A book to give your best friend: your friendship as a personalized illustrated book
Looking for a book to give your best friend that won't end up in a drawer? LoomyBook's personalized best-friend book tells the story of the two of you: your faces drawn from two photos, your memories staged, a text written for her. Here is how to choose the occasion, the style and the stories to include.
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By Maya B. · LoomyBook editorial team
Reviewed by the LoomyBook editorial team · · Editorial policy
Why a book, when you've already given her everything
After a few years of friendship, gift ideas run dry: the jewelry, the candle, the spa weekend. A book about the two of you steps out of that list, because there is no way to find a second one like it. Nobody else lived that evening when everything went off the rails, or has heard that sentence you've repeated for ten years.
It also has a practical advantage: it keeps. A friend reopens it in three years, on a gloomy evening, and finds exactly what you wanted to tell her.
Four occasions when this book lands
- ✦ The birthday: especially a round number, when you measure the road traveled together
- ✦ The goodbye: a move to another city or abroad, with the book traveling in the suitcase
- ✦ The thank-you: for the one who was there through a breakup, a loss, a failed exam
- ✦ The "just because": the gift with no date, which touches even more
For a seasonal version, see also our Christmas gift for a best friend.
The stories that make the best book
Go back to the very first time: the lecture hall, the internship, the flat share, the party where someone introduced you. Then keep a few episodes that belong to the two of you alone: the trip you still talk about, the secret kept for years, the time one of you took over the other's couch for a whole month.
No need to say everything. A good book selects, and you review the text before approving. The tone is a choice too: funny, tender, or both at once.
Which style for your duo
All six LoomyBook styles work for a friendship. Manga suits those who grew up on the same anime, watercolor gentle friendships, vintage long-time friends, film noir duos who love cinema, American Modern duos full of punch, and 3D those who kept a child's heart. The free preview, created with your photos, lets you compare before paying.
Preparation, prices and timing
On the preparation side, allow ten minutes: one photo of you, one of her, faces sharp and front-on. Every book has two heroines, you and her, no more; the rest of the gang can appear in the story as winks. Three formats exist: the digital file at €39, the Signature printed book of 30 pages at €59, Prestige with 40 pages at €129. Creation takes about 2 hours, then you have 48 hours to review. For print, add 5 to 7 days of manufacturing and transport. A friend far from you gets the digital version in one click, the same day, and the paper copy follows.
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