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A keepsake book

If Your Pet Could Talk

A joyful letter, in their voice, for a good day.

A 6-page personalized letter written in your pet's own voice (warm, funny, and true), addressed to you by name. The things they'd say if they had the words for one afternoon: what they love about you, the ordinary days they live for, and how they really feel when you walk back through the door. Illustrated with a watercolor portrait of your actual pet, painted from a photo you upload, not a generic breed picture. A gift for a birthday, a gotcha day, or no reason at all. Has your pet died? There's a quiet option at checkout to have the letter written in the past tense, as a keepsake of them.

  • Price$29
  • Illustrations2 painted from your photo
  • FinishedBy hand, in 24–48 hours
Order this bookSee 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.

01

Your pet

  • Their nameRequired
  • What kind of animalRequired
  • How they lookOptionalOptional, but it helps us paint the cover.
  • Who the letter is written toRequired
02

The letter

  • A quirk or two that are only theirsRequired
  • A ritual that's the best part of the dayRequired
  • The spots that are theirsRequired
  • Their favorite thing to doRequired
  • NicknamesOptional
  • Together since…Optional
03

Tone & options

  • Is your pet here with you, or is this a keepsake?OptionalChoosing the keepsake (past-tense) path reveals the gentle grief questions below.
  • Is this for you, or a gift?Optional
04

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