Create Your Own Storybook

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Love Story Book

Once upon a time in the world of technology came a website that would create your very own personalized happily ever after storybook… for FREE! With this program, you can re-tell your own love story in the form of a custom love storybook and dedicate it to your Prince Charming. The site provides a variety of artist’s illustrations which you personally select, put in order and add your own text. You can make your own book, share, and read these stories online for free or, for a price, you can order your own tangible soft or hardcover book. What a great way to show your love, as a gift they will always treasure! In case you were in search of more online resources for creating your own love story book, we added other sites at the end of the post for you to take a peek at!

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Storybook Creator

Personalized Love Book

How to create your own personalized love storybook:

  1. Go to storybird.com and create your own completely free login account.
  2.  Use this page to answer all of your questions and to help you get started.
  3. Click on the “Create” tab at the top of the website.
  4. Choose the artwork that most appeals to you and click “picture-book”.
  5. Now that you are on the editor screen, drag and drop the artwork into your book.
  6. Add text and write your story alongside the pictures.

Check out this storybook that I made:

When your own story is completed you can:

        • Send your story via email (completely free) wouldn’t your husband love to have this in his inbox?
        • Embed the file in your blog or website (yep – free again)
        • Buy a download PDF, a softcover book, or a hardcover book

Make Your Own Storybook

However you decide to document your story, here’s to happy endings!

Storybook Creator

Make Your Own Book

Above we showed you step-by-step how to create your own love storybook. Lucky for you there are tons of other resources for making your own personalized love book. Depending on specifically what you are looking for in a storybook creator you can narrow down which resource is best for you. We have compiled a variety of our favorites. Some are super simple looking while some have a more professional look. Some are free, while some cost a bit of money. Some are available to you as an eBook or PDF, while some are only available to order as a hard copy. No matter what you are looking for in the list below I’m sure we have a storybook creator that would fit what you are looking for!

If you have your own favorite way to make your own book online tell us what it is in the comments below! We love to hear your brilliant ideas!

Love Story Book1. Lulu – Whether you want a hardcopy of your book, or to create an ebook, this site can help. Create a story using your own photos, or clipart from the web. Write out your story and use pictures (or not) on Word, or some other approved applications, then use this site to convert the document to an eBook, or a hardcopy book. This may be a good option for those who have creativity and vision galore, as you will need to create your story from start to finish without any help or inspiration from this site. Make your own love story book, and have it converted to a version that is easier to share and keep forever. Although they do have videos and other resources to help you create the eBook of your dreams. Lulu merely helps to get your writing into a proper format for sharing or saving your love story forever.

2. My Storybook – This is one of my favorite free resources on this list! This is a really cute website that lets you create your own book online–text, drawings, everything! The result is a little childish looking, but that makes it all the more cute! Write out your storybook text and draw, or insert images to go along with your story. This is very little effort for a very thoughtful storybook as a result. You can share it online for free, or print the eBook for a small price. The reason this is one of the best sites for creating a simple storybook is how easy it is to use. The format of the book editor is very intuitive. Try it out, it’s super fun to create your own love book!

3. LoveBook – If you are looking for a cute, personalized hardcopy book where you can tell your love story this is it! These books turn out so cute. You have so much control over how the illustrations look and how your story is told. You can choose a hard cover or soft cover book. This site lets you create a custom love storybook that you will treasure and save forever. Although the price tag is higher than the others on this list, the result is well worth it. The book is a special gift you will look at again and again.
4. Story Jumper – Create your own storybook, save it, email it, and you can pay to have it printed if you’d like. Using this website you can input your own text and choose from some images from their site to pair with your storybook. Some of the resources on the site are limited if you are not a paying member, but you can create a simple, cute storybook easily using this site.
5. Luhvee –  A custom love storybook is a sweet gift idea. If you are wanting to make your own book, but still have it look beautiful and professional this is the storybook resource for you! These books are gorgeous! They get you started with a sentence, and you complete it with your own words and photos. The result is a love storybook that you will treasure and want to read and reread for years to come. If you want to make your own book, but you need a little guidance and help with the creativity aspect, this site is perfect for you.
6. Heartfelt Books – This is a great resource if you want to create your own personalized love book. You create it online by answering question prompts then adding photos. The result is a hardcover, classic, timeless looking love storybook. The layout is simple and clean. Very little effort gets you a beautiful storybook keepsake. Your spouse will feel loved and so special as they read through the sweet love stories and kind words you wrote.

