The Origin Story

how it started

I didn’t know what to get my brother and his fiancée as a wedding gift. I wanted something custom. Personal. Not another cutting board.

Then I thought—wouldn’t it be cool to make a book filled with words of wisdom from the people who love them most?

But I’m much too weird to be interviewing my newly-minted extended family and I am absolutely not the person who’s going to organize a bunch of people to record heartfelt memories.

So—I built something that let technology do the heavy lifting for me.

Their friends and family called a number, shared stories, roasts, and toasts. I pulled out the best parts—quotes, inside jokes, even a few moments that made us all cry. Then I turned it into a one-of-a-kind book. When they opened it, they laughed. They cried. They passed it around the room.

Everyone deserves to hear the things their people love about them — and my mission is to make that simple.

At The Toast Book, we help you capture and share words, memories, and love through keepsakes you’ll treasure.

– Anna