My name is Suzanne Loring and I am the owner of Your Storied Life. At Your Storied Life, we work with you to create a one-of-a-kind photo journal that tells your story and showcases your favorite photographs about a specific event or memory (wedding, birth, anniversary, etc.) in your life. Since the books are handmade they are 100% customizable to your style and taste.
The idea for Your Storied Life originally developed when my grandmother was unable to make it to my wedding. Knowing that she was disappointed, I decided to use my skills as a professional writer and write a detailed story about the wedding so that she would feel like she was a part of the big day. So, after the wedding and honeymoon were behind us, I sat down with my husband and we recounted everything we could remember about the proposal, the planning, the rehearsal dinner and, of course, the ceremony and reception itself. I wanted her to feel like she had been there. I coupled the story with wedding pictures, put them both in a green and brown (our wedding colors) handmade book and sent it off.
Not only was it nice for my grandmother to receive this book, but it was a great way for my husband and I to remember everything about our own wedding. By writing all these memories and emotions down right after the event happened, we were able to recall a lot of little details that had they not been written down would soon have been forgotten, such as my bridesmaid's boot getting stuck on her foot or finding out that my husband irons!
The idea quickly caught on. Since then the business has taken off and I have done various stories including baby books, anniversary stories, other wedding albums and travel tales.
I have been writing professionally for the past ten years and have come to realize that everyone has a unique and interesting tale to tell. Finding and writing that tale is what I do best. Everyone has a story, let’s tell yours!
Your words. Your pictures. Your storied life.
