Let’s build your book

Before we begin.

This takes about ten minutes. Gather your favorite photographs from your child’s first year into an album on your phone or a folder on your computer, so they’re ready when it’s time to upload.

Moments to gather

Everyday moments and the milestones you love: first steps, time with grandparents, a first big giggle.

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Choose Edition
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Upload Photos
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Book Personalization
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Payment
Step 1 of 4 Choose Edition

Save your progress.

Add your email and we’ll save your place as you go, ready whenever you return. even on another device. Entirely optional; skip ahead anytime.

Save & Resume

We’ll only use this to save your book and send your order updates.

Select your edition

Each edition sets the number of photographs and illustrations in your book.

Selected
Keepsake
a beautiful beginning
15 illustrations
$895
Free standard shipping · 4–6 weeks
  • Cloud leatherette, your color choice
  • Silver or gold foil debossing on cover
  • Handmade Amalfi cotton paper, deckled edges
  • Hand-bound in Italy
  • Personal inscription page
  • Archival, made to endure for generations
  • Eco-friendly gift packaging
Selected
Heirloom
a year, beautifully told
22 illustrations
$1,195
Free priority shipping · 4–6 weeks
  • Cloud leatherette or Distressed Italian leather
  • Patterned archival endpapers
  • Silver or gold foil debossing on cover
  • Handmade Amalfi cotton paper, deckled edges
  • Hand-bound in Italy
  • Personal inscription page
  • Archival, made to endure for generations
  • Eco-friendly gift packaging
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Legacy
the fullest telling
30 illustrations
$1,595
Free priority shipping · 4–6 weeks
  • Cloud leatherette, Distressed or Sequoia Italian leather
  • Patterned archival endpapers
  • Traditional leather tie closure
  • Silver or gold foil debossing on cover
  • Handmade Amalfi cotton paper, deckled edges
  • Hand-bound in Italy
  • Personal inscription page
  • Archival, made to endure for generations
  • Rich earth-toned gift packaging

Every edition includes an online proof. You’ll see your actual illustrations and approve them before we print.

Your photographs

Heirloom edition

One or two photographs a month from your baby’s first year. Plus a few favorites: first steps, a big giggle, meeting grandma.

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Their first year

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Their story, coming together

Moments from their first year, from their fleeting first memories to their first full year on Earth.

This order becomes your book — every photograph becomes a page

Hold and drag a photograph to its month

Tap to open it — star a few as First LightA First Light moment is a special one. It is illustrated with extra color, vibrancy, and life. An important moment in your child’s first year. moments

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Add your photos
Choose from device or drag & drop
Choose them all at once. We’ll arrange them by date.
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Book Personalization

Every detail here is yours to choose. Take your time. Nothing is final until you pay.

The Name & Date

Enter your child’s name and date of birth. you’ll see them debossed on the live preview as you choose your color and foil.

Cover Material

Choose the material and color for your cover. Each swatch is shown with its reference code.

Three heirloom storybooks in different Cloud leatherette cover colors: warm grey, blush pink and sky blue
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Foil & Lettering

Choose the foil color and lettering style for the name and date pressed into your cover.

Foil color *

Aa
Silver foil
Aa
Gold foil

Cover lettering style

Eleanor
Julius Sans One
Eleanor
Parisienne
Eleanor
Cormorant Garamond
Cover Embellishment
Inscription for the First Page

Write the words you'd like printed on the opening page of your child's book. Up to 200 characters.

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How your book is made

Your photographs are transformed into original illustrations with the help of AI-assisted artistry, then printed on handmade Amalfi paper and bound by hand in Italy. Because every book is individually created and hand-finished, the illustrations are a unique interpretation of your photos, never an exact copy. Like the year they capture, no two books are ever the same, and those gentle variations are part of what makes your book one of a kind.

Confirmation & Payment

Review your details and complete your order. Nothing goes to press until you approve your proof.

Edition
Illustrations
Cover material
Foil color
Name on cover
Date format
Name
Date of birth
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Contact & Shipping
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If anything isn’t right, we’ll make it right. A real person is here at support@firstlightstorybooks.com.

By completing payment you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, and confirm you have the rights to share the photographs in your book. All sales are final once you approve your proof and production begins.

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Your order is confirmed

Thank you, friend.

We're so honored you've trusted us with these memories. Right now, your photographs are beginning their transformation into illustrated art, and the story of a first year is about to become something you'll always want close. Each book is made by hand in a limited number each month, and yours is now one of them.

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A note from us
Within a couple of days, we'll send a warm hello confirming everything has arrived safely.
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Your proof
Within about two weeks, we'll email you a proof of your storybook: your actual illustrations, page by page, to see online. Quick sketches for the early months, full watercolor for the recent ones. When it feels just right, approve it and we'll begin.
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The making
Once you approve, your book is brought to life by hand, printed on handmade Amalfi paper and bound by master artisans in Italy. Slow, deliberate work, the kind that lasts.
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On its way to you
When your book is ready, we'll email you shipping details and tracking so you can watch it make its way home. Most storybooks arrive about a week after shipping.

A confirmation is on its way to your inbox. If anything comes to mind in the meantime, even a change of heart about a photo, just reply to that email or write to us anytime. A real person will always write back.

support@firstlightstorybooks.com

With care,
The First Light family

Your edition

Heirloom

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