Birthday books

Every milestone is worth marking

The same book, made for a tenth birthday or a ninetieth — by the people who know them, in their own words.

We make the book for

10th13th18th21st30th40th50th60th70th80th90thRetirementAnniversary

Ten and thirteen

10th13th

Do you ever wonder if she’ll remember the holidays, the birthdays, the everyday things you put so much love into? Most of childhood blurs by the time they’re grown. The book is the version she’ll have, in her hands — the years she won’t remember herself, told by the people who were there for them.

Stories from her grandparents, her aunts and uncles, her closest friends. Photos from every year. The things her people would say about who she’s becoming. A book she opens at ten, re-reads at fifteen, and keeps.

The world will spend the next decade telling her who to be. The book is what the people who love her say, before that noise starts.

Eighteen and twenty-one

18th21st

At the start of everything, the book of who she has been to the people who shaped her. Family stories. Photos from every year. The words of her closest friends about who she is and what they love about her. Gathered before she walks into the next decade — for her to carry forward, for her parents to keep when she leaves home.

Thirty, forty, fifty

30th40th50th

We don’t usually tell our friends and family — properly, out loud, in writing — why they matter to us. The book is the chance to do it before life moves on. Photos from every chapter so far, stories from the people who watched it happen, plain words about what they mean to the people who love them. For them to read. For their kids one day to read too.

Sixty, seventy, retirement

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The book of their life, told by the people who lived it with them. Their key moments, the photos that mark each chapter, and the things you would say in a speech if you ever stood up to give one. Gathered properly. Bound properly. For them to read on their birthday, for the grandchildren to read when they’re older, for everyone who’ll one day reach for the book on the shelf.

Eighty and ninety

80th90th

A book of who they have been, in the words of the people who knew them across the decades. Photos from every era of their life, stories the family has told for years, the things their people would say if asked. For them to read now while they are here to enjoy it. For the family to keep on the shelf for as long as the family lasts.

Anniversaries

Anniversary

The story of your years, told by the people who watched it happen. Photos from the wedding, the kids, the moves, the everyday. Stories your friends and family tell about the two of you. What your people would say about what you’ve built. A book the two of you read together, and the children read after.

The board keeps growing. The book gives them something to hold.

People add to the board as they think of things, and the book is a printed edition of what you choose when you are ready. You can make one after a month, after a year, or whenever enough has gathered.

What we do, so they don’t have to

Structure, design, guidance, prompts — that’s our job. Knowing the person — that’s yours. The book reads as if everyone knew exactly what to say. We helped them know.

What is inside

Era chapters
That tell the recipient’s life chronologically through photos and key moments.
Stories
A chapter for the longer memories the people in their life want to tell.
Why We Love You
For the things their people would say out loud if they ever got the chance.
  • Made by their peopleMany voices, one book
  • Private by defaultYours until you share it
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