Anniversary
The anniversary book that tells your year, or your fifty.
A personalized anniversary book is a hardcover about the two of you: the fourteen memories you choose, written in your voice like a long love letter and painted from your photos. For a first anniversary it is the paper gift that is actually about you. For a fortieth or fiftieth it is the gift for the couple who has everything. You approve every page before it prints.
The first anniversary: paper
Paper is the traditional gift for the first year, and most people end up with a card and a dinner. A book about the year itself is paper with the story inside: how you met, the first trip, the day you moved in, the wedding, and the first year after it. Thirty pages, hardcover, with the two of you painted into each scene.
For a husband or a wife, after many years
The longer you have been together, the harder a gift gets, because they already own everything. What they do not own is the story told in order, in your words. You choose the memories, including the ones you only tell at dinner parties, and the book carries them from the first night to now. Inside jokes included.
For your parents
A fortieth or fiftieth anniversary gift from the children is the one most often described as "they don't need more stuff." You give the memories as you know them, with their photos from each decade, and you read every page before it prints. Siblings can check the details with you. The book arrives looking like them at every age.
How it works
You answer short questions about fourteen memories in plain notes, about ten minutes, and share up to ten photos. The book is written in your voice and painted from the photos, a person checks it, and you approve every page before it prints. About two weeks to the door. More on what a personalized love book is.
Questions people ask
- Is a book a proper paper anniversary gift?
- Yes. The first anniversary's traditional gift is paper, and a hardcover book about your first year is the most paper you can give. The modern first-year gift is a clock; the book covers both, because it tells the year in order.
- We have been married thirty years. Is there enough story?
- There is more than enough. You choose the fourteen memories that matter, and the paintings follow you through the years, so you look like yourselves at twenty-five and at fifty-five.
- Can I give one to my parents?
- Yes, and many people do. You answer the questions about them, with their photos. If you are not sure of a detail, ask a sibling; the book should be right, and you approve every page before it prints.
- How far ahead should I start?
- About two weeks before the date. The book is ready for your review within days; the rest is printing and shipping.
See a real one before you decide
The home page shows real spreads from a finished book, so you can judge the writing and the painting yourself. Orders open soon; the first-access list hears first and gets a first-order code.
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