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Your stories. Beautifully illustrated. Printed in hardcover.

Share the memories. Orvelle writes and illustrates a one-of-one hardcover book for someone you love.

A finished book to read, write in, and pass down.

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Original writing and illustration

A photo book arranges images. Orvelle creates something different.

Original narrative prose, written specifically for this story and paired with full-page illustrations created exclusively for each book.

Every book is a first edition of one.

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What can go inside?

Your story determines what goes inside.

Some books are meant to be read. Some are meant to be written in. Some become family archives. Yours can be all three.

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Inside your edition

Original Story

Your memories become an original narrative written specifically for your book.

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Inside your edition

Original Illustrations

Your story is brought to life through illustrated scenes created for this book alone.

Inside your edition

Journal Pages

Give family and friends space to write memories, stories, advice and reflections.

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Inside your edition

Family Recipes

Preserve handwritten recipe cards and family recipes in a printed recipe section.

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Inside your edition

Letters & Messages

Words from family, friends, loved ones, or future generations.

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Inside your edition

Photographs & Keepsakes

Bring meaningful photographs and personal details into the story.

Inside your edition

Family History

Preserve names, relationships, traditions, and stories across generations.

A finished wedding edition designed around the occasion

Inside your edition

Occasion Pages

Build pages around the purpose of the book—from wedding details to family traditions.

Occasion editions

Made for the moments that matter.

Every occasion calls for something a little different. Your story determines what belongs inside.

Wedding edition

Wedding

More than a love story.

Tell the story of how they met, fell in love, got engaged and found their way to the altar. Then make the book part of the celebration.

Illustrated love story

Wedding-day guide pages

Guest message pages

Photographs and keepsakes

After the wedding, it becomes the story of the day — and the people who were there.

Create a Wedding Edition

Memorial

Remember their life. Preserve what they left behind.

A memorial shouldn't only tell people when someone was born and when they passed. It should tell them who they were.

Illustrated life story
Family memories
Journal and reflection pages
Custom family recipe collection

Preserve their recipes, too.

Upload old recipe cards, handwritten recipes, photographs or family recipes you've kept for years. We'll turn them into a beautiful recipe section that can live in the back of the book.

So someone can read about Grandma's life — then make Grandma's pie.

Create a Memorial Edition

Grandma's handwritten recipe preserved beside a printed family recipe book

Recipe collection

Stories you can make again.

Family Legacy

Make your family history something future generations can hold.

Every family has stories that live in someone's memory. Orvelle turns those memories into a family book designed to be passed down.

01Multiple generations
02Family tree
03Traditions and recipes
04Pages for future stories

A family history isn't finished when the book arrives.

Build Your Family Legacy

An expressive oil-painted portrait of a beloved cat

Favorite placesDaily routinesLittle things

Beloved Companion

The story of a life lived beside yours.

Tell the story of the life you shared — how you met, the ridiculous things they did, their favorite places, their routines, and the little things you'll always remember.

It's about everything that happened after you brought them home.

Create Their Story

Explore all occasions

Made to be used

A book that becomes part of real life.

Family recipes

Preserve the recipe. Preserve the story.

A family recipe can carry as much history as a photograph. Provide handwritten or existing recipes to include alongside the story of the person who made them part of your family.

Read Grandma's story. Then make Grandma's pie.

Create Their Book

Weddings

A wedding book that becomes part of the wedding.

Before: The couple's story and useful wedding information.

During: Guest messages, memories, advice, and participation.

After: A lasting illustrated keepsake.

Explore Wedding Editions

How it works

You share the details. Orvelle writes and illustrates the book, then sends every page for your approval before printing.

Tell Orvelle the story.

Use the guided form to share the subject, tone, key memories, and occasion. You do not need to write the story; Orvelle handles that.

Choose the edition and art medium.

Choose one of four editions, sixteen included art mediums, and any available book size.

Orvelle makes a first edition of one.

Orvelle writes original narrative prose and creates full-page illustrations for this story alone. Nothing is templated or reused.

Review every page before print.

Read the PDF proof, request your included revision round, and approve the final version. Nothing prints without your approval.

Nothing prints until you approve it.

See The Orvelle Method

SEE IT YOURSELF

See what your memories become.

From the first page to the last, your story becomes a real book.

The watermark appears only on this preview PDF, your printed book will not have it.

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Beautiful enough to display. Meaningful enough to keep forever.

This isn't a digital album or a collection of files. It's a hardcover book made to live on a shelf, sit on a coffee table, be opened years from now, and passed from one generation to the next.

