A keepsake book

The Story of Your Pet

A life, and the love that stayed: the whole story of who they were.

An 8-page personalized keepsake that tells the whole story of a life: your pet's. The Story of Your Pet is written in your voice, to them: who they were, the ordinary days, the goodbye, and the love that didn't end with it. Illustrated from a photo of your actual pet (their real coat, their real face) in soft watercolor across every page. Customized with your pet's name, the rituals that were only yours, and the small things only they did. Written for grown-ups, honestly and with love: a book that says the hard word and keeps the good one. Delivered as a print-ready PDF, lovingly hand-finished, within 24–48 hours.

Price$32
Illustrations7 painted from your photo
FinishedBy hand, in 24–48 hours

Order this book See the full book (PDF)

You'll check out first, then tell us about your pet (about 5 minutes).

A few gentle questions and a photo. We paint it and send you a print-quality PDF.

After checkout

The questions you’ll answer

After checkout we’ll ask about your pet (about five minutes, with one good photo ready). Here’s everything we’ll ask, so none of it is a surprise; or simply read the example we used to paint the sample above.

Your pet

Their nameRequired
What kind of animalRequired
How they lookRequired
He, she, or theyRequired
Illustration styleRequired

Their life

Your name, as the dedication should readRequired
The ritual that was the best part of the dayRequired
Their favorite thing in the worldRequired
The small things only they didOptional
One ordinary day you keep coming back toOptional
Something of theirs you still haveOptional
A line for the dedicationOptional
A child to co-sign the dedicationOptionalAppears only in the dedication signature (“& [name]”), never a character, never illustrated.
NicknamesOptional

Tone & options

How they diedOptional
Where the book says they are nowOptional
Other pets at homeOptional

One last thing

Anything else we should know?OptionalSomething the questions didn't cover. We read every note by hand.

Required to start Optional, degrades gracefully if left blank

The example we used

The answers behind the sample

These are the exact answers behind the sample illustrations above: a filled-in example of what “good” looks like.

The original

The photo we started from

One clear snapshot. This photo is what every painting in the book is drawn from.

Their name

Cooper

What kind of animal

dog

How they look

a golden retriever with a deep honey-gold coat, a feathered tail, and white gone soft around the muzzle

He, she, or they

Illustration style

watercolor

Your name, as the dedication should read

Margaret

The ritual that was the best part of the day

the last quiet half hour before bed, you with your chin on my foot while I read

Their favorite thing in the world

the long loop around the lake every morning, nose to the wind the whole way

The small things only they did

the way you brought me a single shoe every time I came home, never the pair, just the one

One ordinary day you keep coming back to

we drove out to the river and you swam until you were too tired to swim, then slept the whole way home

Something of theirs you still have

your worn leather collar, still on the hook by the back door

A line for the dedication

Thank you for fourteen years of walks and warm mornings.

A child to co-sign the dedication

Ellie

Nicknames

Coop, the old gentleman

How they died

peaceful

Where the book says they are now

rainbow-bridge

Other pets at home

Your answers can be just as short. We do the writing and the painting. You bring the pet and the moments.