They opened theirs. Here’s what they said.
“The quality of my journal is excellent! I absolutely love the charms I added.”
Verified buyer“The delivery was fast and product is beautiful!!!! Love it”
Verified buyer“I’m excited for this to hold my memories... I can look back on when I’m 70.”
Verified buyer
For the first tooth, the funny thing at breakfast and the card you can't throw out. Here's how the Momento works, what comes with it and what it costs.
She says something over her cereal that makes you put your coffee down. You repeat it to the next person you see. You're sure you'll have it for good. Then comes a fever, a lost shoe and a school form, and a month later you're in the kitchen trying to get the words back. Nothing is wrong with you. That sentence never had anywhere to go. A page gives it somewhere.
A photo shows what she looked like at three. A page says what she called the dog, what she asked you at bedtime and how that week felt, in your handwriting. "I have kept a journal for my grandson since he was born. I document all our events together," one woman wrote under our ad in September. Another told us by text in October: "I'm getting older and would be really cool to save for my children." Little kids or grown ones, you can start on any page, on any day.
It arrives in a linen travel bag. Inside: the cover, two 76-page inserts (one lined, one blank), a clear zipper organizer insert and the charm you choose. US shipping is free. Not in the box: a pen, extra refills, and the grid and planner inserts, which are sold separately. The card, photo and ticket you saw in the video don't come with it either. Those are yours to add.
The Pocket cover is 4.25 x 6.89 in (108 x 175 mm), with pages of 90 x 163 mm. It's the one to carry, in a purse or a diaper bag. The Classic is 4.72 x 7.87 in (120 x 200 mm), with pages of 105 x 190 mm, for longer entries at the table. Will your own inserts fit? Traveler's Notebook Passport inserts fit both sizes. A6 and Hobonichi Weeks fit the Classic only. A5, B6 and Traveler's Notebook Regular are too big for either.
A baby book gives you a printed box for month seven, and the box stays empty if month seven was hard. There are no dates and no boxes on these pages. Write "6 month update" at the top, "first tooth!" under it, and close it. Skip a month and the next page is just the next page. Nothing in here is keeping score.
When the pages fill up, slide out the full insert, write their age on the front, keep it, and slide in a refill. Refills start at $12, about 76 pages each. The cards and photos stay in the zipper organizer in the back. If you've ever thought "it's paper and a pen, why would I pay that much," this is the difference: you buy the cover once, and their childhood goes inside it, one insert at a time. The lifetime warranty covers the binding, the cover and the hardware.
Choose from eight colors (the one in the video is Mocha), then clip on the charm you like. The Momento is 50% off right now: the Pocket from $69 (was $138) and the Classic from $89 (was $178). Or pay in installments with Shop Pay at checkout. The charm is free, US shipping is free, and you have easy 100-day returns.
You're the kind of person who wants to keep what they said, not only how they looked. Choose your size and your charm. When it comes out of the bag, write one line: the last funny thing they said. The Momento is 50% off, with a free charm.
The complete starter kit. Your leather cover in the size and color you pick, two 76-page Daolin inserts (one lined, one blank), an organizer insert for cards, stamps, photos, or loose notes, and a linen travel bag. Restock Event adds a complimentary charm. Everything you need to start writing on day one.
A Moleskine is a notebook. You fill it, finish it, buy another. A Midori is a traveler's notebook system designed around buying inserts separately. Momento is the refillable cover plus a complete starter kit in one box, with US shipping and a lifetime warranty. Same cover, new pages, forever.
Pocket if you carry it daily and write in shorter sessions. Back pocket, jacket, small purse. Classic if you sit down to write. Letters, longer entries, sketching, planning. Pocket fits anywhere. Classic gives you room to breathe.
Pocket fits a back pocket, small purse, or jacket pocket. Classic is a bit larger than the size of a paperback and lives in a tote or purse.
Each insert has 76 pages of smooth, high-quality Daolin paper. It is fountain-pen friendly with minimal bleed-through and feathering, so it handles everything from a pencil or gel pen to a wet fountain nib beautifully.
Slide the used insert out, slide a new one in. Refills start at $12, about 76 pages each. Most customers set them on a 3-month cadence and stop thinking about it. Skip, pause, change cadence, or cancel from your account anytime. No phone calls, no retention scripts.
Binding failure, cover failure, and hardware like the grommets. If something structural breaks, we replace it for free immediately, no shipping fee.
Yes. Every Momento ships in a gift-ready linen bag, so you can hand it over as-is. It's our most-gifted product. If you're unsure on color, Bordeaux and Mocha are safe picks for someone whose taste you don't know well.
Try Momento for 100 days. If you don't fall in love, easy 100-day returns. Just email help@stillarchive.com and we'll take care of it.
Based on a survey of 3,000+ Momento buyers
87%
Stayed consistent longer
94%
Stopped reaching for their phone first
3.2 hrs
Fewer screen time per day
89%
Say it is the first journal they finished
Most of us have three of these already. Most of us stopped using all three within a month.
| Criteria | Momento | Your Notes app | Moleskine | Your last planner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still being used 6 months in | ||||
| Off the cloud. Into your hands. | ||||
| A separate space for each part of your lifeA separate space for each part of life | Sort of | |||
| Runs out? Keep the cover. Replace the pages. | Sort of | |||
| Feels like something you want to hold | ||||
| Backed for life |
This is the one you keep, because it keeps up with you.
