Dearbound
A keepsake book

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)

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

Before you order

The questions you’ll answer

Set aside 5–10 minutes and have one good photo ready. Here’s everything we’ll ask — gather your answers first, 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
Required to start Optional — degrades gracefully if left blank