What to write in a scrapbook for your boyfriend or girlfriend: 60 captions, quotes and messages

The photos make people open a scrapbook; the words make them keep it. The good news is that you don't need to be a writer: a scrapbook needs short, specific lines, not poems. Here's what to write on each page, with examples to copy and change.

The first page: a short letter

Three or four sentences are enough: why you made it, what they mean to you, and one detail only you would know. For more help, see how to start a love letter.

• “I made this book because some things deserve more than a message: they deserve pages you can turn, again and again.”
• “This is our story so far. I wanted to keep it somewhere safe, in one place, for the days we forget how lucky we are.”
• “Every page here is a day I'd live again with you. Even the one with the flat tyre.”
• “Happy anniversary. Here's a year of us, from the first coffee to last Sunday.”

Captions for photos (copy and adapt)

• “The day it all started.”
• “I still think about this day.”
• “You, five minutes before laughing so hard you cried.”
• “Lost on purpose.”
• “Our first trip, our first argument about directions.”
• “My favorite view.”
• “The best ordinary Sunday.”
• “Proof that you're not a morning person.”
• “Where I knew.”
• “Us, before we knew.”
• “Home is wherever you are (even this tiny kitchen).”
• “10/10 would get lost with you again.”

Short quotes for a page of their own

• “Everything is beautiful when you look at it with love.”
• “You are my favorite place to go.”
• “Together is my favorite place to be.”
• “How lucky are we.”
• “Still falling for you.”
• “You and me, always.”
• “Better together.”
• A line from your song, or something they once said that you never forgot.

The story of us: what to write

Write one short paragraph per chapter, as if you were telling a friend: how you met, the moment you knew, the first trip, the hard time you got through, the ordinary life you love now. Specific details make it: the café, the song on the radio, the joke that started it all.

Reasons I love you

A page of 6–10 reasons, each with a small photo, is often the most reread page of the book. Start with small, concrete habits (“the coffee you make without asking”) and end with a big one. More ideas in 100 reasons why I love you.

Love coupons and games

• “Good for one breakfast in bed.”
• “Good for one movie of your choice, no complaints.”
• “Good for one day without chores.”
• “Good for one dance in the kitchen.”
• Word search words: your nicknames, your city, your pet, your song.

The last page

• “To be continued…”
• “This book has a last page. We don't.”
• “I can't wait to fill the next book with you.”
• “Next chapter: [the trip, the house, the year ahead].”
• “Thank you for every page. I love you.”

If you'd rather not design the pages yourself, the Love Book gives you a digital scrapbook with the pages already laid out: the letter, the captions, the story, the quote, the songs and the coupons each have their own place, and the preview updates as you write.