Storybox Examples

This page features all 10 of my original storybox designs that I made for my wedding, a few examples of my recent commission pieces, and reviews from past clients!

If you're doing a storybox commission, use these examples to inspire your own story/idea entirely, or use one of these designs to start off with (e.g. we can use the white silhouette of the first layer and change all inner layers). 

Go back here for info on booking new storybox commissions.

My Personal Designs

1) Theme Park
A heart-shaped silhouette looking into our favorite theme park, where we made a ton of memories in our first year together.

 

2) Video Games
A controller silhouette featuring 11 of our favorite video games over the years, including both co-op and single player games.

 

3) Food & Travel
A bowl silhouette featuring our favorite foods and travel locations.

 

4) Mt. Fuji
A Japan-inspired silhouette featuring a memory where we watched the fireworks over the lake in front of Mt. Fuji.

 

5) The Forest Train
A mountain silhouette, featuring a forest and train where we got married! 

 

6) The Proposal
A forest-y silhouette, featuring some elements of the proposal: rings, photos, string lights, and the whole proposal scene, including our friends watching from behind a tree. NOTE: This image shows a 12x12 frame instead of an 8x8 frame. Only 8x8 Frames are currently available, so an 8x8 copy of the design may look a tad different scaled down.

 

7) The Wedding Ceremony
A forest-y silhouette, featuring light shining through the trees in the forest where we got married! NOTE: This image shows a 12x12 frame instead of an 8x8 frame. Only 8x8 Frames are currently available, so an 8x8 copy of the design may look a tad different scaled down.

 

8) How We Met
A bear silhouette, featuring our college campus and a few little icons referencing a few of our first dates as well as our major. 

 

9) Board Games
A hexagon silhouette, featuring references to 7 of our favorite board games.

 

10) Home
A house silhouette, featuring our board game shelf, cat tree, a garland we hung up for a really long time, and our little family of stuffed animals + an actual cat. 

 

I sometimes make instagram posts about specific storybox details, so be sure to follow me!

 

Past Storybox Commissions

As of June 2024, I've now designed 21 storybox commissions for wonderful clients! Here are a few of the extra special storyboxes I've made for a few extra special people! <3 

 

 

 

Nice Words from Nice People :')

Customer Reviews

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V.L.
MOST AMAZING PROCESS & ARTWORK! :D

I loved working with Jessica on both of my custom story boxes. Yes, you heard that right, this is the second box that I’ve purchased from her… (and possibly not the last!) 😊 For each of the story boxes, I had many ideas for our story boxes for my husband and myself, and Jessica went above and beyond to bring them to life! She asked all the right questions and was extremely transparent about each step of the process, including timelines and expectations of the digital sketch vs the physical product. There weren’t many revisions needed because she nailed it. My husband was speechless when he saw the physical story box, recognizing each layer as a milestone in our lives – from the day we met to when we got married. It sits happily in our room, where we've put all our memory trinkets from our adventures together <33 Additionally, when the product finally arrived, shipping was fast, and it arrived super snug in its box with a lot of packaging, as perfect as it would have been when first shipped.

I also do my art on the side, but I look up to Jessica and feel like I’ve made a friend in this process 😊 I can’t wait to see what she has in store next and future story boxes! Thus, I highly recommend Jessica and her flawless, creative, and most perfect artwork! 😊

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J.P.
Amazing process, even better final result!

I absolutely loved working with Jessica on the custom storybox. I had so many ideas in my head for my first anniversary gift to my husband, and Jessica went above and beyond bringing them to life! She asked all the right questions and was extremely transparent about each step of the process, including timelines and expectations of the digital sketch vs physical end product. I appreciated how flexible she was when I asked for revisions (though honestly, not many were needed as her first drafts were nearly perfect) and took feedback incredibly well. I came out of the process feeling like we both got to know each other a bit better, as it felt like we had more of a dialogue instead of merely a transaction. My husband had a blast looking at the physical storybox and recognizing each layer as milestones in our lives, including little Easter eggs of how we met! It now sits happily in our memory cabinet, where we've put trinkets from our current adventures together.

Additionally, when the product finally arrived, shipping was SO fast and it arrived super snug in its box, as perfect as it would be when first shipped.

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L.W.
Beautiful storybox and fun to work with!!

My fiance and I absolutely loved working with Jessica on our storybox. We enjoyed the process because Jessica was so organized, transparent, and was meticulous in capturing all of our important details. We loved how she walked us through the process of each layer and we were able to give feedback and adjust anything we needed. We are happy that she was able to capture our memories in such a unique way!

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G.
Collaborative and transparent process, beautiful final product

I really enjoyed the collaborative and transparent process to build the custom storybox. Jessica asks warm and engaging questions that reflect how special she wants to make your storybox. She also lays out a clear process for the storybox with milestones so it's completely transparent where she is with the progress.

Jessica also gives examples of revisions so you know what's reasonable to ask (yet she is so nice and open about it that you won't feel bad about asking first!).

Regarding the storybox content, I had a specific scene I wanted to recreate, and Jessica provided different sketches that we refined together. She gave a warning that facial expressions can be hard to capture because of the small scale. So one revision we ended up dropping the facial expressions, and Jessica mocked up exaggerated but clear body language that I think the silhouettes are a perfect medium for. Jessica maintained the best balance of honoring my memory of the scene and adding her own artistic / cuddly / blobby interpretations. Which is what I want because I love the art style of cuddlypotatoes!

I gave the storybox to my husband on our anniversary. When he opened the note, saw it was from cuddlypotatoes, and looked at the storybox, his first question was, "where's the potato corn?" Then he realized what the scene was and loved it -- our only dilemma was where to put it so we could appreciate it the most. In person, I was pleasantly surprised to see all the layers pop out that pictures couldn't capture.

The attention to detail, dedicated time, and collaborative process makes the storybox commission price completely worth it. Thank you for sharing something you created for yourself with others to also enjoy!

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J.L.
Exceeded expectations

As soon as I saw the story box on Instagram, I knew I needed it. I had a rough vision in my head of what I wanted to make for my wife and brain dumped everything to Jessica. She took all that and created something better than I could have imagined. She was awesome to work with every step of the way and I'm so happy with the final product!