Your Parents' Story, Illustrated
An original storybook with both of them as the heroes, drawn from their own photos. Built for the anniversaries where a card is not enough.
The big anniversaries are hard to shop for because the obvious gifts are all too small. Twenty-five, forty, fifty years is not a flowers occasion. It is a milestone that outlasted most of the people who attended the wedding, and the standard options are a framed photo of a day nobody in the room remembers clearly and a restaurant reservation.
This is the other option. Upload a clear photo of each of your parents and the AI illustrates from both, so the two characters carry their real faces through every page. Then you describe their story: how they met, the house with the terrible boiler, the move, the years that were hard and the ones that were not, the joke they have both been telling since 1981. Twelve illustrated pages get written and drawn around what you give it.
Children and grandchildren can be in it too, up to five characters in total, each with their own photo. For a fiftieth this is often what turns the gift from sweet into overwhelming: the two of them at the start of the story, and by the end, everyone who exists because of it, illustrated on the same page.
One honest note about the format. This is a picture book, so it is warm and light rather than a formal family history. If you want a serious archival record, this is not that. If you want something the whole family can gather around and read out loud at the party in ten minutes, and that your parents will then keep on a shelf where visitors can see it, this is exactly that.
Free. No card. Your photo stays private.
Your photo stays private
Painted from your photo
Made by a family
Printed to last
Why This Fits a Milestone Anniversary
The strange thing about a long marriage is how little of it is written down anywhere. There are wedding photographs and there are recent phone pictures, and in between are forty years that exist only as stories the family repeats. Writing them down is the actual gift. Having them illustrated is what makes it an object rather than a document.
It is easy to check before you commit. Upload a photo, sign in with Google so the book is saved to you, and a free illustrated cover appears in about a minute, no card needed. Then describe the story, and the first two pages are illustrated free. Three free redraws come with the preview, shared across the cover and those pages, so you can adjust the look at no cost.
- Both of them, drawn as themselvesEach character reads from their own photo, so your parents look like your parents on every page.
- The whole family can appearUp to five characters in total, so children and grandchildren can be in the story alongside them.
- Made to be read at the partyTwelve illustrated pages, about ten minutes out loud. Short enough to read to a room, long enough to be a real story.
- Redraws includedUnlocking the full story comes with at least 15 redraw credits, spendable on any page or the cover.
How a book gets made
The first two steps are free. Nothing to install, no card to enter.
Describe Their Story
Write down what the story should be about: what they are known for, what they did, who else belongs in it.
Upload One Photo
One clear photo of them. Our AI illustrates from it, so the hero carries their real face on every page.
Choose Your Format
Digital by email in minutes, or a printed 32-page book. Extra personal pages can be switched on if you want them.
Story Ideas That Work Well
You describe the story rather than picking from a list. Three that work for a long marriage.
How They Met
The version the family knows by heart, including the bits each of them remembers differently. Illustrated, the disagreement becomes part of the charm rather than a problem to resolve.
The Houses They Lived In
A story shaped as a journey through the places: the first flat, the house with the leak, the one they are in now. Decades of a marriage are easiest to picture as a series of front doors.
Everyone Who Came After
Start with the two of them and end with the entire family. For a fiftieth, this is reliably the page that stops the room.
Pick how you want it
Every book starts with the same free cover. Print orders include the digital book.
Digital book
The full 12-page book as a download. Read it on any screen tonight.
Choose digitalSoftcover and digital
A printed softcover, shipped to your door, plus the digital book.
Choose softcoverHardcover and digital
A rigid library-quality hardcover, shipped, plus the digital book.
Choose hardcoverPrinted books arrive in about two weeks and can carry up to six personal pages. The digital book is ready the moment it finishes.
Planning It With Your Siblings
- 1
Use a separate photo for each parent
A photo of them together is a weaker reference than one clear picture of each. Each character reads from their own image, so front-facing, well-lit, unobstructed shots give the best likeness.
- 2
Collect stories before you write the description
Ask siblings, aunts, and old friends for the specific details: the year, the car, the argument, the name of the street. A story built from three generations of memory is much richer than one person's version.
- 3
Order early for a fixed party date
Printed books take 5 to 7 business days to produce before shipping begins, so give yourself two weeks minimum. The digital version is ready to download within minutes if the timeline slips.
Common questions
Can both of my parents be the heroes?
Yes. A book can have more than one main character, and adults are a supported hero type. Upload a clear photo of each of them and choose the oldest reading level so the writing suits adults.
Can grandchildren be in the anniversary book?
Yes. Up to five characters can appear in total, and each one can have their own photo so they are illustrated as themselves. For a milestone anniversary this is usually the most affecting part of the book.
How do I turn fifty years into twelve pages?
Pick a spine and stick to it: how they met, the places they lived, or the family they built. Twelve pages cannot hold everything, and a book that tries to becomes a list. One clear thread with specific details reads far better out loud.
Is this a formal family history?
No, and it is worth being clear about that. It is a picture book: warm, light, and readable in about ten minutes. If you want an archival record, this is the wrong format. If you want something the family reads together at the party, it is the right one.
What comes in the printed edition?
A 32-page book: the twelve story pages as full spreads with a full-bleed illustration facing its text, plus title pages and decorative endpapers. Extra personal pages such as a dedication, a letter from you, and a photo page can be switched on if you want them, and they start switched off.
What does it cost and where does it ship?
Digital is $14.99 as a download. The softcover bundle is $39.00 and the hardcover bundle is $49.99, both including the digital copy. Printed books ship to 50 countries. The digital edition works anywhere.
From our family to yours
We are a family business in Las Vegas, named after our daughters, Delilah and Mia. The anniversary books taught us something we did not expect: most families have no written record of their own origin story, only an oral one that changes slightly with each telling. Printing one version of it, with both people drawn as themselves, seems to matter to families far more than we anticipated when we were building a product for five-year-olds.
Sean Delilah and Mia's dad
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