A wedding gift with the two of them inside it
A personalized wedding gift book that stars the couple, written from the story of how they found each other and made from their photos, ready for the registry table or the wedding morning.
Registries are full of toasters. A personalized wedding gift book is the one present that is actually about the couple: the two of them as the characters, made from their photos, in a story we write from how they met, who said what first and which of them was late to the first date. It sits on the gift table and gets opened before the cake.
Friends and parents order it for the couple, and plenty of couples order it for each other, to be opened on the wedding morning with the coffee. Tell us the story, choose a style (watercolor for the album shelf, cartoon for a couple who met at a comedy show), and we write and illustrate it for you. The hardcover has a dedication page for your toast.
The gift that gets read at the reception
Most wedding gifts are useful and forgettable, and the couple will not remember who gave the salad bowl. A book with the two of them inside is different: it gets passed around the reception, read aloud by the best man and kept on the shelf of every home they live in after. Because we write it from the story you tell us, it holds the details that only their people know, the karaoke, the flat tire, the text that was sent to the wrong person.
Five ways this book could go
Use one as it is, or tell us your own. The story is written fresh either way.
Two strangers keep missing each other across a city for years, then finally share an umbrella.
The wedding day from the ring bearer's point of view, with the rings entrusted to a six-year-old and a dog.
The groom's friends narrate every terrible date that came before the good one, as a warm-up to the ending.
A couple who met in a hospital break room, told as two heroes saving the same day from different ends.
The wedding morning as a quest: one partner searches for the vows, the other for the car keys, both find each other.
Your idea
The stuffed rabbit, the trip to the lake, the sourdough that never rose. Type it in and it ends up on the page.
Start the bookReady tonight, printed in about ten days
Tell us about them
Name, age, what they love, the occasion, and a photo or two. Up to three people or pets in one book, any age.
See the first pages free
We write and illustrate a story around them in the style you picked. Change anything before you pay.
Read it, then hold it
The digital book is yours in minutes. Add the Keepsake Hardcover with your dedication printed on the first page.
Gifting tips
- Ask the couple's friends for the story of the first date; each side remembers it differently.
- Use engagement photos with faces close and clear rather than a wide shot on a hillside.
- Sending it as a couple? Sign the dedication with something from the vows you are about to say.
- Order the hardcover a month before the wedding; the digital edition covers a last-minute invitation.
One price per book
The Storybook
- Up to 24 pages in any art style
- Their photo becomes the hero
- Online, PDF and a link to share
Keepsake Hardcover
- 8.5″ square premium hardcover
- Dedication and bookplate printed inside
- Ships in 7–12 business days
Not sure of their photo or their favourite things? Send an e-gift and let them make it.
Wedding book questions
What is a personalized wedding book?
It is a storybook in which the bride and groom, or the two grooms, or the two brides, are the main characters, drawn from their photos in the style you choose. We write the plot from the story of how they got here. The keepsake edition is an 8.5-inch square premium hardcover with a dedication page and printed bookplate, and it includes the digital edition.
Can I give it from one partner to the other?
Yes, and it makes a good wedding-morning gift, opened with the coffee before the hair and makeup arrive. Write the story of the two of you from your side, which your partner has never fully heard, and put the thing you want to say on the dedication page. Watercolor or painterly suits the occasion; claymation suits a couple who laughs a lot.
Is it a good gift from the parents of the bride or groom?
Parents have the earliest chapters: the kid who refused to wear shoes, the teenager who swore off dating, the phone call that said this one is different. A book that starts there and ends at the altar is a gift nobody else at the wedding can give. Send photos of your child and their partner, and sign the dedication as the family they are joining.
What if the wedding is this weekend?
Buy the digital edition, which is ready tonight, and show it on a phone or tablet at the reception. Then order the keepsake hardcover, which ships in 7–12 business days, and give it when the couple is back from the honeymoon and finally has time to sit down. An e-gift code also works if you would rather they build the book themselves.
