FROM BLACK AND WHITE TO COLOR
Winter 2023
“Grandma, what was it like growing up in Manhattan in the 1940s?”
With that one question, a family history goes from black and white to color. We all know when our parents and grandparents were born and probably even where. We know the facts but we don’t know the color. The insights into who they are and how they got here emerge when we sit around the table and hear the stories of their lives. The time they skipped school to smoke cigarettes at the diner. The best friend who they drove cross country with, in the summer of 1954. The one girl who got away before your grandfather met and fell in love with your grandmother on Santa Monica beach. These stories will be lost when our loved ones are no longer here to tell them. Tell Me A Story preserves the meaningful stories for future generations to savor.
Tell Me A Story was created to draw out important tales and focus on special moments. At Tell Me A Story, we capture the essence of a life well lived and preserve it for you and your family to cherish.
Through of a series of interviews, a collaborative writing and editing process and the addition of personal photos, Tell Me A Story culminates in a keepsake book you and your family will treasure.
Give Tell Me A Story as a gift or purchase it for yourself. This is where the fun begins. We schedule a series of virtual ono-on-one sessions with you at your convenience. Prior to each session, we send questions to get you thinking about topics to discuss and help you recall special stories. You will be amazed at how easily the stories start flowing during our time together. These sessions are where the stories are revealed that become the heart of the book.
Each book is enhanced with your own photos that you supply to us. We retouch and edit the photos and lay them out so that your stories come to life. Your book is then sent to you for review before printing. This is your time to make any edits or corrections and to tell us any stories you many have forgotten. Our beautiful, lay flat books are perfect to keep on a coffee table and beg to be opened and perused by all who see it.
Tell Me A Story is owned and operated by Karen Philip and Carolyn Snider. Karen and Carolyn have been best friends since first grade. Once they retired from careers in business and law to raise their children, they found themselves collaborating on parties and events. When friends started asking them for help, they took their hobby to another level and started P.S. Designs, an event design company. At P.S. Designs, they create memorable moments for families celebrating milestones and mitzvahs. Through P.S. Designs, they witnessed the interactions among generations within families and highlighted family traditions being passed down. With Tell Me A Story, Karen and Carolyn have designed a way to preserve those traditions so they can be revisited over and over again. Karen is a published writer and Carolyn is a graphic artist. Together, they create a curated keepsake book you and your family will cherish forever.
Tell Me A Story if a perfect gift for the person who has everything. Consider it for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day or a milestone birthday. Your Tell Me A Story books comes wrapped in a beautiful gift box. Sit down and enjoy the stories over and over again. If you would like, you have the ability to order additional copies for your loved ones.
Don’t wait – there is no time like the present to preserve the stories that inform who we are today. To learn more, visit us at tellmeastorybooks.com or on Facebook and Instagram.
Everyone has a story – We help you preserve yours.
With that one question, a family history goes from black and white to color. We all know when our parents and grandparents were born and probably even where. We know the facts but we don’t know the color. The insights into who they are and how they got here emerge when we sit around the table and hear the stories of their lives. The time they skipped school to smoke cigarettes at the diner. The best friend who they drove cross country with, in the summer of 1954. The one girl who got away before your grandfather met and fell in love with your grandmother on Santa Monica beach. These stories will be lost when our loved ones are no longer here to tell them. Tell Me A Story preserves the meaningful stories for future generations to savor.
Tell Me A Story was created to draw out important tales and focus on special moments. At Tell Me A Story, we capture the essence of a life well lived and preserve it for you and your family to cherish.
Through of a series of interviews, a collaborative writing and editing process and the addition of personal photos, Tell Me A Story culminates in a keepsake book you and your family will treasure.
Give Tell Me A Story as a gift or purchase it for yourself. This is where the fun begins. We schedule a series of virtual ono-on-one sessions with you at your convenience. Prior to each session, we send questions to get you thinking about topics to discuss and help you recall special stories. You will be amazed at how easily the stories start flowing during our time together. These sessions are where the stories are revealed that become the heart of the book.
Each book is enhanced with your own photos that you supply to us. We retouch and edit the photos and lay them out so that your stories come to life. Your book is then sent to you for review before printing. This is your time to make any edits or corrections and to tell us any stories you many have forgotten. Our beautiful, lay flat books are perfect to keep on a coffee table and beg to be opened and perused by all who see it.
Tell Me A Story is owned and operated by Karen Philip and Carolyn Snider. Karen and Carolyn have been best friends since first grade. Once they retired from careers in business and law to raise their children, they found themselves collaborating on parties and events. When friends started asking them for help, they took their hobby to another level and started P.S. Designs, an event design company. At P.S. Designs, they create memorable moments for families celebrating milestones and mitzvahs. Through P.S. Designs, they witnessed the interactions among generations within families and highlighted family traditions being passed down. With Tell Me A Story, Karen and Carolyn have designed a way to preserve those traditions so they can be revisited over and over again. Karen is a published writer and Carolyn is a graphic artist. Together, they create a curated keepsake book you and your family will cherish forever.
Tell Me A Story if a perfect gift for the person who has everything. Consider it for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day or a milestone birthday. Your Tell Me A Story books comes wrapped in a beautiful gift box. Sit down and enjoy the stories over and over again. If you would like, you have the ability to order additional copies for your loved ones.
Don’t wait – there is no time like the present to preserve the stories that inform who we are today. To learn more, visit us at tellmeastorybooks.com or on Facebook and Instagram.
Everyone has a story – We help you preserve yours.