Hold the moments - Family Keepsake Journal

Traditional baby journals and keepsake books often come with overwhelming prompts that can feel irrelevant or difficult to keep up with. Despite good intentions, many end up with numerous blank spaces, especially when trying to remember specific details like the order of a baby's teeth or their exact height at a certain age.

What sets 'hold the moments' apart is its simplicity and versatility. This journal isn't just about milestones, birthdays, and firsts; it's about preserving the raw, unfiltered essence of everyday life — the moments that truly matter.

Whether you have one child or a whole family, 'hold the moments' adapts to your needs. Use it as frequently or sparingly as you like, without any guilt.

Imagine your child or children finding this journal in twenty years. Picture the laughter and tears as you reminisce together. And one day, when you're no longer here, imagine them running their fingers over your handwriting, reflecting on the special moments of family life from your perspective.

It's more than a journal; it's an extraordinary gift—a time capsule of the moments that define your story.

This journal includes prompted space for recording little moments, as well as free space to write longer memories, insert photos, write letters, or use as you please.

Being undated without fixed timelines, it gives you freedom to record as little or as often as you like.

It has been designed with flexibility in mind, so you can use from pregnancy through to school age, for just one child, or for your entire family's journey. Use for one year, or many years - depending on your needs. Whether it be documenting an overseas travel adventure, life legacy memories, or everyday little moments with your favourite people, 'hold the moments' is your canvas. 

What could be more meaningful than capturing moments of time and being able to hold these in your heart forever?

The journal includes space to record moments with the following prompts:

~ Date

~ Location

~ Who was there

~ What happened

~ How we felt                  

 There are also blank spreads to record longer moments, insert photos, or write letters.

Over thirty quotes have been woven into these pages to uplift and inspire. 

~ Luxury linen hardcover with gold embossed title ‘hold the moments’

~ Gold embossed title ‘family keepsake’ on spine and O+P logo on back

~ Illustrated front and end notes

~ Dedication page

~ 192 pages

~ 120gsm FSC Certified eco-friendly paper

~ Ribbon place-marker

~ Gold foil edging

~ Lay flat binding

~ Designed in Nelson, New Zealand

~ Size: 230mm x 190mm

When is the best time to begin this journal? 

This journal is undated so you can begin anytime. Unlike most childhood keepsake journals, there’s no pressure to record specific milestones that may be irrelevant to you. You write in the date, so it means you can use it as little or as often as you like. Record all your special moments here, whenever they happen! 

Can this journal be used for pregnancy and beyond? 

Yes, most definitely! You could, for example, record the moment when you first found out you were pregnant, your first scan, to little moments along the journey that felt special to you. You could write letters to your growing belly in the blank spreads, insert photographs of your scan and your body as it grows, while using the prompted space for moments that made your heart sing. 

What is so incredible about this journal, is that there’s no pressure to record certain milestones. You record when it feels right for you. You can also take it right through to birth and beyond. Use it for moments when your beautiful new baby snuggles into you, when you read stories together, or when your family get together and make a fuss over this gorgeous new human!

Can this journal be used for only one child or a whole family? 

The beauty of this journal lies in its flexibility. It’s truly one of a kind. What we have heard time and time again, is that when your family grows, it can become difficult to keep up with a separate journal for each child. Problem solved! Here you can record moments for your whole family as they happen. Maybe it’s that afternoon trip to the beach for a spontaneous swim with ice-creams afterwards, maybe it’s how everyone got into bed together and snuggled watching your favourite movie, maybe it’s when grandpa came over and helped to build a mud kitchen, or it could be when one child said something hilarious that had everyone in stitches. 

Hold the moments will adapt to your changing family’s needs with ease. 

What an extraordinary gift to your family; a time capsule of moments that define your story.  

Could this journal be grief journal or life legacy keepsake? 

Yes, absolutely. We have customers that have used this journal at their celebration of life event; where attendees were given the opportunity to record special memories they held of the loved one. We have had customers who have been diagnosed with cancer begin recording special moments of their life, and have also been told of customers who use this as a grief journal, recording memories as they arise and as a way to process all the beautiful love inside of them with no place to go. 

What is the difference between the ‘hold the moments’ family keepsake journal the ‘all the good things’ family gratitude journal? 

Both journals are similar in style; very flexible, undated format, repeated prompts, and they can both make treasured keepsakes for years to come. 

Hold the moments is for recording the raw, unedited, everyday kind of moments that are meaningful to your family. It has free space every third spread to record longer memories, write letters, stick photographs, or do drawings. It makes an incredibly versatile baby journal, family journal, or life legacy journal. 

All the good things is about teaching gratitude with prompts that encourage you to view life through a more optimistic lens. Prompts include what good happened in the day, recent highlights, what people you can be thankful for, and how to spread kindness into the world.