Words from their people, for a new baby

Grandparents, aunts, uncles and friends share a welcome, their hopes and the advice they'd give, including letters to open one day.

How it works

1. Create the event in the app with their name and a photo, and a date for memories to be in by.
2. Invite everyone who know them by email from your contacts, or share one link in a group chat. You'll see who has opened, joined and shared.
3. Everyone answers a different question with a video message, a voice note, photos, a story or a quote, from the app or any web browser. No account needed.
4. Make the film and the book. The moments are chosen, ordered and set to music. Preview free, change anything, re-make it as more memories arrive.
5. Unlock and share the full HD film for the celebration and the photo book, and order printed copies.

The kind of questions people are asked

• Record a hello for Sam to watch one day.
• Share a photo of you with Sam's family and tell them who you are.
• What's one wish you have for Sam's life?
• Tell Sam something about their parents they might not know.
• What were Sam's parents like as kids?
• Tell Sam a family story that should be passed down.
• What's the world like right now, as Sam arrives?
• What do you hope Sam grows up to love?

Each person is offered three, chosen for how they know Sam. Most can only be answered once, so the stories don't repeat. More question ideas.

When to start

Any time around the birth or a naming day.

Tips

• Ask each person for one letter to open on a future birthday.

Questions

Also known as: baby keepsake book, letters to baby, baby shower messages.

Other occasions

In memory · Birthday · Wedding · Anniversary · Retirement · Farewell · Graduation · Get well · Something else