A Keepsake Gift
Ninety Years Deserves More Than a Card
She's lived through nearly a century of history — and all of your family's. Put it in a book the whole family will keep forever.
A 90th birthday isn't really a birthday — it's a family landmark. Four generations often gather in one room, and at the center of it is a woman who remembers things the history books get wrong. Your grandma has watched the world remake itself again and again, and through all of it she was living the story your family is made of. This is the birthday to capture it, honestly and without waiting. The book is built from your family's memories and her most-told stories, and it becomes the centerpiece of the party — passed hand to hand, read aloud, argued over lovingly ("that's not how Dad tells it"). Families who make a book for a 90th tell us the same thing: they wished they'd done it a decade sooner, and they were so glad they didn't wait a decade more. Some gifts celebrate a day. This one preserves a century.
How it works
About 20 minutes from first question to finished book
Previewing the book is completely free — you only pay when you're ready to order.
- 1
Create their profile
~3 min
- 2
Build the chapters
~10 min
- 3
Design the cover
~5 min
- 4
Preview and order
~2 min
Sample questions
The kind of memories we'll help you capture
- What do you know about her childhood — and what do you wish you knew?
- What's the story she tells that the grandkids ask for again and again?
- What did her hands always seem to be making — recipes, gardens, quilts, letters?
- How did she and grandpa meet, in her telling of it?
- What's one piece of her advice the whole family still repeats?
- What would be lost forever if her stories were never written down?
What's inside
A hardcover book made just for them
A premium 8.5" x 8.5" hardcover book with a soft matte cover. Roughly 24 pages of written chapters, your photos, and gentle illustrations come together to tell their story in their own light.
Every page is designed to feel like a keepsake — something they'll pick up years from now and read again.
Frequently asked
Questions we hear most
- How long does shipping take?
- Printed hardcover books ship within 2–3 weeks of ordering. The digital version is available immediately after checkout.
- How long does it take to create the book?
- About 20 minutes from your first answer to a finished preview. You can pause and come back anytime — your progress is saved.
- What if I don't know all the answers?
- That's completely normal. Skip anything you're unsure about, or invite family members to help fill in the details. The book works beautifully with the memories you do have.
- We want this ready for a big family party — how far ahead should we start?
- Start 4–6 weeks ahead to be comfortable. The book itself takes about a sitting to create and 2–3 weeks to print and ship — the buffer is for gathering stories from a big family, which is half the fun.
- Can we make extra copies for her children?
- Yes — many families order a copy for each household so grandma's story sits on every branch of the family tree.