Personalize Your Book

Made to order, by a real person.

Every custom piece is built by hand from your answers, checked word by word, and changed at no charge until it is right. Order first, then use the form below to send your answers. We email the finished file within the time shown, and for the books we send a photo of the cover to approve first.

Custom Word Search Puzzle (within 24 hours)

Paste these six answers:

  1. Order number
  2. Title for the top ("Emma & Jake", "Happy 80th, Grandpa Joe")
  3. The occasion line ("Bridal Shower Word Search", "Retirement Party Game")
  4. Up to 24 words: names, places, inside jokes, favorite things (one word each, no spaces)
  5. A secret message for the unused letters ("HAPPILY EVER AFTER")
  6. A date and a line for the bottom, and say if you want the easy version (across and down only)

Your Child's Big Day in Bearberry Hollow (within 3 days)

  1. Order number
  2. Child's first name, and full name for the dedication page
  3. Who the book is from (as it should appear: "Grandma Jean", "Mom and Dad")
  4. The grandparent's name the way the child says it
  5. The pet's name, and whether the pet is a he, she, or they (no pet? Little Bear will fill in)
  6. Hometown
  7. Favorite food
  8. Favorite color

Their Life in Puzzles (within 3 days)

Answer what you can. Ten or twelve words per line is plenty. Skip what you don't know.

  1. Order number and the name the book is for (first name, and the full name for the title page)
  2. Who is it from? (for the cover and dedication)
  3. Family and friends: first names of spouse, children, grandchildren, siblings, close friends
  4. Places: hometown, streets, churches, schools, favorite spots, vacation places
  5. Kitchen: dishes they cook, foods they love, drinks, desserts
  6. Work: jobs, workplaces, tools of the trade
  7. Hobbies: what they love to do
  8. Pets: names of pets past and present
  9. Songs and music: favorite songs, singers, hymns
  10. Trips: places they traveled, the car or camper
  11. School days: school names, teachers, clubs, sports
  12. Home: the houses, the porch, the garden, the rooms
  13. Sayings: things they always say
  14. Seasons and holidays: the ones they made their own

Gift sets

If you ordered a gift set, send the answers for each piece in one message. Questions? Use the form. Haven't ordered yet? See the made-to-order collection and the gift sets.