A keepsake for the newest arrival

What the world was like the day they were born, the story of their arrival, and letters from family to open when they're older. A gift new parents will keep.

  • Written only from what you tell us. Nothing personal is made up.
  • Real history from their dates, checked against public records.
  • Your photos and messages from friends, printed as they are.
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€19.90 · Up to 30 pages · ready in minutes

Welcome, Noor
Welcome, baby
The world on the day you arrived
Ready in about 3 minutes
Read it before you pay
Friends add their own pages
Gift link, PDF and short video

Why it beats a card

A baby passport

Their first official document: name, date, weight and early habits.

Letters to open later

Messages from family, kept for their 18th.

Their first day in history

The headlines, songs and prices from the day they arrived.

Pages you could find inside

Sample pages to show the style. Yours are written from your answers.

Welcome, baby magazine sample: An official passport page
An official passport page
Welcome, baby magazine sample: Their year, with the city as it looked then
Their year, with the city as it looked then
Welcome, baby magazine sample: What things cost then, and now
What things cost then, and now
Welcome, baby magazine sample: Your photos, laid out as an album
Your photos, laid out as an album
Welcome, baby magazine sample: Their life, in numbers
Their life, in numbers
Welcome, baby magazine sample: Full-page chapter openers
Full-page chapter openers

Chapters written for this occasion

Pick the ones you like, or let us choose a mix for them.

Your First Passport

Letters to Open Later

Rookie Card

The First-Year Receipt

The Family Dictionary

Your First Forecast

Perfect for

  • Newborns and christenings
  • Baby showers
  • First birthdays

How it works

  1. 1. Tell us about them

    A few dates and the stories only you know. Skip anything you don't.

  2. 2. Watch it go to press

    Research, writing and illustration run at once. Usually six or seven minutes.

  3. 3. Read, tweak, then give

    Change any word before you pay €19.90. Send it as a gift link, PDF or video.

What we'll ask you

The better the stories, the better the magazine. Skip anything you don't know.

  1. 01

    The story of the day they arrived

    e.g. Arrived two weeks early during a sandstorm; Dad was stuck in traffic…

  2. 02

    Why this name?

    e.g. Noor means 'light', she was born at sunrise…

  3. 03

    About the family & home

    e.g. Grandma flew in from Amman, the house smells of cardamom coffee…

  4. 04

    Hopes & wishes for them

    e.g. That she's brave, kind, and learns to swim before her dad did (age 31).

Questions

Put them on the cover.

€19.90. Read the opening pages before you pay.

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