Personalized Book for Your Girlfriend or Wife: Christmas, Anniversaries, Valentine's

Updated: October 22, 2026.

She remembers everything. The song in the car on your second date, what you were wearing at her sister's wedding, the exact words of your first fight. A gift that remembers it too is hard to beat.

A personalized book for your girlfriend or wife turns your story into an illustrated storybook with both of you as the main characters. Your faces, drawn from your photos. Your story, from your own words. Make it for Christmas now, and the same idea works for your anniversary or Valentine's Day later.

Why a storybook of the two of you lands

I built Lullaby for bedtime stories with my three kids. What surprised me was how many people used it to tell a different story: their own. The reactions are the same. Nobody cries at a nice illustration. They cry when they turn the page and see the kitchen of their first apartment.

It shows you were paying attention. Every detail in the book is one you chose: the café, the nickname, the dog's ridiculous sweater.
It isn't tied to one day. Jewelry and flowers say "Christmas" or "anniversary". A book about your story fits all of them, and it stays on the shelf.
It grows with you. A first book for your first Christmas; a second one when you get engaged, move, or have a baby.

You can read real books other couples made, page by page, on the personalized book for couples page.

8 story ideas for your girlfriend or wife

Use real names and real places. A specific detail ("the blue tram in Lisbon") makes a far better book than a general one ("a trip abroad").

1. How you met

"Amara and Luca both sprint for the same Lisbon tram and both miss it. They laugh on the cobbles, share a pastry while they wait for the next one, and swap numbers before it arrives."

2. The long-distance chapter

"Seven hours apart, they invent Sunday lunch-dinner on video: her desk salad in Chicago, his pasta in Milan. A countdown app ticks down to 41 days, and the book ends with him waiting at arrivals holding a plate of pasta."

3. Your first trip together

"Ella plans every minute of their first trip to Rome. On day one it rains, the museum is closed, and they spend the afternoon in a tiny bar learning card games from the owner. It's still the day they talk about most."

4. The proposal, from her side

"Tell it the way she tells it: the hike she didn't want to do, the ring box he kept checking in his pocket, the moment she figured it out before he got down on one knee." If she proposed to you, even better.

The weekend ritual that is just yours: Saturday pancakes, a running club, the crossword, a garden that never quite grows. "Every Sunday, Maya and Josh do the crossword in bed and argue over one clue. Page by page, a year of Sundays, and the one clue she still won't let go."

6. When your family grew

"First it's just Hannah and Yusuf. Then their son Leo arrives, then a very loud cat named Pickle. The book ends with all four piled on the couch on a rainy Sunday." Up to four characters fit in a book, pets included. It's a lovely one to read with the kids.

7. Your story, year by year

"From 2012, when Grace and Kwame met at a friend's party, to their tenth anniversary: the first flat, the wedding, the trip to his grandmother's village, the night their daughter was born." Enter each person's age when you add the characters and say in the idea what year each moment happened. Pages set 10 or more years ago show you both at the age you were then. Lullaby may ask for a photo from that time; if you don't have one, skip it and it draws you from today's photo. This one is made for anniversaries.

8. Why you love her

Not a plot, a list: one reason per page. "The way she sings in the car. How she remembers every friend's birthday. The face she makes when she's about to win an argument." Simple, and often the one that gets the biggest reaction.

How to make the book from your photos

Upload a photo of yourself and one of her. A clear, front-facing photo works best. Add each person's age. Lullaby turns the photos into cartoons, and you review them before the story is written. You can also describe someone in words instead of using a photo.
Add anyone else. Kids, the cat, the best friend who set you up. Up to four characters.
Add your places. Upload a photo of the café where you met or your first home so it shows up in the illustrations.
Write the story idea. Start from an idea above or tell it your way. Say whether you want it funny, romantic or both.
Pick an illustration style and create the book.
See the free preview: the cover and two illustrated pages, so you see how you both look before you pay.
Unlock the digital book for $14.99 to see every page. You can edit the text and regenerate illustrations (with a limited number of regenerations).
Order a printed book later, if you want one. It's a separate purchase: softcover $29.99, hardcover $39.99 or layflat $59.99, plus shipping.

Christmas now, anniversaries and Valentine's later

For Christmas, the digital book is ready in minutes once you unlock it. Printed books are made to order, so check the estimated delivery date for your address before you pay; there's no single date that fits every country. If the printed copy won't make it, give her the digital book on the day and the printed one after.

For an anniversary or Valentine's Day, you have time to get it exactly right: try a few story ideas, change a page that isn't quite her, and order the printed book well ahead.

Making one for him too? Here's the companion guide: personalized book for your boyfriend or husband. For more examples, see the sample books on the personalized book for couples page.

Frequently asked questions

What is a good personalized book for my girlfriend?

A storybook about the two of you, with both of you illustrated as the main characters. The best ones are built on something real: how you met, a trip, a long-distance stretch, a phrase only you two use. On Lullaby you upload a photo of each of you and write the story idea; the book is written and illustrated from that.

Is it a Christmas gift or an anniversary gift?

Either. The book is about your story, not the date, so the same idea works for Christmas, your anniversary, Valentine's Day or her birthday. If you make it for Christmas, an anniversary book later can pick up where this one ends.

Can the book show us as we were years ago?

Yes. Enter each person's age when you add the characters and say in the story idea what year each moment happened. Pages set 10 or more years ago show you at the age you were then. Lullaby may ask for a photo from that time; you can skip it, and it draws you from today's photo.