A Storymap guide to help you write your Love story.
This Story Map will help guide you as you write and preserve your most precious memories. As you combine stories and photos you’ll create a valuable treasure that can be shared for many years to come.
Step 1. Read through the following questions and answer them. You may need to involve others with interviews and gathering information, or just answer the questions on your own. You do not need to answer each question or even use each theme; these are meant merely as guidelines. As you answer the question(s), your answers become the love story.
Step 2. Get your photos scanned and uploaded into your Studio account. Your personal publishing consultant can help you get all of your photos scanned quickly and easily with scanning services. Just ask!
Step 3. Start creating. You can design your own page from scratch or use one of the many Heritage Makers’ pre-designed templates.
Theme: Story of when you first met (moment)
A brief introduction about when and how you met.
1. Where were you?
2. When did you see him/her?
3. How did you feel when you saw him/her?
4. How did you first talk to each other?
5. What was said?
6. What were your first impressions?
Ideas for photo(s): Of both of you at ages when you first met, place where you met, something that has to do with the event, etc.
Theme: Story of what happened next? Friendship* or First Date
This is a place to add fun or interesting stories about your first date.
* If friendship, use these pages to tell what you did together and then come back to this section of what you did on your first date. (You can adjust the length of the story to accommodate number of pages, or add pages to include this with the full story).1.Where did you go on your first date?
2. What did you do on your first date?
3. How did you feel after your first date?
4. Do you have any funny or special memories about your first date?
Theme: Story of Courtship,
Here you can record memories about your courtship: things you did and places you visited.
1. Where were your favorite places to go when you were dating?
2. What did you like to do?
3. What were some funny or special stories about your dates?
Theme: Falling in Love Story
Record how you felt when you first fell in love with each other.
1. What did he/she do that made you feel special?
2. What was your favorite thing that he/she did?
3. What are some stories about your feelings for him/her that were different from feelings you had had before?
4. How did your friends and family feel about your relationship?
Theme: Being in Love Story
Here you can share more details about falling and being in love.
1. How did you know that you were in love?
2. When did you tell each other?
3. How did you tell each other?
Theme: Story of Proposal
How did he/you propose? Write the details of that special day here.
1. How did he/you propose?
2. What happened?
3. How did you feel?
4. What happened after the proposal?
Theme: Story of Engagement
Remember the time of engagement with stories of wedding preparation.
1. What were the details of the wedding: colors, ring, dress, bridesmaids, groomsmen, where, etc.
2. How did family and friends get involved?
3. How long was the engagement?
Theme: Story of Engagement continued
Now record your feelings about being engaged.
1. How did you feel?
2. What was the best part about your engagement?
3. What was your least favorite part?
4. What are some special stories about your engagement?
Theme: Story of Wedding Day
Your wedding day is the most important day of your life. Here you can remember some of the details of that day.
1. What happened?
2. Where did you get married?
3. What did it look like?
4. How did you feel?
5. What are some special stories about your wedding day?
Theme: Story of “A Legacy of Love"
What legacy do you want to leave with your love story? This can be a special “letter” to your spouse or advice to your posterity.
You may also want to include… Finishing Touches (optional): • Family Tree
• Collage of photos (with or without quotes)
• Dreams for your lives together for your love story
• Keepsakes and mementos – wedding announcement, love letters, ticket stubs from dates, etc.
