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Diary of Your Life

Diary Of Your Life is a web service that helps you capture the story of someone's life, have it printed, leather-bound and delivered where you want. This keepsake is the perfect gift for a very special occasion.

Each diary has 56 colour pages, which are organised in 7 sequential chapters of 6 pages each, plus a dedication page and some pages with a brief message from each contributor. We are very proud of the quality of our products: We only use the highest quality 200gr paper, which is hand-bound by our expert team into fine leather covers that are sourced from Aspinals of London. Each diary comes in a luxury black presentation box with internal satin lining.

Our website was designed for people that have a good story to tell but not much time to invest on it (nor great graphic design skills). It allows you to gather pictures and stories from your friends and enables you to draw these together using easy-to-use design templates. Our aim is to enable you to create your diary quickly. When you tell us you are ready, we will send your diary to our craftsmen in London, who will print it, hand bind it, pack it in a beautiful presentation box and deliver it to the address you require. This process takes around three weeks.

The price of a diary is £250. Additional charges are added for optional features (e.g. a personalised cover text or additional copies).

A memorable retirement gift

Diary of Your Life is a superior, luxurious and unique retirement present.

Do you remember the famous TV programme, ‘This is Your Life’? This diary is like that – a unique collection of images, recollections and thoughts from colleagues and friends.

Superb quality

With Diary of Your Life, quality oozes from every page: it’s a unique, personalised gift that your colleague will treasure forever. They will be able to enjoy a wealth of memories, brought together inside a beautiful, hand-stitched and leather-bound book. It makes a fantastic retirement gift for a colleague – one that they will never forget.

Simplicity itself

You create the diary online yourself – but don’t worry, it’s very quick and easy to do! Just invite colleagues and friends to contribute. They can upload their photos or add their personal messages or anecdotes about your retiring colleague. And you don’t even need to worry about the design of the book – we’ve done it for you, with easy to use page layouts. Just choose the one you want for each page and click to add the picture or story you want. Once the diary is complete, you can review it. Then just press the ‘Print’ button. It’s as simple as that.

Exquisite presentation

We then print your unique diary, hand-stitch the pages and bind them in the high quality leather cover of your choice. We also offer options to personalise the diary, with the recipient’s name in Gold Block, or to request additional copies. We place it into a luxurious, high quality box, which is then packed for shipping and despatched by courier. It can be sent either directly to the recipient or to you (so that you can carry out the presentation in true Michael Aspel style!) Either way, they will be able to see for themselves the genuine love, care and affection that has gone into this very special gift.

So, for a truly special and personalised retirement present, just click on the Options button now. Make your colleague’s retirement a day that they will always remember!

Click here to start creating your diary today.