Boots Creative + The Coffee Table Book

NEW CATALOGUE OUT NOW!

2011-01-10T15:42:00.001+10:00

Firstly Boots Creative + The Coffee Table Book would like to wish you all a Happy New Year and hope you and your families are safe and haven't been affected by the terrible floods being experienced by many Queenslanders.

With the recent weather patterns we have been experiencing, its been a time for me to reflect on many things. Its very tragic to loose your positions through flood, fire, etc and don't think one fully understands it until they have been through the emotions and lost their personal belongings to understand that kind of loss, it reminds me how important our family photos are. Once the photos are destroyed they are gone for good. If you have lost your albums, disks and computers in disasters then there isn't much hope of getting them back.

Well that's part of the reason Boots Creative exists - mostly to ensure people treasure their family photos and display them with fabulous products, and while in such tragedies you would lose the products, by using our services it means you have a backup of those photos and the artwork we created for your product in most cases as we store all work files for an unlimited time (sometimes beyond our control we are not able to access files due to harddrive or media malfunctions) meaning that you can replace the products and not all is lost in the disaster.

Which brings me to what I have been working on over the Christmas/New Year period - and I am very excited to realease the new 2011 Product Catalogue.

Boots Creative + The Coffee Table Book have a huge variety of products to choose from to display your photos, whether you like the traditional matted album, a more contemporary magazine-style wedding album, coffee table books with a designer edge, art for your walls or desks, or presentation boxes filled with matted or un-matted prints, there is heaps to choose from. We have personally hand picked the highest quality and unique products from local and international manufacturers to give you the largest collection of photographic display products anywhere. These products cannot be accessed by the direct public, usually only through professional photographers, so we are thrilled to be able to get these products to you so you too can display your photos in a professional manner.

There is lots to choose from and its understandable if you become overwhelmed at trying to compare products, but we are here to help break down the differences, so if you have any questions we are either a click of the mouse or phone call away. Email us at info@thecoffeetablebook.com.au or phone our Brisbane office 07 3102 1907.

While we are based in Brisbane, we service clients all over Australia and international clients as well. Location is no barrier with the internet as all artwork proofing is done online.

Without further adue you can download our 2011 Product Catalogue here.

We are currently updating both our website www.thecoffeetablebook.com.au and blog www.bootscreative.com.au so please bear with us while we update the sites with our new products and our portfolio of work, however, the 2011 Product Catalogue is quite extensive with information and prices so should answer most of your questions, if not just give us a call.

Boots Creative's Graphic Design & Marketing Products

2010-08-28T17:11:00.017+10:00

Boots Creative can help you with marketing your business through our design services combined with a number of advertising products - including logo design, business cards, brochures, flyers, coffee table books, websites, monthly eNewsletters etc.

We recently completed a design project for Glen Krohn Photography www.glenkrohn.com to promote his hair, beauty and fashion photography work to the hair industry. We achieved this through designing two products; a 16 page brochure and a 30 page 'look book' in the style of a coffee table book to showcase some of Glen's amazing photography.

Glen has worked with award winning hairdressers and his work has appeared in Australian and International hair magazines. Check out the brochure and look book in the images below.

Talk to us about how we can help you provide you with the materials to exposure your business.Visit our website Boots Creative + The Coffee Table Book

Website Development | Precision Scooters Brisbane

2010-08-11T23:18:00.000+10:00

Boots Creative has been working on the branding and website for Precision Scooters with the website being launch last week www.precisionscooters.com.au. The project included logo design, business card design and print, enewsletter and website design. In the not too distant future we will also being doing a photoshoot to further enhance the website.

If you are a scooter rider in Brisbane, you need to contact Jason for tuning and parts whether you just ride around town or are a serious scooter rider looking to boost your scooters performance.

Jason is passionate about scooters and has many years of experience working on them as well as a rider with racing experience, but best of all will save you money going to Jason and get lots of knowledgeable information whether you own a Vespa, Lambretta or any other scooter brand.

