Custom Color Pencil Sketch Style Storybook from Your Photos and Story – 8.5” Square Hardcover
(based on 46 sitewide reviews)
$59 Classic · $79 Extended
✨ Turn Your Favorite Memories Into a Beautiful, Storybook Adventure ✨
Transform your child, grandchild, or loved one into the hero of their very own professionally illustrated hardcover book.
With our Color Pencil Sketch style, your photos are transformed into hand-drawn illustrations with soft shading, delicate line work, and rich pencil textures — like a beautifully illustrated storybook sketched by an artist just for your family.
🌿 How it works:
Enter your email address when personalizing.
We will send you an email with a link to create your book.
Upload 3–8 photos of your child, family, pet, or special moment
Tell us about the story — names, personality traits, favorite activities, meaningful memories
We generate a fully written, heartwarming story with custom watercolor-style illustrations inspired by your photos
You can ✏️ edit the text and 🎨 use our built-in AI image editor to adjust each illustration
Once approved, your book is printed as a premium 8.5” x 8.5” hardcover and shipped directly to your door.
📖 What You’ll Receive:
8.5” x 8.5” Premium Hardcover Book
Professionally printed & bound
Fully personalized story
Custom color pencil sketch-style illustrations
A one-of-a-kind keepsake made from your memories
🎁 Perfect For:
Birthday gifts
New baby keepsakes
Adoption stories
Grandparent gifts
Memorial tributes
Holiday gifts
“Just because” moments
If you have photos and a memory, we can turn it into a book.
💛 Why Parents & Grandparents Love This:
Unlike generic personalized books, this one is built from your actual photos and stories.
The characters look like your loved ones.
The story reflects their personality.
The final result feels deeply personal — not templated.
It’s not just a book.
It’s a memory you can hold.
Production & Fulfillment
Each Once Upon a Memory book is custom made just for your child. We partner with a trusted print fulfillment team to carefully produce and ship every order.
Because your book is personalized, production typically takes:
7–8 business days for standard shipping
6–7 business days for expedited shipping
Once production is complete, your order is handed off to the selected shipping carrier. Delivery time will vary based on the shipping method and destination.
For orders shipped outside the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, please allow additional time for potential customs clearance delays. While uncommon, customs processing is outside of our control and may extend delivery timelines.
Returns & Refunds
Since each book is custom printed specifically for your order, we are unable to offer refunds or cancellations once production has begun.
However, if your book arrives with a production defect or print quality issue, please contact us within 7 days of delivery. We’ll gladly review the issue and arrange for a replacement if necessary.
Our goal is for every Once Upon a Memory book to be a treasured keepsake, and we stand behind the quality of what we create.