A real book.

Hardcover in three available sizes

Custom cover with matte or glossy finish

Collector: linen binding, spine foil, and custom dust jacket

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Five illustration styles for personalized Orvelle story pages, example 1 — Interior illustrated pages

Five illustration styles for personalized Orvelle story pages, example 2 — Interior illustrated pages

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See the entire book before we print it.

You'll receive a complete digital proof of your book. Review the story, look through every page, and make your included changes before approving it for print.

PDF proof within 12 hours. Nothing prints without your approval.

01Receive the complete digital proof.
02Read every page and review every illustration.
03Request your included revision round.
04Approve the final book before anything prints.

Your complete digital proof

Adobe PDF proof

Review every page in Adobe PDF.

Open your complete proof on any device and review every page before printing.

Adobe PDF formatEvery page included

Read every page

Review every illustration

Pricing

Choose the edition that fits your story.

Every edition includes original writing, illustrated story spreads, journal pages, a hardcover binding, and a complete digital proof before printing.

Classic

$55

A beautiful illustrated story for the memories that matter most.

Included in this edition

15 illustrated story spreads
25 journal pages
Signature light grey casewrap cover
Premium 80lb coated bright white paper
Book size selected next
Digital proof included

Choose Classic→

Most popularKeepsake

Keepsake

$79

Our most popular edition.

More room for the story — plus pages designed to make the book something you'll continue to use and revisit.

Included in this edition

20 illustrated story spreads
40 journal pages
Matte casewrap
12 cover colors included
Premium 80lb coated bright white paper
Book size selected next
Digital proof included

Choose Keepsake→

Heirloom

$109

For bigger stories, families and lives that deserve more room.

Included in this edition

30 illustrated story spreads
80 journal pages
Matte casewrap
12 cover colors included
Premium 80lb coated bright white paper
Book size selected next
Digital proof included

Choose Heirloom→

Limited ProductionCollector

Collector

$149

The complete story.

Designed for the biggest memories, deepest histories and stories meant to be passed through generations.

Included in this edition

40 illustrated story spreads
120 journal pages
Linen-bound hardcover
Foil-stamped spine
6 linen colors
Custom-printed dust jacket
Premium 80lb coated bright white paper
Book size selected next
Digital proof included

Choose Collector→

Optional book additions

Add recipe or journal pages.

Choose the optional pages you want included in your book.

01Available add-on

Recipe Collection

Turn family recipes into a beautiful section of the book.

Printed recipe pages preserve the dishes they were known for.

02Available add-on

Extended Journal Pages

Give more people space to leave memories and messages.

Add writing space in sets of 10 pages.

For wedding planners

Give every guest a piece of the story.

Before the wedding, it can serve as the couple's story, guide, timeline, wedding-party reference, and guest experience. During the wedding, guests can add messages, advice, and memories. Afterward, it becomes a lasting illustrated keepsake of the day.

Explore Wedding Guest Editions Start a wedding set

10 to 1,000 guests

Volume pricing for intimate celebrations, destination weddings, and large-scale events.

One approval flow

Upload the roster, review every guest note, and approve the complete set before production.

Private uploads
Secure checkout
PDF proof before printing
Nothing prints without approval
Written in 27 languages

Frequently asked questions

Questions before you begin?

Start with whatever you have—photographs, names, memories, stories, dates, recipes, notes, or even a few sentences. The guided form helps you share the details.

You do not need to write the story. Share memories, names, routines, and details in the guided form. Orvelle handles the writing and illustration.

Yes. You can upload photographs to help capture likeness, personality, people, and places in your book.

Yes. Upload photographs or scans of handwritten recipe cards and notes. The optional Recipe Collection can incorporate family recipes into a custom printed section.

Yes. Every edition includes journal pages, and additional writing space is available in sets of 10 pages.

Yes. You receive a complete digital proof and can review every page before anything is printed.

Yes. One revision round is included with every edition before print. Nothing prints without your approval.

Your digital proof is emailed within 12 hours of purchase. After approval, the complete order typically arrives in about two weeks. Orvelle ships worldwide; international customs charges may apply.

Yes. Each book is created from the information, photographs, memories, and stories provided for that order.

Yes. Orvelle supports weddings, memorials, family legacies, beloved companions, and other occasions available through the occasion directory.

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What story would you want to hold onto forever?

A wedding. A parent. A grandparent. A family. A beloved companion. A tradition. A recipe. A lifetime.

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Every book is a first edition of one.

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