Testimonial | Wedding Book Design | Ronelle + Tjaart

2010-08-06T10:21:00.001+10:00

Dear Deborah,

Thank you so much for producing an album of such high quality. Ronelle and I were after a wedding album with a wow factor, and our search has ended at Boots Creative.

We were both very happy with your professionalism and the end product. Additionally, we were also very impressed with the slideshow that you put together during the design process.

We look forward to be able to share this album with our friends and family, and one day to be able to look back on it with great memories.

From 2 very happy customers,

Tjaart and Ronelle

Ronelle + Tjaart's Wedding Album Design can be viewed at http://www.thecoffeetablebook.com.au/clients/ronelle&tjaart/

Logo Design | Precision Scooters

2010-07-14T17:45:00.001+10:00

Boots Creative not only designs coffee table books and wedding albums, but we also provide logo design and website design services. We are currently working on the branding and web development for a new local Brisbane business, Precision Scooters. Here is a sneak peak at their logo and business card design and the website should be going live in the next week ...

Web Design | Ice Hairdressing website

2010-07-10T10:06:00.001+10:00

Wow its hard keeping up with blogging and I think I missed this one. A little while ago, Boots Creative designed a website for Ice Hairdressing and we are continuing to enhance their web presence and marketing on a monthly basis with a newsletter and through Facebook.

When I first met Bevan Hoyle the owner of Ice Hairdressing ( well we realised we had previously met, he popped in on one of my fashion shoots under Boots Photography because one of his hairdressers was working on the shoot ), anyway Bevan explained he was very fussy and particular. Im proud to say that he was extremely happy with the end result and that it represents his salon perfectly - so either we are both fussy and particular, or more like we just have the same tastes. Bevan is the dream client !

I popped into the salon the other day (oh yeah - because I was so impressed with the service they offer, Im now a client of Ice Hairdressing ) - Bevan was telling me he attended a Marketing Seminar specifically catered to the Hair Industry, and they used his business and website to demonstrate he was doing everything right and basically said he has wasted his money attending. Its great hearing feedback such as this, and nice when clients hear from an independent source, what they have been provided with was the right decision and working for them correctly.

Anyway take a look at the site and see what you think ... and dont forget to book an appointment at Ice Hairdressing as you will get the total pamper session from Bevan and the girls.

PS. make sure you ask for flavouring in your coffee !!

Boots Creative supply the Bjorn Again - Ultimate ABBA Experience Tour book

2010-06-29T19:45:00.001+10:00

Boots Creative's custom oversize book for the Bjorn Again - The Ultimate ABBA Experience tour - UPDATE

Boots Creative was responsible for producing the custom one-of-a-kind "Thank You For The Music" ABBA tribute book which is currently on tour with Bjorn Again - The Ultimate ABBA Experience show.

Legendary Australian music guru Molly Meldrum and talkback radio announcer Derryn Hinch were given the honour of signing the book. Later in the year the book will be presented to Benny & Bjorn the original ABBA band members.

This is a great example of what we at Boots Creative can do - everything from our standard range of Wedding Albums, Coffee Table Books and Corporate Books, right through to custom projects using a range of materials.

When it comes to custom one-off books for your wedding or commercial project, contact Boots Creative + The Coffee Table Book.

Client Testimonial | Professional Photographer | Yohti Images

2010-05-22T19:14:00.000+10:00

One of my clients, Yohti Images posted some lovely feedback on her Facebook page today - comments like this just make me smile and appreciate that I have some fantastic clients that allow me to do what I love doing every day !! Id just like to share this with everyone ...

Yohti : I'm feeling really good because my beautiful graphic artist Deborah Boots from Boots Creative has been doing a fantastic job of my album designs and it has taken such a load of my back!

Scott Bxxx : Wow alot of you kids are getting peeps to design your work these days! I should too start thinkin about this! as i finish my album at 1107pm!

Yohti : Scott ... contact Deb ... she's awesome! and she'll customise to what you want ... believe me it will give you more time to build your business!
Debs... I just wanted the whole world to know about Yo.

- Yohti Jenkins of Yohti Images

Also Paula Gray of Thats Me Photography got in on the Facebook chat adding "Deb is awesome on the album designing".

