A Farewell Scrapbook With Nothing to Print
For the classmate moving away, the colleague resigning, or the group about to be split across cities. Collect the photos and messages and send one link.
See What It Looks Like
Why the Farewell Keepsake Usually Never Happens
The plan always sounds good: make a memory book, collect a message from everybody, print the photos. Then the last day arrives sooner than expected, the collection is short of money, and whoever volunteered to gather messages has heard back from five people. What ends up happening is a group photo and a rushed goodbye, while the person leaving was quietly hoping for something to take with them.
A digital scrapbook removes every part that normally kills the plan. Nothing to print, nothing to bind, nothing anybody has to carry home. You stick the photos and the messages that come in onto digital paper, and one sheet holds up to twenty pieces, so notes from a lot of people fit onto one full page scattered like sticky notes.
Farewells are not only a school thing either. A colleague resigning, a housemate moving out, a friend leaving for university in another city all have the same shape: a last day that arrives suddenly and things nobody managed to say. Because the gift is a link and stays live for six months, they can open it again once they are somewhere new and do not know anybody yet.
What to Put on a Farewell ScrapMemo
Short messages from a lot of people
Collect one or two lines from each person and scatter them across a single sheet like sticky notes.
First day and last day
Two photos side by side with the time between them. This is the one that makes people go quiet.
The places they will miss
The canteen, the corner of the classroom, their desk, the usual food stall. Add the photo and a line about each.
Their particular habits
The small things they always did that will be noticeably absent. Written as a joke, but it lands.
A recording made together
Record everyone saying goodbye on the last day. The background noise is the part that makes it worth keeping.
A last sheet with one request
Close with something simple: tell us when you arrive, and do not disappear.
What Goes on the Paper
Group photos
Up to fifteen photos in polaroid or filmstrip frames, each with a handwritten caption.
Messages from many people
One sheet holds up to twenty pieces, so a whole class or team can fill a single page.
Up to six sheets
When one page is not enough, add another. One sheet per year group or per team, for instance.
A recording
Up to sixty seconds, sitting on the paper as a small cassette.
A short video
A fifteen second clip, such as everyone saying goodbye together on the last day.
Stickers and tape
Scribbles, clouds, stars, and paper tape so the sheets feel assembled by the group.
How to Make One
- 1
Pick the Farewell layout
It opens with two sheets holding a greeting, a group photo slot, a recording slot, and a closing line.
- 2
Collect the photos and messages
Ask for short messages in the group chat, then stick them one by one onto the second sheet with the photos.
- 3
Send it on the last day
Pay once and the gift goes live. Send the link in the group or straight to them during the farewell itself.
ScrapMemo Pricing
One payment for one gift, no subscription, and any running promo is already applied.
- Up to 6 sheets of paper
- Photos, 15s video and voice notes
- Backsound from the song library
- No watermark once published
- Live for 6 months
ScrapMemo for Other Occasions
ScrapMemo Anniversary
Celebrate your years together with polaroids, handwriting, and the song that is yours.
Open this pageScrapMemo Birthday
A birthday message they scroll through: photos, a short video, and a wish worth reading.
Open this pageScrapMemo Apology
When saying it out loud never comes out right, write it down and send the link.
Open this pageScrapMemo Graduation
From first-year photos to the cap and gown, four years gathered onto two sheets.
Open this pageScrapMemo Thank You
Say thank you to the friend who always shows up, in more than a chat sticker.
Open this pageScrapMemo for a Best Friend
Celebrate a long friendship with old photos, inside jokes, and the voice note you never sent to the group chat.
Open this pageScrapMemo for Your Partner
A gift for your partner they scroll through: your photos, your handwriting, a song, and a voice note.
Open this pageScrapMemo Valentine
A Valentine gift that does not wilt: photos, a song, and your reasons, stuck onto paper.
Open this pageQuestions About a
Farewell Scrapbook
Yes, and this is the most common way it is made. One person assembles the sheets while everybody sends photos and messages in the group.
The gift is paid for once, so split across a class it costs almost nothing each.
One sheet holds up to twenty pieces, and you can use up to six sheets.
If that is still not enough, merge similar messages or give each group its own sheet.
It does. The tone can be casual or formal, because you write all of it yourself.
Many people fill it with office photos, their particular habits, and a message from each team.
It can replace one, or sit alongside it. The digital version wins on speed and cost, and can hold voice and video.
Some groups send the digital one on the last day and let the printed one follow later.
No. They open the link in a phone or laptop browser and swipe the sheets sideways.
Six months from publication, so it is still there once they have settled somewhere new.
Build it before the last day
Collect the photos and the messages, arrange them on the sheets, and send one link while everybody is still together.
Make a Farewell ScrapMemo