Three Services,
Each Distinct
Cresthollow offers three archival services for Malaysian households. Each produces a printed deliverable. Each is editorial and informational only.
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Our Approach to Every Engagement
Every Cresthollow engagement follows the same sequence, regardless of service type: a review of the material available, a confirmation of scope, editorial arrangement and design, client proofing, and print production. The sequence does not change. The depth of each stage varies according to the service.
We do not begin production until we have reviewed the material and confirmed that we have everything required to complete the work. We do not go to print until the household has reviewed and approved the draft. These two commitments hold across all three services.
The visual design applied throughout draws from herbarium and natural history reference traditions: thin borders, small botanical line drawings, italic small caps for titles, and a reading serif for body text. This language is consistent across all our work, so pieces produced at different times sit together naturally on a shelf or in a folder.
Service One
Herbarium of Family Recipes
RM 1,180 per volume
A small printed volume that gathers up to twenty family recipes as supplied by the household, presented in a herbarium-style layout with a short editorial note on each recipe and clean typesetting throughout. Two printed softbound copies and a digital PDF are delivered. The service is editorial and archival: recipes are recorded as supplied, with no advice given on their content.
- Up to twenty recipes gathered and typeset
- Short editorial note on each recipe
- Two printed softbound copies delivered
- Digital PDF file included
- Client proofing stage before print
Process Steps
Household supplies recipes in any form — handwritten, typed, or dictated
We review and confirm the list of recipes and the editorial notes
Layout and typesetting produced in herbarium plate format
Client proofing: household reviews draft and requests corrections
Final printing and delivery of two copies plus digital file
Typical timeline: 6–8 weeks from receipt of material
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Family Garden Memory Plate
RM 320 per plate
A short engagement to record the planting history of a family garden — what grew, who tended it, when it changed — through a single visit, photography, and a one-page printed plate suitable for framing or filing with family papers. One printed plate is delivered. The service is reflective and informational only: we record what the household shares and document what we observe.
- Single on-site visit at a time convenient to the household
- Photography of the garden as currently found
- One printed A4 plate, framing-quality stock
- Client proofing before plate is produced
Process Steps
Date and time agreed for the garden visit
Visit conducted: photography and note-taking, guided by household
Draft plate composed and shared for proofing
Corrections addressed, final plate printed and dispatched
Typical timeline: 3–4 weeks from visit date
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Service Three
Estate Reference Compendium
RM 4,140 per compendium
A larger reference compendium of approximately sixty pages, produced across five months, that compiles the household's heritage material — papers, photographs, recorded conversations, household notes — into a single quietly designed printed volume delivered in two copies. Editorial and archival throughout: no regulated subject is addressed, and no advice is given on the material beyond its arrangement and composition.
- Approximately sixty pages, fully designed and typeset
- Compiles papers, photographs, notes, oral accounts
- Two printed hardbound copies delivered
- Staged payment across the five-month period
- Full client proofing before final printing
Process Steps
Initial consultation: material review and scope agreement
Material collection: documents, photographs, recorded conversations gathered
Editorial arrangement: content sequenced and structured over weeks two to four
Design and typesetting: approximately sixty pages laid out in months three and four
Client proofing and correction in month five, then print and delivery
Timeline: five months from engagement start
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Which Service Is Right?
|
Recipe Volume RM 1,180 |
Garden Plate RM 320 |
Estate Compendium RM 4,140 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Best suited for | Preserving family recipes | Recording a garden's history | Full household heritage |
| Printed copies | 2 softbound | 1 framing plate | 2 hardbound |
| Digital file | On request | ||
| On-site visit required | Sometimes | ||
| Typical timeline | 6–8 weeks | 3–4 weeks | 5 months |
| Staged payment option |
Not sure which is right? We are glad to discuss before any commitment is made.
— Pricing —
Clear Prices, No Additions
Herbarium of Family Recipes
RM 1,180
per volume
- Up to 20 recipes
- 2 printed copies
- Digital PDF
- Client proofing
Family Garden Memory Plate
RM 320
per plate
- One on-site visit
- Photography
- 1 framing-quality plate
- Client proofing
Estate Reference Compendium
RM 4,140
per compendium · staged payment available
- ~60 pages designed
- 2 hardbound copies
- 5-month production
- Full client proofing
— Across All Services —
Standards That Apply Throughout
Private Material Handling
Household documents and records shared with us are not retained after delivery. Digital copies are deleted. Nothing is referenced or reproduced externally.
Client Proofing Without Exception
Every service includes a proofing stage. Nothing is printed until the household has reviewed and approved the layout. Corrections within this stage carry no extra charge.
Timelines Stated and Kept
Production schedules are set at the start of each engagement. We communicate promptly if anything changes rather than falling quietly behind.
PDPA-Compliant Practice
Personal data handling complies with Malaysia's Personal Data Protection Act 2010. We do not collect more information than the engagement requires.
Print Quality Inspection
Printed copies are inspected before dispatch. Any copy that does not meet our stated standard is reprinted at no cost to the household.
Prices Stated Before Work Begins
Published prices are the actual prices. There are no additions for consultation, proofing, or minor scope adjustments discovered during production.
Begin with a Conversation
If you are uncertain which service fits your household's material, we are glad to discuss the options before any scope is agreed.
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