Thanks ladies for your support !!

Event Photography | Brisbane | Burwell Art Exhibition

2010-05-16T15:31:00.000+10:00

About 9 months ago I met Scott Burwell through a mutual friend, and when I learnt of his passion for his unique art and the family history involvement, I knew I had to be involved in this project.

Scott Burwell of Burwell Art uses boomerangs as his substrate for his painting works which include wildlife and nature as his inspiration. Why boomerangs you ask? - well why not, but as it happens the Burwell family has manufactured and thrown boomerangs for generations. The Burwell family have even presented boomerangs to the Beatles. While Scott didn't join the family in making or throwing the boomerangs, his take on the iconic Australian boomerang is use them in his art - what he likes to refer to as "BoomTych".

Over the weekend, Scott held his first public art exhibition at Mansfield Tavern in Mansfield near Mount Gravatt and had 25 pieces of work on display in a range of presentation options including canvases, framed prints, acrylic mounted frames, and postcards to ensure there was something for everyone.

Boots Creative + The Coffee Table Book had been working with Scott over the last couple of months to produce a coffee table book to showcase his 25 pieces which was on display at the exhibition. The book came up stunning as Scott had gone to the effort of having his original artworks professionally photographed for high-end reproduction. The book is a great marketing tool for Scott to carry around with him to show potential art collectors and galleries without having to lug huge pieces of art.

Boots Creative + The Coffee Table Book also donated a prize to the Raffle - congrats to Yvonne L who has won a 12"x12" 40 side coffee table book.

Boots Photography also was there on Friday night for the opening to photograph the event - here are just some highlights ...

Australian Institute of Architects + Bluescope Steel Book

2010-03-31T16:08:00.002+10:00

Boots Creative has just delivered a custom coffee table book to celebrate the Australian Institute of Architects and Bluescope Steel's 25 year partnership.

The book features a metal plaque with an etching of both corporate logos and book title which is inlayed into a black leather cover representing elements from both companies - sophisticated black leather and metal for classic style and sophistication.

The design predominately features a cropped version of Bluescope Steel's logo with a selection of photographs of architectural structures and various corporate events to highlight the importance of the teamwork which makes the partnership so successful.

Corporate books can be created from our standard range of photo book products or we can create a custom book using a range of materials including metals, leathers and various paper stocks. Whether its a one-off custom book or we can produce multiple copies at discounted prices. For more information contact Boots Creative + The Coffee Table Book.

Bjorn Again's tribute to ABBA - Boots Creative's Oversize Book - Update

2010-03-31T14:52:00.005+10:00

Boots Creative's custom oversize book for the Bjorn Again - The Ultimate ABBA Experience tour - UPDATE

The custom one-of-a-kind "Thank You For The Music" ABBA tribute book is now finished and ready to go on tour with Bjorn Again - The Ultimate ABBA Experience show. After the Bjorn Again tour, the book will be presented to Benny & Bjorn of the original ABBA group in Sweden with its final resting place in the ABBA Museum.

So after all the secrecy behind the project, we now have some photos to share with you what we have been upto on the extraordinary custom book project. The book is A1 in size - that is a whooping W:861mm x H:614mm with 100 pages (320gsm white textured paper stock) and weighing in at about 35kg. The book is bound together with hinges and custom made screws and some serious technical know-how to support the weight.

This is a great example of what we at Boots Creative can do - everything from our standard range of Wedding Albums, Coffee Table Books and Corporate Books, right through to custom projects using a range of materials.

When it comes to custom one-off books for your wedding or commercial project, contact Boots Creative + The Coffee Table Book.

Boots Creative's Oversized Book tours with Bjorn Again - The ultimate ABBA experience

2010-03-20T12:16:00.000+10:00

Boots Creative has been working on an exciting project - an oversized coffee table book basically larger than a coffee table but until now I couldn't reveal who it was for.

Well I can now reveal what its all about, the oversized book is going on tour with the Bjorn Again - The Ultimate ABBA Eperience show.

