Gifting pages · A Letter for You
A digital love letter that opens to a song written for them
Write them a letter, seal it in a cream envelope with their initial in the wax, and send it as a link. When they open it, the seal cracks, the letter settles over your photo and a song written from your story begins to play.
Included with your US$29.99 song. Hear your song free before paying; the gift page and Pocket Island come with it.
Love Letter, for Theo
Illustrative example with fictional people. Words light up with the song when timing is available for your recording.
The example
Elena’s letter to Theo
For five years Theo has written the grocery list on the back of an envelope stuck to the fridge, and he always saves the last line for Elena: “flowers for E”, “more of you”, “marry me again?”. She kept every list in a glass jar. For their fifth anniversary she writes back, for once: a letter, and a song.
Sample song
The Bottom Line
Acoustic Soul Pop
Read the lyrics of “The Bottom Line”
Coffee, eggs and something green
Bread, the good kind, if they're out
Stamps and batteries and onions
That's what lists are all about
But there's always one more line
In pencil, right before the end
"Flowers for E," or "More of you,"
Or "Marry me again"
The bottom line is always me
Under coffee, bread and tea
Five years of lists, I kept them all
In a jar out in the hall
You never say it out loud, Theo
You just write it, small and true
So I'm writing one line back
My bottom line is you
There's the one from our first winter
"Fix the heater, call your mom"
There's the one from moving Sunday
"Tape and boxes, keep me calm"
There's the one from when I lost my job
When you wrote, "We'll be fine"
Underlined it twice in pencil
And I believed you every time
I don't leave you little notes
I've never been the type
So I saved up five years' worth
Of the things I meant to write
The bottom line is always me
Under coffee, bread and tea
Five years of lists, I kept them all
In a jar out in the hall
You never say it out loud, Theo
You just write it, small and true
So I'm writing one line back
My bottom line is you
My bottom line is you
For Theo
The Bottom Line
Five years of grocery lists, and you always save the last line for me. This time the last line is mine. Happy anniversary, Theo. Love, E
Illustrative example: fictional people and photos.
Try it yourself
Open the designer with Love Letter and the sample song, then change the title, the note and the photos to see how yours would look. Nothing is saved or sent.
Comes with your US$29.99 song. Trying it is free.
What happens when they open it
The wax seal cracks, the envelope opens and the letter settles over your photo. The page is lined paper with a postage stamp, a postmark and photo corners; on a computer it opens flat into a two-page spread.
Design: A Letter for You · Opening: A Letter for You
- Your letter on lined paper, with a postage stamp, a postmark and photo corners
- Up to 30 photos, playing as a slideshow with the song in the browser
- The lyrics if you want them, moving with the song where timing is available
- An optional button that lets them download the MP3
- Sent as a private link, or printed as a QR card for a real envelope
- No app or account needed to open it
On a computer
In this example, Theo's love letter opens as a two-page spread: the photo and letter on one page, his song on the other, the words lighting up with it.
Words light up with the song when timing is available for your recording.
What to put in your letter
The song carries the big feelings. The letter only has to sound like you. A few things that work:
Writing several letters for different days? One gift page holds one letter and one song. For a set of “open when” letters that unlock on dates you choose, use Pocket Island, which comes with the same song. See the video game gift
- Start with a moment only the two of you share: a place, a joke, a habit.
- Say the thing you don’t say out loud often enough.
- Keep it short. Your note can be up to 700 characters, and three to six sentences is plenty before the chorus.
- End with what comes next: tonight, this year, the next trip.
- Sign it the way you sign everything else.
Other looks for a love letter
The same letter and song can open another way. Two other looks that suit love and anniversaries:
Rose Petals
Design: Rose · Opening: Gift box
A blush-pink box opens in a shower of petals.
Comes with your US$29.99 song. Trying it is free.
Opening Night
Design: Velvet · Opening: Curtain Call
Red velvet curtains part, a spotlight comes up, and their song takes the stage.
Comes with your US$29.99 song. Trying it is free.
Included with your song
US$29.99
One payment for the song you choose. No subscription.
Hear two complete versions free before paying.
- Your chosen song as an MP3, with an emailed download link
- A gift page in any of 14 designs and 5 openings
- Pocket Island, the little game gift, with up to 12 hidden surprises
- Up to 30 photos, played as a slideshow with the song in the browser
- Printable QR cards and lyric-print designs
- No app or account needed to open it
Questions about digital love letters
How do I make a digital love letter?
Start with the song: tell us how you met and what you love about them, then hear two complete versions free with a free account. Choose one (US$29.99), open the gift editor, choose A Letter for You under Change design, write your letter, add photos and save. Then send them the link.
Can I add music to a digital love letter?
Yes, and here the music is the point. The letter opens to an original song written from your story and sung with their name, not a track borrowed from a playlist.
Is there a free digital love letter website?
Trying this design with the sample song is free, and so is hearing two versions of your own song. Sending your own letter needs your song, which is US$29.99. Free letter makers usually let you add a track that already exists; this letter opens to an original song about the two of you.
How do I send it?
Copy the private link into a text, email or chat. Or print a QR card at home and slip it into a real envelope; scanning it opens the letter.
Can I add photos?
Yes, up to 30. They sit on the page with photo corners and play as a slideshow with the song, right in the browser.
Can I make “open when” letters this way?
One gift page holds one letter and one song. For several letters that unlock on dates you choose, use Pocket Island, which comes with the same song: each gift on the island can stay locked until its day. See how the island locks gifts.
Will they need an account or an app?
No. The letter opens in the browser on their phone or computer, with no sign-in.