Where they waited
The doorway, front window, stair landing, gate, or side of the bed they returned to every day.
4.97from 2,400+ keepsakes
When the camera roll ends, their story does not have to.
Send several real photos of your pet. Our artists create new keepsake portraits with close attention to their face, markings, coloring, posture, age, and familiar expression.
- 100% no-questions refund
- Most galleries ready within a week
- High-resolution, print-ready files
- Payments by Stripe
When a pet is gone, the photos you have can start to feel too few.
That does not mean you failed to take enough photos. It means you were there.
Recognition comes from the small things.
Not just the right breed. The details that made them yours.
A general portrait can resemble a dog, cat, rabbit, or bird. Recognition comes from the uneven marking, the shape of one ear, the older face, the posture, and the little look their person noticed every day.
Their photos
Finished keepsake
Every keepsake is a finished image, never a teaser. Made to move you, protected by a 100% refund, no questions asked. Most are ready within a week.
The parts that were too ordinary to photograph.
You photographed the big days. You miss the ordinary ones.
The waiting by the door. The same place on the couch. The look toward the kitchen. The ordinary days did not seem like moments that needed documenting. They became the parts of the story people miss most.
How they looked at you
The head tilt, side-eye, lifted ear, open-mouth smile, or patient stare you knew immediately.
The place they always chose
The couch corner, kitchen threshold, garden bench, sunny floor, or favorite blanket.
That does not mean you failed to take enough photos. It means you were there.
The likeness-first process
New portraits built around the details that cannot change.
Each photograph holds a different piece of them. Our artists compare several references and create your keepsakes around the details the photos reveal.
They study the face, markings, coloring, proportions, posture, age, and familiar expression, then review each finished portrait before it reaches your account.
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Phone photos are usually enough.
One photograph might show the face clearly. Another might show the markings. A third might hold the posture or expression you remember. They do not need to be professional. They need to show enough pieces for our artists to compare.
Every kind of companion
Not only dogs and cats.
Rabbits, birds, reptiles, cows, each one made from their own photos.
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We specialize in the top 300 species people keep as pets. Have a companion we didn't show here? Reach us at support@stillbymyside.com and we'll let you know if we can make their keepsake.
The likeness-first process
New portraits built around the details that cannot change.
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Choose your keepsake set
Start with one portrait or choose a fuller collection.Choose your photographs after ordering. There is no deadline.
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Upload the photos you already have
Phone photos, scanned prints, and screenshots can each show something useful.One photo may show the face, another the markings, and another the posture or expression you remember.
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Our artists study every reference
They look closely at the face, markings, coloring, proportions, posture, age, and familiar expression.
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Download them from your account
We email you when the keepsakes are ready. The high-resolution files are available in your account.
Nova
Loved by people who miss them too
You're not the only one who wasn't ready to let go.
4.9
out of 5 · 2,400+ keepsakes made · 1,900+ five-star reviews
“It actually looked like her: her exact markings, the way she tilted her head. I cried, then I printed it.”
Emily R.for Bella · tan mixed-breed“A handful of everyday phone photos was all I had. Somehow they gave me back the face I was scared of forgetting.”
“I ordered a single portrait without expecting much. It's my phone background now, and my mum's too.”
“It felt made for grief, not for clicks. Private, gentle, no watermarks. Exactly what I needed.”
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Packages
Start with one portrait, or keep more of their story.
Choose your photographs after ordering. Every package includes high-resolution digital files, unlimited free redos, and our 100% refund guarantee.
Keepsake
1 image · $39.00 / image
$39.00
One finished portrait, made from your pet's own photos. Made to move you, protected by a 100% refund.
Made to move you. Protected by a 100% refund.
Remembrance
3 images · $19.67 / image
$59.00
A few favorites, to print, to keep close, to share with the people who loved them too.
Made to move you. Protected by a 100% refund.
Tribute
5 images · $15.80 / image
$79.00
A balanced set with room for different moods and moments. The one most people choose.
Made to move you. Protected by a 100% refund.
Legacy
7 images · $14.14 / image
$99.00
The whole story, in the fullest private gallery we make.
Made to move you. Protected by a 100% refund.
Or keep them close, week after week
Still Together
- Five opening images plus your first two-image story arrive together in Week 1
- Then two new images every weekwith a new story
- Cancel any time
$79 / month
A quiet way to keep receiving new scenes of them, made from the photos already in your private account. Everything you have received stays yours. Your first month is protected by the same 100% guarantee.
Payments by Stripe, we never see your card detailsEvery order is protected by our 100% no-questions guaranteeMost galleries ready within a weekHigh-resolution downloadsIf it doesn't feel like them, we'll make it again
Yours to download and keep.
One keepsake, many ways to keep them close.
When our artists finish your keepsakes, we will email you. Sign in to your account to see every finished portrait and download the high-resolution files. Keep one as your phone wallpaper, print one for a frame, or use the files with any gift creation service to make mugs, keychains, cards, photo books, calendars, and other personal keepsakes.
Your order includes digital image files. Frames, printing, and custom products are not included, so you can choose the size, service, and objects that feel right to you.
Ideas for your digital files
- Frame or wall print
- Phone wallpaper
- Printed mug
- Photo keychain
- Personal card
- Photo book or calendar
Your keepsake should feel like your pet.
If a keepsake does not feel like your pet, tell us what looks wrong. Our artists will make it again at no charge, with unlimited redos until you are happy. If you would rather not continue, every order is protected by our 100% refund guarantee.
- Tell us the specific detail that feels wrong
- Unlimited redos at no charge
- 100% refund guarantee
- Support from a real person
- Payments handled by Stripe
- No deadline for choosing photos
- Newly created keepsake portraits
- Reviewed by our artists before delivery
From Liem
Why I started this
Lucy was a miniature schnauzer. I got her when she was still teething and chewing the corners of everything I owned. I had her for thirteen years.
She had a spot on the floor by the kitchen doorway where she could watch both rooms at once. That was where she waited for me. She did that every day for thirteen years, and I have four photos of it. My phone was in my hand for most of those days.
After she was gone, I went looking for a picture of her in that spot, waiting, the way I remembered her. I reached the end of what I had in under a minute.
I wasn't documenting her. I was with her. I picked up the camera when she did something unusual, and almost none of our life together was unusual. Most days she was just there, next to me. That's the part I miss.
Months later, I used one of those four photos to make a new picture of her. She was on a walk we never got to take, head up, ears doing the thing they did. I looked at it longer than I meant to. She looked like she'd been okay this whole time, off on adventures of her own, still herself.
I think she'd have liked it there.
Starting Still By My Side was my way of honoring Lucy.
If the photos you have feel too few, it isn't because you weren't paying attention. It's because you were.
Liem
FAQ
Questions, answered clearly.
After choosing a package. Your order remains available in your account, so you can upload when you feel ready. There is no deadline.
Whenever you are ready.
Create new keepsakes from the photos that still feel most like them.
Start with one portrait, or choose a fuller collection. Take your time choosing the photographs.
New keepsake portraits made from the photos you already have.
Unlimited free redos and our 100% refund guarantee are included.
Not ready to decide today?