Family Holidays
Family Holidays
The trips, the caravans and the stories everyone tells differently.
Everyone adds their own photos from the same trip.
Remembered by Mum, Ruth, Tom and Sarah
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Collaborative family memory books
Create a family memory book together.
Gather photographs and memories from the people who know them best, or add them yourself. Lovingly Kept brings them together in a personalised memory book, with each story kept in the contributor’s own words and thoughtfully laid out for you.
Free while we’re in early access, and no sign-up needed. Your project is deleted after seven days, so download your book before then. Just looking? See the Hartleys, an example family, with a finished book.
- Private to your family
- No AI, ever
- Free in early access
Who remembers this?
How it works
From one photograph to a family keepsake.
Start with a photograph. Invite the people who were there. Gather their memories. Create the book.
1
Add a photograph
Choose one from your phone, or take a picture of an old print. No photograph? Start with a memory.
Elm Road, ’72What others remember
Margaret · Nan
That’s our front step on Elm Road.
Uncle James · Mum’s brother
0:00 / 0:42Tom · her grandson
I’m the one hiding behind Mum!
2
Invite memories
Family and friends add their own words, or record their voice.
Your 12 memories
They're all in. Tap any you'd like to leave out.
- Elm RoadIn the book
CampingIn the book
PicnicLeft out
3
Review & arrange
Every memory is included. Leave any out, and put them in the order you like.
Ready
Our Family
32 pages · 8 × 8 inches
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Create your book
We lay out every page for you. A digital book now, printed hardcovers next.
Before you start
Your family’s memories deserve care.
Lovingly Kept brings photographs, written stories and voice recordings together in a personalised family memory book. Here is what matters to us as we build it.
Your memories, shared on your terms
Your family stories are personal. We’re building Lovingly Kept around controlled sharing, so families can contribute to a book without making their memories public.
Your words, your story
Family memories should sound like the people who shared them. We preserve contributors’ own words rather than rewrite, summarise or polish their stories with AI.
You choose what belongs in the book
The person creating the book decides which contributions appear in the finished keepsake.
Photographs that remain yours
Photographs should reflect the moments your family captured. We avoid decorative filters and retouching that change the original image.
A keepsake to hold on to
Family photographs, stories and voices together in one personalised memory book. Digital first, with printed books planned.
Clear pricing
Straightforward pricing with no unexpected subscription. What each format includes is explained before you pay.
Found photograph
Edie?
Found photographs
The photograph nobody can name.
Every family has a box of them. Add the ones you can't place, and the family helps you work out who, where and when.
- Who might these people be?
- Where might this have been taken?
- Is anything written on the back?
A guess is welcome. “Edie?” stays on the photograph until someone knows for sure. When the family has worked it out, mark it We've worked it out.
Inside the book
Every memory, laid out for you.
A photograph with its caption, a page led by someone’s words, or several people remembering the same moment side by side. We choose a layout for each memory, and you can change any of them. Every book is 8 × 8 inches.
Digital book now · Printed hardcover coming soon
The Hartleys
Cover
Cover
The Hartleys’ example book, page for page as Lovingly Kept makes it. Open the example family
Voices you can hear again
Hear Grandad tell it, in his own voice.
Record instead of typingAnyone can tell a memory out loud. It takes a minute, and nothing needs to be written down.
Scan to listenIn the book, a small audio card sits beside the story. Scan it with a phone camera to hear the original recording.
Only if you want themVoices are optional. Photographs and written memories make a complete, beautiful book on their own.
Add your memory
I saved for nearly two years before I could afford it.
Or say it out loud (optional, up to a minute)
Stop recordingRecording… 42 of 60 seconds
Grandad’s first carWhat others remember
Grandad
I saved for nearly two years before I could afford it.
0:00 / 0:42Mum · his daughter
That’s Grandad.
Emma · his granddaughter
Who is the little boy at the front?
What will you keep?
Every book starts with one photograph. Here are three a family might make.
Recipes that remember
Recipes that remember
The family recipes, and the memories of everyone who sat at the table.
Mum swears there was more nutmeg? Both versions are kept.
Remembered by Mum, Gran and the cousins
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Dad’s Stories
Dad’s Stories
His life, told through the photographs and stories of the people who know him best.
Uncle Clive recorded his part. Scan the page to hear him.
Remembered by Sarah, Uncle Clive and Maya
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Gather everyone’s memories of someone you’ve lost, in one book the whole family can keep.
One family’s book
Dad’s Stories
His life, told through the photographs and stories of the people who know him best.
1
The photograph
Sarah adds a picture of her dad in his first car. One photograph starts the story.
Dad’s first car, ’79Sarah · kept this photograph
Dad with his first car, outside Nan’s house.
What others remember
Uncle Clive · his brother
We drove it to Margate the week he passed his test. It broke down twice.
0:00 / 0:51Maya · his granddaughter
Grandad still says it was the best car he ever had.
2
The family remembers
His brother tells the story behind it. Everyone adds what they know.
Ready
Dad’s Stories
34 pages · 8 × 8 inches
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The finished keepsake
Their words and voices, kept together in one book.
Example family
Meet the Hartleys
Open the example family to see a finished memory wall and a completed book. You can even try being a relative: open a private link to one of their photographs and add a memory of your own.
Names, photographs and memories in the example are illustrative.
Who are they?
For the people you invite
Easy for everyone to add a memory.
They open it on any phone or computer and share what they remember, in writing or out loud.
Just a link
No app, no account
Each person gets a private link. They can come back to it as often as they like.
“I'm not sure”
Any answer is fine
They can say they're not sure, that they don't remember, or skip a question altogether.
Who else might remember?
Pass it on
When they’ve finished, they can invite someone else who was there, if you’ve allowed it.
Pricing
Free while we’re in early access.
One person starts the book. Everyone they invite adds their memories for free.
Early access
Free
Make your book and download the PDF at no cost.
From launch: digital book £19 · printed hardcover from £49 (planned prices).
- An 8 × 8 inch digital memory book
- Photographs, stories, captions and voices
- Pages laid out for every memory you include
Printed books are planned. We’ll tell you here when they’re available.
Questions, answered
Frequently asked questions
A few things you may want to know before you start.
Who can contribute?
Anyone you invite. Family members, friends, children, grandchildren and other people who share memories of the person or family can each add their own contribution.
Can I add voice recordings?
Yes, if you’d like to. Voices are optional. In the book, a small audio card sits beside that story, and scanning it with a phone camera plays the original recording. We plan to let you download every recording with your book, so you always have your own copy.
Do you use AI to write the stories?
No. Lovingly Kept doesn't rewrite, summarise or polish anyone's memories. What goes into the book is exactly what your family wrote or said.
Who can see our memories, and what goes in the book?
Only you and the people you invite. Links are private. You see every memory before the book is made, and you choose which photographs go in.
Is it a subscription?
No. During early access, making and downloading a book is free. From launch, the digital book is planned at £19, paid once per book. There’s nothing to renew.
Is there a printed book?
Lovingly Kept starts as a digital book. Printed books are planned, and we’ll let you know when they’re available.
Can I create a book about someone living with dementia?
Yes. You can gather the photographs, stories and voices that capture the person and their life beyond their diagnosis. “I’m not sure” and “I don’t remember” are always fine answers. Lovingly Kept is a keepsake, not a medical or therapy product.
Can I create more than one book?
Yes. You can make more than one book from your family’s photographs and memories. During early access, every book is free, and each project is permanently deleted seven days after it’s started.
Some memories are too important to leave scattered.
Bring your family's photographs, stories and voices together and create something worth keeping.
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