PRODUCTS

Unlike scrapbook or photo album formats, Living Legacies utilizes a magazine-like layout. The primary focus is the story while appropriate pictures enhance and clarify. Each two-sided page is sealed in a flexible laminate to assure durability and safety from tears or spills for years to come.

Basic Story Album
Four letter-sized pages, laminated back-to-back into a two-sheet booklet, bound with ribbon or cord. This is an appropriate format for a starter Living Legacy which can be expanded later. It is also perfect for event tributes, gifts, memorials, or for persons with special needs. CD and privately viewable online file (PDF format) also available.

In-Depth Story Album
Back-to-back laminated pages are arranged by appropriate topics, such as decades or any other structure that fits your story. There are many approaches that can be taken, including our “Little Too” Books, designed for toddlers and young children. The binding style will depend upon length. Digital versions are also available, including a PDF format file that can be viewed privately through our website by your family members worldwide.

Oral History, with or without video
End product is a DVD. This can be a stand-alone piece or a beautiful accompaniment to any Album, capturing nuances impossible to gather on paper alone.

SERVICES

If you prefer to prepare your own work, but need assistance with certain elements, we can step in with:

GETTING STARTED

If you are interested in having a Living Legacy prepared for yourself or a family member, please contact us. We’ll arrange an initial meeting in person or by phone to get acquainted, explore objectives, and answer all your questions.

We are based on the Westside of Los Angeles, so our face-to-face interactions are usually with people living in the greater Los Angeles area. Thanks to the internet, however, a Living Legacy can be created effectively no matter where you reside. That first conversation will be, of course, with no charge or obligation. We’ll discover which options are most appropriate by format and price, and then to come to an agreement and plan of action.

Gathering data: After that initial consultation, there will be a general set of questions to be answered in writing at your leisure and returned to us. But it will be through relaxed chats that we will be able to listen and learn what is important to you. At all times, your trust will be honored by our pledge of privacy (see privacy policy).

Photographs and memorabilia: We will need to be provided with a collection of the pictures you would like to have considered for inclusion. While we will make every effort to protect your photographs and return them within days, we ask that you do not provide us with any picture or item that is irreplaceable. High resolution reproductions by a good photography studio are worth your investment; or high resolution (300 dpi) jpegs can be emailed to us.

We look forward to getting to know you and making something wonderful together!