A MEMORY-KEEPING SERVICE

The Kept Book

A life, gathered by hand.

Across multiple guided conversations and treasure-hunting through your memorabilia, your stories are evoked and paired with photographs and mementos into a handmade scrapbook memoir. This is part storytelling and part priceless heirloom, made to be opened again and again by the people who come after.

what's included:

  • Two to three in-depth consultation sessions to gather stories, materials, and photographs

  • Supplemental materials sourced as needed

  • A handmade scrapbook album, personally assembled

  • One round of review/revision together

  • Delivered personally

  • Digital copy delivered via email

Items to Keep:

The objects that belong in The Kept Book are rarely the ones a family thinks to save. These items typically get set aside during a moving day clean-out because the family doesn’t quite know what to do with them. Then, they disappear.

The Visual Record
Old photographs and new ones. Images of the distant and recent past, plus everything in between. Postcards. Maps. This is proof that a person existed in specific places at specific times, and that the history they lived in matters.

The Paper Trail
Handwritten letters, notes, and grocery lists. Birthday cards. Diary entries. Recipes of dishes shared from one generation to the next. These are the only places where this person's handwriting still exists on paper.

The Markers of a Life Lived
Ticket stubs, event programs, brochures, newspaper clippings. Evidence of what a person showed up for: the concerts, the games, the ceremonies, and all the other moments they thought were worth keeping a record of.

The Official Record
Certificates, diplomas, family records, historical deeds, expired identification cards. These are the documents that trace a life through its formal milestones. An expired license is a face at a particular age. A deed is proof that someone built something, owned something, and put down roots somewhere specific.

The Unexpected Things
Fabric swatches. Pressed flowers. Award ribbons. Stickers and stamps. Business cards from a career that spanned decades. These are the objects that don't fit a category and therefore almost never get saved.