Couples memory book: your year together, illustrated
One book for every year of your relationship. Answer 10 questions about the year you just shared, and Love Tales writes each memory as its own chapter and illustrates it with the two of you, drawn from your photos. The year goes on the cover: our first, our seventh, our twentieth.
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The short answer
What is a couples memory book?
A couples memory book is a keepsake that holds the moments of a relationship in one place. The Love Tales version covers one year at a time: you answer 10 questions about your year together, and each answer becomes a written chapter with its own illustration of the two of you. Make one every year and the books become a series.
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Key takeaways
- One book per year, with the year number printed on the cover.
- 10 chapters from 10 questions, and 10 more questions to swap in.
- Nothing to fill in: it arrives written, illustrated and bound.
- You preview every page and edit any line before you pay.
Inside the book
Inside a year in review book
Every chapter is a spread: the illustration on one page, your memory written out on the other. These two come from a real couple's seventh year.
Contents
The 10 questions behind your relationship memory book
The same 10 questions open every year, so your books read side by side. Each one becomes a chapter.
Our favourite memory of the year
What's your favourite memory from this year and why?
A trip we will never forget
What special trip or event did you share this year and what made it special?
Something new we tried together
What did you do together for the first time this year?
The soundtrack of our year
What were your favourite books, movies/shows and/or songs this year?
What made us laugh the most
What made you laugh the most this year?
The challenge we faced together
What was a hard challenge you both went through together this year?
What I learned about you
What did you learn about your partner this year?
When I felt most loved
When did you feel most loved by your partner this year?
How we grew this year
How have you both evolved this year?
What we hope for next year
What are you hoping for in the year ahead together?
Swap any chapter for one of these
Some years are about a new ritual or a big decision more than a trip. Trade any default question for one that fits.
- A moment with the people we love
- The inside joke we invented
- The place that became ours
- An ordinary day I will always remember
- The little ritual we started
- The best surprise of the year
- The big decision we made
- A meal we will always remember
- When I was so proud of you
- A small moment I cherished
A book every year
One book a year, a shelf of your years together
Start with this year, whichever year it is. The cover carries the number, so the books line up in order and the series grows with you.
Which year are you celebrating?
Your cover will read
Our seventh year together
Years one to ten are written in words, from eleven on in numerals.
Your year in review book in 3 steps
Created from your answers and illustrated from your photos.
Answer 10 questions about your year
Your favourite memory, the trip, what made you laugh, what you hope for next year. Add photos of you both and pick the year for the cover.
Love Tales writes and illustrates
Each answer becomes a chapter with its own full-page illustration, the two of you drawn in the same style on every page.
Preview, edit, then keep it
Change any line as often as you like and use up to 30 illustration regenerations. Then download it, or order the hardcover.
Compare
Couples memory book vs couples journal, scrapbook and photo book
All four keep your memories. The difference is who does the writing and the layout, and whether the result is finished when it reaches you.
| Love Tales couples memory book | Fill-in couples journal | DIY couples scrapbook | Year in review photo book | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who writes it | Love Tales, from your answers | You, by hand | You, as captions | You, as captions |
| Pictures | Illustrations of you both, from your photos | Space to glue prints | Your printed photos | Your photos, laid out |
| Finished when it arrives | Yes | No, blank pages | No, you assemble it | Yes, once you design it |
| Your work | 10 questions, then edits if you want | Weeks of prompts | Supplies and an afternoon or more | Choosing photos and a template |
| Made to collect yearly | Yes, year number on the cover | Usually one volume | Usually one album | Yes, one per year |
If you would rather lay out your own photos, Mixbook and similar photo book makers do that well. This book is for the stories behind the photos.
What our customers say
Real reviews from couples who transformed their love story into a beautiful keepsake book
Trustpilot4.5 out of 5 · 58 reviews(opens in a new tab)When to make it
When couples make their yearly book
Pick one date and keep it, and every book covers exactly one year.
- Your date
On your anniversary
The most common choice: each book covers the year since the last anniversary. For year one, it doubles as a one year anniversary book that starts the series.
Anniversary books - Dec
At the end of December
A year in review before the new one starts. Answer the questions together over the holidays, or make it alone and wrap it.
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Start the first book of your series
Answer 10 questions about this year and see your chapters before you pay.
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