Basically celebrities and show goers will sign the book with it being presented to Benny & Bjorn of ABBA in Sweden later in the year and then possibly end up in the ABBA Museum in Sweden as a tribute to ABBA for their contribution to the international music scene hence the book title "Thank you for the music" and also the title on one of their big hits.

Natually Boots Creative is excited to be apart of this project as who in the world hasn't heard of ABBA, and Deborah Boots behind Boots Creative grew up listening to ABBA records and still has them on her iTunes shuffle playlist.

Visit the Bjorn Again - The Ultimate ABBA Experience website

Become a Boots Creative Facebook Fan to keep posted on what's happening with the book ...

Client Testimonial / Wedding Book / Karen & Colin

2010-03-16T23:40:00.000+10:00

I love what I do anyway, but dealing with wonderful clients like Karen & Colin and receiving terrific feedback, gives me such personal satisfaction and knowing Boots Creative is providing not just great products (coffee table books, photobooks and wedding albums), high-end photo retouching to get the best out of your photos, and design services, but that I build such great relationships with my clients !!

Below is what Karen and Colin had to say:

Hi Deborah,

Wow!!!!!!!Thank you so much, thought it was fantastic. I have left the book over in Tassie, as it arrived on the day we left, so I thought I would show everyone next time we are in Tassie.
I am really looking forward to having more time to look over the book.....I was so tempted to bring it back to Darwin, but we are in Tassie at the end of this month again.
I was also wondering Deborah, if we wanted a small book done, what would the cost be etc.

Thank you so much again, Colin and I are so happy with the beautiful job you have done, and the obvious care you have taken with everything.

Cheers,
Karen and Colin

Thanks guys, I really enjoyed designing your wedding album - your both photogenic, great fun and beautiful wedding photos from Hamilton Island and your Honeymoon photos from Vanuatu.

PS. Thanks Karen also for great info on Tasmanian sightseeing spots.

Check out a few spreads from Karen and Colin's beautiful Wedding Book

Wedding Album & Coffee Table Books - SAVE 15% DURING MARCH 2010

2010-03-02T18:10:00.000+10:00

Wedding Album Designs

2010-02-21T23:57:00.002+10:00

After your wedding day is over with you are left with a disk full of images, a great way to show off your photos would be to have Boots Creative + The Coffee Table Book design a beautiful photo book or wedding album for you.

Visit our website to view some of our past designs to convince you Boots Creative is the wedding album designer for you.

To view Kate & Steven's wedding album design click here

Coffee Table Books, Wedding Albums and Album Design for Professional Photographers

2010-02-21T23:51:00.001+10:00

Coffee Table Books, Wedding Albums and Album Design for Professional Photographers, Brides & Grooms, and individuals www.thecoffeetablebook.com.au

Coffee Table Books

2010-02-21T23:41:00.002+10:00

A unique personalised book is one you won’t want to put down! Impress your family and friends with your very own published book. Great as a gift for yourself or a loved one.

We can create a beautifully designed book to showcase your photos including text in a truly unique, stylish and modern way. We have a range of styles (hardcover, softcover and photo-printed covers), formats and sizes ranging from A5 upto A3 in landscape, portrait and square formats. All books are individually hand bound and are printed on photo quality paper stocks. All books come with a protective dust-jacket and either a presentation box or embossed case.

The Coffee Table Book is a beautiful present for someone you love or a special treat for yourself and it’s a great way of sharing and displaying family photos. You can order additional copies of replica books at discounted prices for the whole family to enjoy.

Simply supply us with a CD/DVD of your images – whether it be family, baby or pet photos, wedding, engagement, celebrations, your favourite holiday snaps, a ’This is Your Life’ book or even a compilation of favourite family recipes – and we will create a gorgeous book of your very own.

From receipt of all your materials, you can expect to be flicking through your specially printed coffee table book in no time. Please contact us for delivery schedules.

Gift Vouchers - great gift idea for the person that has everything!

2010-02-21T23:40:00.001+10:00

A special occasion coming up and not sure what gift to get someone?
Need a present for a person that has everything?

Why not get them a Boots Creative gift voucher to put towards part or the full purchase price of a Coffee Table Book? An investment towards a product that will capture the memories of one’s family will be the best present they have ever received !!

