Some moments are too important for a phone screen.
A first birthday. A wedding day. A life remembered. Heirloom is our premium photo book service—built for the moments that deserve to exist as real, physical, hold-in-your-hands objects. Not a file on a hard drive. Not a social media post that disappears in a week. A book.
You bring the photos. We handle everything else—layout, design, printing, and shipping. The entire process takes about fifteen minutes of your time. What you get back is a keepsake that gets passed around at family gatherings, tucked into a nightstand drawer, or handed to someone who needs to remember.
For memorial and tribute books, Heirloom goes further. Our platform guides you through the impossible moments—navigating illness, honoring a life, and preserving the story of someone who mattered. Because nobody prepares you for the practical, legal, and emotional complexity of loss, and the things that should have been done in advance rarely are.
How It Works
Three steps. Fifteen minutes. One beautiful book.
Pick Your Occasion
Wedding, memorial, baby's first year, milestone birthday, graduation, retirement—you tell us what you're celebrating (or honoring), and our design engine matches the right templates, color palettes, and typography to the moment.
Drop Your Photos
Drag and drop up to 400 images. JPEG, PNG, HEIC, even RAW—we handle it all. Our AI analyzes each photo, identifies the era based on visual cues—clothing, film quality, color grading, backgrounds—and sorts them into a meaningful, chronological narrative. Photos are organized into life chapters automatically, and you can reorder anything before we lay it out.
Preview & Print
Review your book through an interactive flipbook preview. Approve the arrangement, captions, and chapter flow. Once you're happy, we generate a print-ready file automatically and send it to the press. You open the box and feel feelings.
For Every Moment Worth Keeping
Baby's First Year
Month-by-month milestones, stats, firsts—all the tiny moments that go by way too fast, preserved in a book that'll make you cry in the best way.
Wedding & Engagement
The ceremony. The reception. The details you spent months obsessing over. All of it, in a book that's as beautiful as the day was.
Memorial & Tribute
A life timeline, portrait spreads, and space for the words that matter. For funeral services, family keepsakes, or simply remembering someone who mattered.
Milestone Birthdays
Turning 1, 16, 30, 50, or beyond. Decade dividers, then-vs-now layouts, and all the embarrassing photos they pretend to hate but secretly love.
Graduation
From kindergarten portraits to cap and gown—year-by-year progression, achievement highlights, and all the proof that it was worth it.
Travel & Year in Review
Family vacations, holiday gift books, annual photo collections—because the best souvenirs are the ones you can hold.
AI Photo Intelligence
Upload hundreds of photos. Let AI build the story.
Chronological Sorting
- AI identifies which photos are older based on visual cues—clothing, film quality, color grading, backgrounds
- Photos are sorted into a meaningful timeline even without EXIF data
- Manual override available—drag to reorder anything the AI gets wrong
Life Chapters
- Photos are organized into narrative chapters: childhood, teenage years, career, family, and beyond
- Each chapter gets a title and a brief narrative introduction
- Page backgrounds and design elements reflect the subject’s identity and key places
- You review and approve the arrangement through a flipbook preview before printing
Photo Restoration
Old photos don't have to look old. Unless you want them to.
Damage Repair
Water-stained, torn, faded, or scratched—our AI photo restoration repairs damaged photos and brings them back to life. What was once ruined becomes printable again.
Colorization
Black-and-white photos can be colorized with natural, era-accurate color. See the world the way it actually looked, not just the way the camera captured it.
Motion Portraits
Still photos can be animated into subtle motion portraits—a gentle blink, a slight smile, a turn of the head. A digital keepsake for the family, alongside the printed book.
End-of-Life Navigation
A calm, step-by-step guide at the moment when you’re least equipped to research it yourself.
Planning Ahead
Set up your own wishes, on your own terms.
- Document wishes: cremation vs. burial, service preferences, who to notify
- Set up or review a trust and will
- Record a life story—interview format, text and audio
- Collect and organize photos into a life narrative
- Assign accounts and assets to beneficiaries
- Write letters to be delivered after death
Navigating Loss
What to do when someone you love gets sick or dies.
- What to do in the first 24 hours
- Death certificate process by state
- Notifying Social Security, pension providers, financial institutions
- Canceling subscriptions and accounts
- Planning a celebration of life or funeral
- Probate basics and next steps for the estate
What You Get
Pricing depends on size, page count, and paper—reach out for a quote. Here's what every Heirloom book includes.
The Book
- Hardcover or softcover binding
- Up to 72 pages
- Professionally designed layouts matched to your occasion
- AI-organized life chapters with narrative introductions
- Event-matched color palettes and typography
- Editable captions and custom text
- Interactive flipbook preview before printing
- Full bleed, press-quality 300 DPI output
- Digital PDF of your finished book
Paper & Finish
- Gloss coated — vibrant, sharp, classic photo book feel
- Silk / satin coated — smooth, refined, reduced glare
- Uncoated — warm, tactile, natural feel
- Laminate cover finish (gloss or matte)
- Additional copies available at reduced pricing
Restoration Add-Ons
- AI photo repair for damaged or water-stained images
- Black-and-white colorization
- Motion portrait animation (digital delivery)
- All originals preserved—restorations are non-destructive
Not Another Photo Book App
We know what you're thinking: “Can't I just use Shutterfly?” Sure. You can also eat gas station sushi. Technically an option. Not one we'd recommend.
Heirloom is built by a print studio, not a software company. Every layout template is designed knowing exactly how it will render on paper—bleeds, margins, ink density, binding gutter, photo placement. The design system works around the physical book first, digital interface second. The result is a book that looks like it was made by a designer, even though all you did was upload photos and pick an occasion.
Instead of sorting through thousands of photos in grief, a family uploads them and lets the AI build the story. Instead of filling out legal forms alone, a person is guided through questions in plain language. The platform knows what a death certificate requires in each state. It knows the questions a funeral home will ask. It aggregates that expertise and presents it as a calm, step-by-step guide at the moment when people are least equipped to research it themselves.
Your experience is entirely digital. The production is handled on the back end. Once you approve the flipbook proof, the print-ready file is generated automatically and sent to the press. No template picking. No color tweaking. No fighting with a drag-and-drop editor. You give us the photos. We give you a book that makes people ask, “Who made this?”
Ready to Build Your Book?
Heirloom is coming soon. Get a quote now and be first in line.