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About the Author: Sarina

I met my Prince Charming when I was 15 years old and 12 years later we created our own happily ever after. Together we enjoy traveling the world, and, of course, going on creative dates! I am a former theatre teacher who now stays at home with a handsome baby boy. I love dancing, photography & chocolate!

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    1. Too bad! My husband had the same problem on his computer and it was a combination of 2 things: he had an ad blocker that prevented him from viewing it online and/or he had to do an update on his software. After we played with both of those it appeared. Hopefully you can get it to work!

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        1. I chose to download the pdf version and print mine for only $1.99. I printed it on extra card stock paper we had laying around the house and on an old printer that my husband swears is worthless so he doesn’t care how much ink I use. It came out amazing. I’m going to take it today to have it bound and have a cover put on. I’ll try to post pics of the finished product.

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  8. I finally finished my book, and I really want to share it on my website, but I don’t see any features on the storybird site that would let me do it without downloading the PDF. Am I overlooking some essential, tiny detail?

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    1. I am so excited to see it! Don’t you love this site? Alright – here is what you do:
      When you log in click on the YOU tab and you should find a picture of your book (if you have published it) Click the title of your book. This should bring you to a screen that shows the title page of your book and the inside pages to the side. Above the cover page their is a link that says “embed & badges” click that and you should see various options with html coding from there you probably know how to embed on your blog better than me! Good luck!

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    1. Awww – that is frustrating. Let me see if I can walk you through it: When you are logged in to the site click on the YOU tab that will take you to the page where you can see the book that you have made. Click on the title of your book. This should take you to a page that has the cover of your book central and the inside pages off to the side. Above the upper left side of your cover there is an area that says SHARE along with icons for facebook, twitter, stumble upon and email. Choose email (or any of the options) and that should be it!
      Good luck! Hope that helps. I will try to add a visual of the page to this post to help others who are asking the same question!

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  11. I noticed a few other people have you asked you this question, and I tried to follow your directions in replies to them, but it is not working. I created a story, saved it, and want to have it printed as a hardcover, or at least email it to myself, but there is no “share” button on the upper left side of my cover page. Any help you have would be greatly appreciated. I’m trying to do something with my book for my one year anniversary which is October 25th.

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    1. Christina –
      Without seeing your screen I can only guess what might be happening. My first hunch is that you have saved it but not PUBLISHED it. While in edit mode of your book, in the top right corner there is a dropdown menu that says “Menu” you can choose Save, save and close or publish. When you publish you can make it private or share it with the storybird world – it is up to you and from there purchase. If that doesn’t work PLEASE let me know and I can try another hunch!

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  13. I love this so much! I have just started making my husband a year of dates Christmas present, and we’ll make one of these books for one of our dates – so excited! Deborah, we’ll be printing the pdf on card too – hope yours worked well!

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  14. Your book is wonderful! Thank you for sharing this. I just made one for my husband and emailed the link to him. We’re separated right now but I’m praying for his return. He may not appreciate the book right now, or even read it, but I wrote a story about our unfinished love story (about our past and how I’m now waiting, hoping, praying and believing for his return home). I hope some day in the future it will mean something to him, and when he returns I may order a hard copy of it to remind us how we survived the “worse” part of for better or worse.

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    1. Thanks for sharing your experience! We appreciate hearing how you are using these ideas to strengthen your marriage – no matter where your relationship is at. Marriage is worth fighting for and it sounds like you are making an effort to make it work. I wish you the best with whatever happens. Please keep in touch!

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  15. I just want to say THANK YOU for this wonderful idea. I’m starting my own little ‘storybook’ like this right now and I’m having so much fun with it. Thanks for a wonderful idea, you’re the best!

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    1. I am not exactly familiar with this website’s policies. I assume you can access the website and at least make your book as a PDF file. As for printing and shipping – you will have to contact the company personally. I hope that helps!

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