Wedding presents, retirement or farewell gifts, birthdays, Christmas or anniversary gifts … make an impact with this unique present!

Simply visit our website, place your order and make your payment and we will post it out to you deliver it to you or the lucky recipient! Yes buying a gift can be that easy.

Subscribe to our eNewsletter

2010-02-21T23:32:00.000+10:00

Remember to subscribe to our eNewsletter to keep up to date on the latest Boots Creative + The Coffee Table Book products, promotions and latest designs ... subscribe at http://www.thecoffeetablebook.com.au

Latest Wedding Album design

2009-08-23T00:09:00.000+10:00

Check out the latest Wedding Album Designs by Boots Creative

http://www.thecoffeetablebook.com.au/gallery/craigandmaree/
http://www.thecoffeetablebook.com.au/gallery/michaelandrenee/
http://www.thecoffeetablebook.com.au/gallery/kymandglenn/
http://www.thecoffeetablebook.com.au/gallery/aimeeandglenn/

You don't need to win Master Chef Australia to publish your recipes!

2009-07-26T00:05:00.009+10:00

Did you like 2 million+ other Australian enthusiastic cooks around Australia tune into watch Julie take out the Master Chef title against Poh on Australia’s Master Chef on Channel 10 recently and get inspired to publish your own favourite recipes in a cook book?

Well you don’t need to win Master Chef Australia to get your recipes published !
The Coffee Table Book will design and publish your very own cook book with YOUR recipes.

Order from as little as one copy or several to give as gifts to family and friends or to sell. Whether its a simple collection of written out recipes or a high end designer cook book including photos of your cooking masterpieces, we can produce a coffee table book you will be proud of and pass along to future generations of family cooks. The books can be anything from your family favourites, a specific cuisine, etc.

Get cooking, get writing, get published !

Bon Apetite !

Latest Wedding Album design

2009-05-09T00:03:00.001+10:00

If you are a busy photographer you should be outsourcing your wedding album design to a professional designer. It will allow you to spend time on your business developing marketing strategies to increase revenue and spend time doing what you love - photography, all without sacrificing quality.

With our contemporary designs and quality service, we will add value to your business, but most importantly your clients will love their albums. Testiment to the many happy clients under our wings is the small amount of revision we do and comments such as -

“I love it… totally and I’m positive they will too….mmmm…. Big kisses… xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx“

– Yohti Images.

Check out some of our most recent work at http://www.thecoffeetablebook.com.au/weddingalbumsample.html

Wedding Album and Coffee Table Books - May Specials

2009-05-01T00:01:00.007+10:00

Visit www.thecoffeetablebook.com.au to check out our May 2009 Specials.

Wedding Albums - 15% discount on our flushmount or magazine style Wedding Albums.

Coffee Table Books - an extra 10 sides FREE in any of our Cappuccino range books.

Offer expires on 31 May 2009 so HURRY IN to take advantage of these great deals.

Radio B105 Naked Wedding - check out the Wedding Album of Ellie & Phil

2009-03-12T00:00:00.001+10:00

Early this year Brisbane Radio Station B105 and the team of Labby, Camilla and Stav ran a competition with the prize being a Wedding, a naked wedding infact.

Phil and Ellie tied the knot on 12 February 2009 at Gianni’s Portside.

Check out the Wedding Album design on our website.

Photographer: Glen Krohn

Latest Wedding Album design

2009-03-09T23:52:00.000+10:00

Boots Creative just finished creating our latest wedding album design for Paula Gray of Thats Me Photography for newly weds Amanda and Brenton.

The clients were thrilled with the first draft of the design meaning not one revision.

View the design at http://www.thecoffeetablebook.com.au/clients/amanda&brenton/index.html.

With a succession of satisfied clients, consider using Boots Creative for your wedding album design!

Tis the season to be Jolly

2008-10-21T23:47:00.001+10:00

Stuck for christmas present ideas – something that hasn’t been done to death? No need to resort to socks and undies - why not get your photos published in a coffee table book. Boots Creative will beautifully arrange your photos to tell a story of your family in a story book. You must order by 31 October 2008 to get your book by Christmas.

