Your Story, Written Down and Illustrated
An original storybook with the two of you as the heroes, drawn from your own photos. For an anniversary, a birthday, or no occasion at all.
Couples accumulate a private canon. The disastrous first apartment, the drive nobody should have attempted, the running argument about the correct way to load a dishwasher, the day everything changed and only the two of you noticed. You retell these constantly and you have never once seen them drawn.
That is what this makes. Upload a clear photo of each of you and the AI illustrates from those photos, so both characters carry your actual faces across every page rather than resembling you vaguely on the cover. Then you describe the story: where it starts, what happens, and which of your private landmarks belong in it. Twelve illustrated pages get written and drawn around it.
It is worth being honest about the register. This is a picture book, which means it is warm and a little funny rather than solemn. If you are looking for something grand and serious, this is the wrong shape. If your relationship runs on shared jokes and a story you both tell badly, it is exactly the right one, because a picture book is permitted to be affectionate without embarrassment in a way a framed print is not.
Children and pets can be in it too, up to five characters in total, each with their own photo. For a lot of couples that turns the book from a gift into a family record: the two of you at the start, and everyone who arrived afterward, illustrated together in one story. Printed as a hardcover, it is the sort of thing that stays out on the table rather than going into a drawer.
Free. No card. Your photo stays private.
Your photo stays private
Painted from your photo
Made by a family
Printed to last
Why This Beats the Usual Anniversary Options
The standard romantic gifts have a common failure: they are generic objects with a personal message attached. Engraving does not make a bracelet about you. A book has the opposite property, because the content is the gift. Someone has to sit down and decide what your story is, in order for the book to exist at all.
It is easy to test before committing. 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 before spending anything.
- Both of you, drawnEach character can have their own photo, so you both look like yourselves throughout the book, not just on the cover.
- Your actual storyYou describe what happens. The story is written around your details rather than assembled from a template with names swapped in.
- Room for the familyUp to five characters in total, so children and pets can be part of the story alongside the two of you.
- Free preview firstSee an illustrated cover, then two illustrated pages, before any payment. No card required to look.
How a book gets made
The first two steps are free. Nothing to install, no card to enter.
Describe Your Story
How you met, the trip that went wrong, the joke you have both been telling for years. You write the premise.
Upload a Photo Each
One clear photo per person. Each character is illustrated from their own picture, so you both look like yourselves.
Choose Your Format
Digital by email in minutes, or a printed keepsake. Children and pets can join the story, up to five characters.
Story Ideas That Work Well
You write the premise yourself rather than choosing from a menu. Three shapes that work well for a couple.
How It Started
The night you met, retold as an adventure with obstacles. Works best when you include the unflattering details: the bad haircut, the wrong bar, the friend who nearly ruined it.
The Trip That Went Wrong
Every couple has one journey that was a disaster at the time and a favorite story now. Illustrated, it becomes the definitive version, including the part you each remember differently.
The Two of You and Everyone Since
Start with the pair of you and add the children and pets who turned up later. Good for a milestone anniversary, and it gives the whole family a page they are all on.
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.
Making It Land
- 1
Use two separate, clear photos
A photo of the two of you together is a worse reference than one good photo of each. Each character reads from their own picture, so a front-facing, well-lit, unobstructed shot of each person gives the strongest likeness.
- 2
Be specific and slightly unflattering
The details that make a partner laugh are rarely the flattering ones. The car that did not start, the meal you burned, the argument about the map. Write those in and the book stops sounding like a greeting card.
- 3
Decide early whether it needs to be printed
The digital version is ready to download within minutes, which is enough if the date is tomorrow. A printed copy needs 5 to 7 business days to produce before shipping, so about two weeks of lead time keeps it calm.
Common questions
Can a book be about two adults rather than a child?
Yes. Adults are a supported character type, and the book can have more than one hero. You would upload a photo for each of you and choose the oldest reading level so the writing suits grown-ups.
How many photos do I need for both of us?
One clear photo per person. Each character reads from their own reference photo, so separate, well-lit, front-facing pictures work far better than a single photo of the two of you together.
Can our kids and pets be in the story?
Yes. Up to five characters can appear in total, including pets, and each one can have their own photo so they are drawn as themselves.
Is it romantic or is it funny?
It is a picture book, so it leans warm and light rather than solemn. That is a good fit for couples whose relationship runs on shared jokes, and a poor fit if you want something formal and serious.
How do I fix a page I don't like?
The preview includes three free redraws shared across the cover and the two free pages. Unlocking the full story adds at least 15 more redraw credits that you can spend on any page or the cover.
What are the formats and prices?
Digital is $14.99 and is ready to 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.
From our family to yours
We are a family business in Las Vegas, named after our daughters, Delilah and Mia. The couples' books were not the plan. We built this for children and then somebody made one for their husband, and it turned out that the thing people most want illustrated is the story they have been retelling to each other for years. There is something about seeing your own worst road trip drawn properly that a photograph of it could never do.
Sean Delilah and Mia's dad
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