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You’re the kind of mom who wants to remember all of it.

The first ultrasound photo. The name you almost chose. The weird phase your toddler went through with dinosaurs. The way your house smelled like baby the week you brought them home.

You want to hold onto these moments - you really do. But between keeping everyone fed, alive, and (somewhat) emotionally regulated, memory keeping keeps getting pushed to the bottom of the list. And every time you look at that empty baby book, you feel a little pang of guilt that you really don’t need right now.

Here’s what we want you to know: it’s not too late. And it doesn’t have to be hard.

Memory Books Designed for Real Life

We didn’t design our books for the mom who has three hours on a Sunday afternoon and a color-coded sticker system. We designed them for the mom who has twenty minutes, a pen, and a toddler trying to climb her leg.

That means:

• Simple prompts that spark memories without demanding essays
• Plenty of photo space because a picture really is worth a thousand words you don’t have time to write
• Not too many pages — because done is better than perfect, and we actually want you to finish this thing

Every book is customizable to your family — single moms, two-parent families, same-sex couples, adoptive families. Your family’s story is yours. We just give you a beautiful place to put it.

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How It Works

Memory keeping shouldn’t be another project on your to-do list. Here’s how simple we’ve made it:

1. Choose your design. Pick a cover style and color that feels like you. (Yes, there are a lot of good options and it’s okay to spend a few minutes deciding!)
2. Make it yours. Add customization options - baby’s name, additional pages that fit your story (like IVF/IUI, NICU visit, baptism, christening or siblings pages) - these are the details that make your book your book.
3. We build it. You fill it. Your book arrives ready to go, bound by hand in our Colorado studio and packed with care. All you have to do is start writing.

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What Happens If You Don’t Write It Down?

You already know the answer. You’ve seen the photos that fell out of your parents’ old albums, the names you’ve forgotten, the stories that died with the grandparent who never got around to telling them.

The memories you’re making right now - the hard ones, the weird ones, the ones that feel so ordinary you can’t imagine forgetting them - are the ones your kids will someday want to know.

Don’t let them slip away.

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I remember the day I landed in Colorado.

Just me, 2 exhausted toddlers, and my dad who came to help because my husband had already driven our car and belongings ahead. We were moving to a new place, excited but unsure of what lay ahead.

I remember the day my dad left; I sobbed as the realization hit that my little family was alone with no support system to take this journey with.

And I remember taking a pregnancy test a few months later, and it was positive. I was terrified. I had two young kids, a husband who traveled often for work, and no idea how I was going to grow and raise another human being alone.

But those next few years were some of the sweetest in our family’s history. We spent time exploring Colorado together, welcomed a new baby, and created a new normal.

During that time, I fell in love with the idea of simple memory keeping; founded on the reality of a lonely young mom in a foreign place with little time or energy to devote to much beyond keeping her kids alive and dinner on the table.

This is my story. It’s likely different from yours, because every family story is unique - but also meaningful.

Every family’s story is worth telling. Nuts & Bolts was created to help you tell yours.

xo, Amy
Owner / Designer / Founder

Our Mission

Nuts & Bolts Paper Co is a memory-keeping company for all moms who want (and need) easy documenting for the years they never want to forget – the hard years, the weird years, the fun years, the years that were formative in their family’s history, and the years where everything changed.

Our customizable and inclusive memory books help parents of all types (single moms, two-parent families, same-sex families, adoptive families) document pregnancy - elementary years and beyond with simple prompts, not too many pages, and a focus on photos and basic journaling.

We help you create keepsakes you’ll treasure for years to come, with memories in your own words and handwriting. 

Because despite living in an increasingly digital world, Nuts & Bolts Paper Co still strongly believes in the beauty of a blurry photograph taken through laughter, and the messy handwriting of a sleep-deprived mom.