The Benefits of a Graphic Designer to design your Wedding Albums or Wedding Books

2008-10-02T23:45:00.000+10:00

Attention Professional Photographers – by outsourcing your Album Design to a Professional Graphic Designer you enhance your photographic business tenfold – saving you time and allowing you to spend more time on your business and taking photographs.

With unique design ideas and techniques your wedding and portrait clients will be amazed with the presentation of their photos. Your photographs maybe amazing on their own, but when we get the images to tell a story in one of our unique designs – even you will be amazed how amazing your photos are!

With many styles of albums to choose from - contemporary coffee table books, stylish flushmount albums and canvas prints, we have got you covered. We are continually keeping upto date with design trends and new products by sourcing local and overseas manufacturers to ensure we offer the highest quality products, designs and service.

Give your business the “boot up the bum” with Boots Creative.

Latest Wedding Album design

2008-10-02T23:29:00.000+10:00

Check out Boots Creative’s latest Wedding Album design – and thanks to Brisbane Bridal Photography for the great images to work with http://www.thecoffeetablebook.com.au/weddingalbumsample.html.

If you are a couple just married or a photographer in the need of an Album Designer, please contact us on email info@thecoffeetablebook.com.au.

Latest Wedding Album design

2008-09-10T18:25:00.007+10:00

Here is one of our latest wedding album designs - this is a great example of a wedding album in a portrait format.

To view wedding album click here http://www.thecoffeetablebook.com.au/book_nicoleandscott.html

Book on display at PMA Imaging Technology Show - Momento stand

2008-05-21T23:42:00.001+10:00

Book displayed at PMA Imaging Technology Show – Momento stand

Make sure you check out our beautiful Erin & Tim Square Coffee Table Book www.thecoffeetablebook.com.au/book_erinandtim_cappuccinosquare.html displayed at the Momento stand during the PMA Imaging Technology Show in Brisbane Australia in 2008. Photography by Shelley Lumley of Brisbane Bridal Photography www.brisbanebridal.com.au

Product Release / Contempo Wedding Albums

2007-03-21T23:26:00.000+10:00

A hybrid between the traditional flushmounted pages for durability with edge-to-edge printed layouts but the look of a high-end coffee table book, complete with photo printed cover.

All Contempo wedding albums are supplied with a heavy duty case to protect your album for many years to come.

Check out the Contempo wedding album at http://www.thecoffeetablebook.com.au/albums_products.html

Why Photographers should outsource their album design

2007-02-16T23:25:00.000+10:00

For professional photographers, outsourcing your album design will leave you to concentrate on other important tasks, all without sacrificing the quality you provide to your clients -

+ adding value to your business without added work
+ time for marketing to generate business to increase sales and profitability
+ liaising with clients
+ more time shooting
+ branching out into other areas of photography to boost revenue
+ and more time to spend with family and friends

Publish your family photos in a one of a kind photo book

2007-02-01T23:22:00.000+10:00

What better way to show your family how much you love them, than to publish the family photos in a Coffee Table Book for all to enjoy.

Cherish those moments before they vanish forever !! – dont leave them on your computer to only lose them in a computer crash.

Visit the website for products and pricing ....

The Coffee Table Book BLOG! welcomes you

2007-01-01T23:11:00.000+10:00

Boots Creative + The Coffee Table Book [ www.thecoffeetablebook.com.au ] is a boutique wedding album and coffee table book design business based in Brisbane Australia. We service clients all over Australia and internationally as well.

We specialising in designing unique and contemporary coffee table books (photo books) and wedding albums for photographers, brides and grooms, and individuals.

The Coffee Table Book offers a range of products suitable for Wedding Albums, Wedding Guest Books, Parent Albums, Family and Portrait books, Baby Brag books, Pet Books, Portfolios, Sales and Marketing tools, and gifts for all occasions – birthdays, Christmas and Anniversaries …

What will your book be?

Anything you can photograph can go in a Boots Creative Coffee Table Book !