would like the ivory for family photos
I would choose black for my girls 1st yr
the dark grey and would use it for family photos 🙂
I would choose the dark grey, almost black linen fabric cover and it would contain photos of my two children.
I’d do either gray or white. It would be for my baby girl arriving next week!
I would definitely make an album of my kids with “sand”.
My favorite linen color was the blue, but since it is not offered on this style of book, I would choose sand as my second choice.
For baby photos I like the pastel pink fabric linen cover #15297.
I like the pastel pink fabric linen cover #15297.
I love the white. Or blue. Or black! I’d totally make one for the family. Or my son. My last book featured my daughters. I owe him 🙂
the ivory would be great for family or wedding photos
thanks a lot for the opportunity
i loved the white one
i’d put my family and friends pictures
I would chose the ivory and make an album with my daughters upcoming wedding
I would get the ivory
Holiday photos with ivory!
ivory color is cool
I will choose Ivory and put my wedding pics in it 🙂
I would love the linen color of linen grey. This album would be for all my wedding photos! We got married last August and I’ve been struggling to keep myself from splurging on an amazing book like this!!
I would choose the black linen fabric and fill my book with travel photos.
I would pick ivory and put our coming up wedding photos in it!
love DESIGNER FABRICS
I would choose the White and I would include my wedding photos!
I would choose the ivory color for baby photos
I will choose the cover in charcoal and it will be for my wedding pictures which is going to be held by the end of this year 🙂
I’d choose the ivory and I’d use the old photos of my parents from their childhoods and early marriage. They’ve been gone for over 30 years, and I know it would be very meaningful to share it with my siblings.
i would choose ivory. i would make a family album.
The linen fabric I would choice from MILK Books for my Double White Album would be the charcoal color.
I would use the Album to make a family album with pictures of my family when I was growing up. I would include all the “embarrassing photos” taken so long ago. It would be an album about the years when my siblings and I were kids and our family memories from that time period.
I’d choose the light blue cover and put family vacation photos in it.
I would choose ivory and fill it with engagement photos.
Default color of fabric, I’d include a lot of my loose photos that I don’t have a place for.
I like the linen in the deep red colour, and I would make an album of my kids pictures.
i would choose gray for family vacation photos
I would choose charcoal and put vacation pictures in it. What an awesome giveaway. I love your blog
I’d probably choose white and it would be for family photos.
I would choose the pale blue and put cruise pics in it
not sure if my comment went through..I would chose black fabric,,and include pictures of my family,cat,and random pics!
ivory and i would create a memory book of my son
id choose the black for family
Ivory linen and I would make a wedding album for my husband and I.
I’d get charcoal and put in holiday/vacation pictures!
I would choose the charcoal and i would put in family photos
I would choose charcoal and put pictures of my friends and travels in it.
I would like the blue-grey colour for my vacation photos.
I’d choose the dark gray or one of the Orla Kiely fabrics, and I’d use it to put photos of my son’s first year.
I like the grey linen. I would make a book of our summer vacations camping at the lake over all the years we have gone there.
I’d choose charcoal for the linen cover and create an album for my daughter of her 21st birthday event. Thanks.
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we made a few mistakes when we were married: like not springing for an actual photographer. everyone had cameras, we thought we’d be fine. however, we have only a dozen great shots and subsequently, we’ve celebrated our 10 year anniversary and we still don’t have a wedding album! i would choose the grey./charcoal linen to go with our black & white shots and it would be amazing.
I would pick Ivory Linen & I would do our family pictures from our family vacation last summer!
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******I would choose either ivory or black and put my family photos in it*******
I would choose ivory for the Linen fabric and I would put holiday photos in it.
Thank you very much
I’d fill it with pictures from my upcoming wedding! And probably bind it in black linen.
I would choose ivory, and would make beautiful baby book for my daughter. Thank you for the chance to win this beautiful memory book.
I would choose the ivory linen cover and I would put pictures from my brother’s wedding in it.
I would choose ivory and use old family photos.
I would choose the ivory and use it for family photos.
I like the light blue fabric and it would definitely be pictures of my family!
I would choose the ivory and make a book of my baby’s first year
I’d like floral fabric and I’d make this album for my wedding’s photos!
ivory, for prom pictures 🙂
i’d probably choose black, and put family pictures
I love the blue colour and i would make a wedding album or family pictures!
probably choose black
I’d choose the classic, ivory, for the linen fabric color and likely make a family photo album.
I would pick Ivory and put in family photos
Your albums are stunning
I would pick the ivory for family photos
ivory and I’d have my daughter create it for my mom, great grandma!
I would pick the ivory linen cover. And I would use it for Family photos.
I would probably pick Ivory and finally make my wedding book! I’ve been picky about making it because I want it to be perfect and this type of book is exactly what I was looking for!
I’d go with ivory and I’d use it for my daughters baby photos!
I’d go with the grey-blue color and do an album of our wedding photos from June, we got married on the beach, so the blue would look very nice I think
I would do ivory and make an engagement or wedding album – getting married this summer so this would be awesome ! Thanks for hosting !
Loving the ivory and I’d use this to make an album of a recent family shoot we had done!
I would choose the black one and would do a family album.
These are gorgeous! And a fantastic post!
I`d choose Ivory and do a beautiful FAMILY Book. Thanks for the chance!
I would like the black and I would use it for picture of my niece.
I would choose the dark grey and use for wedding photos.
I think I would put together cute photos of my nephews and give it to my sister. I would choose the white linen.
We have so many pictures from decades that are not in albums! I’d pick the black linen and make a wonderful family album – thank you so much!
I would choose either the ivory or the black, and I would use our wedding pictures!
I love the ivory linen and would use it to make a book for my daughters.
I would probably choose the Designer Fabrics. Love the different looks that they have…. so fun!
I would choose an ivory linen cover. By the way, your link didn’t work for me, so I just went to their website.
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Oh goodness! I love them all!!!!
I would most likely go with a neutral colored book.
They look like beautiful quality!
I would choose the ivory and use it for family photos.
i’d probably choose black or ivory and i’d put family pictures in it.
Thanks for the opportunity!
I would choose ivory, and would make beautiful baby book for my son. Thank you for the chance to win this beautiful memory book.