A middle-aged man listening to an older man during a quiet conversation in a warmly lit home.

OUR STORY

We exist because
forgetting is a loss
no one should bear.

Rated 4.9/5 by 56 UK families

OUR MISSION

“Every life — every single one — holds a story worth keeping. We make sure it's never lost.”

THE ARCHIVE

How Tell Me Your Story came to be

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THE CRAFT

Made to last generations

We spent months working with specialist bookmakers to develop a journal that felt worthy of its contents. The cover alone carries gold foil stamping and debossing — each edition with its own detail on the spine — over rigid 2.5mm greyboard wrapped in 157gsm gloss art paper, finished with a woven headband and a ribbon marker in a shade to match. Even the corners are rounded through every page, not just the cover. Every specification was chosen with a single question in mind: will this still be treasured in 100 years?

WHY UK-BASED MATTERS

A British brand, designed with purpose

Every detail was designed and quality-checked here in the UK, then packed and dispatched from our warehouse in Sheffield — so your order arrives in days, not weeks, with none of the customs delays or long-haul shipping that comes with buying from overseas. We wanted a brand that felt considered end to end: generous, enduring, and designed the way a real keepsake deserves to be.

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THE PROBLEM

Stories that silently disappear

Every family has stories that exist only in one place — in the memory of one person. The recipes, the places, the moments of courage or heartbreak or joy. When that person is gone, those stories are gone forever. We kept asking ourselves: why isn't there a beautiful, thoughtful way to capture them?

THE VISION

A journal that feels like a gift

We believed that the right tool had to be two things at once: a gift so beautiful that a loved one would feel honoured to receive it, and a journal so thoughtfully structured that they would actually want to fill it. No blank pages. No intimidating pressure. Just loving questions, waiting patiently to be answered.

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THE LEGACY

More than a journal. A family archive.

Once the last page is filled, something shifts — this stops being a gift and becomes a record. Whoever finds it, someday, won't see a book on a shelf; they'll see handwriting they recognise, memories they never knew, a whole life lived before they existed. That's the story worth preserving.

THE MAKING

Built to outlast a century

Rounded durable corners

Rounded durable corners

120 gsm archive paper

120 gsm archive paper

2.5mm greyboard, 157gsm wrap

2.5mm greyboard, 157gsm wrap

Matte anti-scratch lamination

Matte anti-scratch lamination

As Seen On TikTok

The videos our customers can't stop sharing

In their own words

  • "My mum is filling this in for us grandkids to read one day. It means a lot knowing her stories will be kept somewhere safe."

    — Natalie

  • "The paper quality is excellent and there's plenty of space for my nan to write in her own time."

    — Jo

  • "My mum said the questions brought back memories she'd forgotten. We ended up chatting for hours after she read some of the answers out loud.""

    — Sarah

CHOOSE THEIR EDITION

Whose story needs telling?

Four editions and one complete family set — to preserve the lives of those you love most, in their own words.