For an engagement

Both families congratulate the two of them.

The cousins, the godparents and the friends record messages for the newly engaged couple. The two of them get a book of the messages to keep.

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Hear it
Their voice plays from the page.
Read it
Every message is written out on its page.
Hold it
We deliver the printed book to your door.

The world gets better when people hear the good things we say about them.

We are enabling over 1 million people to say it. Share the stories, love and gratitude. Your voice is what makes the world's greatest gift.

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Watch it

Here's how Clare & James's engagement book was made.

9:41
A plum Chorus book with Clare & James on the cover, with white flowers
How it works

Bring everyone's stories together with one link!

Start the book

Tell us who it's for

Put in their names and send the link to your own family first.

Share one link

Everyone adds their story

Friends and family can capture a memory by voice, video, writing or photos, wherever they are in the world. It's easy on any phone and nobody needs an account!

We put it together

Hear it, read it, hold it

We write out every voice note and gather it all into a podcast you can play and a beautiful book you can hold.

The three questions for an engagement

  1. Where were you when you heard the news?
  2. What's your advice for the two of them?
  3. What would you like to say to them now they're engaged?
Who's in an engagement book

Some of the family will meet in the book before they meet at the wedding.

Ask the couple's best friends to pass it round their own groups.

1

The ring photo

Anyone recording can add a photo, like the screenshot of the ring that went round the family chat.

2

The grandparents

The grandparents can record a welcome for the new grandson-in-law or granddaughter-in-law.

3

Then the wedding

When the wedding comes, you can start a second book as an audio guestbook for the guests.

What people say

What people say in an engagement book

Talk to both of them, including the one you've only met at Christmas.

"James, it's Colmán. You told me about Clare the first week you met her, on the bus home from Electric Picnic."
CColmánJames's friend from college
"Clare, bring him down to me in Kenmare before the wedding so I can get a look at him."
AAodhánClare's grandad
"Clare, Mam's already been on to the hotel in Westport about dates. I told her to wait a week."
FFionnualaClare's sister
"James, your mother has the good china out for Sunday. Bring Clare's parents if they're free."
BBrendanJames's dad
When to start

Start a month before the engagement drinks

The printed book takes about three weeks to reach you. If you're starting later, the podcast link and the book online are ready the day you order.

In their words
A Christmas gift
We gave a book of stories about Mam to her for Christmas and she said it was the best gift she had received. There were some stories she had never heard! She felt really surrounded by love.
K
Kathleen's family
gave her the book at Christmas
What it costs

Gathering the voices is free. You only pay when the book is ready.

The gathering
Free
Send one link and collect the voices.
  • Every voice and every photo
  • Download every recording
  • Start as many books as you like
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The voices
$45
Voice editing, and a personal podcast link.
  • Each recording tidied as it comes in
  • The original kept exactly as it was made
  • One link that plays every voice straight through
Choose the voices
The book
$99
Everything in the voices, plus the finished book to read online.
  • The finished book laid out to read online
  • Every message playable from its page
  • Every message written out beside its voice
Choose the book
The keepsake
$115
The book, printed and posted to you.
  • One printed hardcover copy
  • Posted to you
  • Everything in the book option
Choose the keepsake

Want to write your own questions? Start a blank book

Questions people ask

What is a good engagement gift for a couple?

Give them something they can play again the night before the wedding.

When do you give an engagement book?

At the engagement drinks, or at the first Sunday dinner with the in-laws.

How long can people keep recording?

Until you close the book. You can set a closing date when you start it.

Can family abroad send a message?

Yes. They can record from anywhere in the world with the link. We post the printed book to Ireland, the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, every EU country, Norway, Iceland and Switzerland.

Can everyone chip in?

Yes, if you turn chip-in on. Everyone who records can put money towards the book and saves their card. Their cards are charged when you go to pay, and it comes off what you pay. If you don’t finish paying, their money goes back within a week.

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Who's just got engaged?

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