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Welcome Home

A gotcha-day book: the story of the day they came home.

A personalized storybook celebrating the day your pet came home. Welcome Home tells your pet's origin story (the empty house before, the day you found each other, the drive home, the first night, and all the small ways they became family), illustrated from a single photo of your actual pet, kept looking like themselves on every page. Perfect for a brand-new arrival, an adoption gift, or your pet's annual Gotcha Day. Delivered as a print-quality PDF, lovingly hand-finished within 24–48 hours. Customized with your pet's name, how you found each other, your first-day memory, and the quirks that make them yours. Because every pet deserves the story of the best day: the day they finally came home.

  • Price$29
  • Illustrations8 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 lookRequired
  • He, she, or theyRequired
  • Illustration styleRequired
02

The homecoming

  • Who they came home toRequired
  • Their favorite thing in the worldRequired
  • Where they love to sleepRequired
  • The day you brought them homeOptional
  • A quirk that's all theirsOptional
  • A child in the familyOptional
  • Who else is in the homeOptional
  • NicknamesOptional
03

Tone & options

  • A new arrival, or a gotcha-day anniversaryOptionalChoosing “anniversary” reveals one more question: how many years home.
  • How many years ago did they come home?OptionalOnly on the anniversary path.
  • Where they came fromOptional
  • Their life stageOptional
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