The Our Story Journal | For Engaged Couples

Before the venue. Before the guest list. Before the planning takes over — start here.

The Our Story Journal was written by Holly, founder of For Keeps and planner of over 500 weddings, and her father, a licensed marriage and family therapist and wedding officiant at Sainte Terre Estate in Benton, Louisiana. Between them, they've spent decades watching what couples remember and what they wish they'd written down.

This is what they made from all of it.

Inside, you'll find guided prompts designed for newly engaged couples who want to capture their love story before the wedding planning begins. Not vendor questions. Not logistics. The real questions — the ones no checklist ever asks:

How did you meet? What moment did you know? What do you want to remember about being engaged that has nothing to do with the wedding?

This journal asks couples to slow down and document the season they're in — not just the day they're planning for. It's the kind of keepsake you'll pull out on your tenth anniversary and read together, remembering not just the wedding, but the story that led to it.

This isn't a wedding planning journal. It's a love story journal. The first in a series.

What arrives:

The Our Story Journal wrapped in a leather belly band, hand-stamped and in a For Keeps suede pouch. Tucked inside, a set of Viarco Vintage Nº3000 pencils — a reedition of their original Portuguese pencils from the 1940s-1960s. Because a love story should be written by hand, with something worth holding.

Details:

9.5" x 6.5" x .75" thick. 
75 pages
Written and designed by For Keeps. 

Included in The EVR Heirloom Subscription Box (first delivery). Also available as a standalone purchase or add-on to the EVR Heirloom Box (+$30).

Start here. Write your story before the planning writes it for you.