Born from a passion for
lasting memories.
What started as a simple idea by a 10-year-old animal lover has grown into a devoted mission: connecting physical keepsakes to the beautiful, unwritten stories of the lives we cherish.
I'm Dayna.
Memory QR began on the morning my grandfather died. I am a designer in Sheffield. I wanted a memorial that was both the stone you could touch and the story you could read — not just a name and a hyphen.
The first prototype was a river stone with a small QR sealed under sapphire glass. I built his memorial slowly — an afternoon a week, for almost a year. Three years later, twenty-eight makers in workshops in Vermont, Yorkshire and County Cork hand-finish every keepsake we ship.
“A name on stone is a beautiful, ancient thing. A bonded QR is the rest of it — the voice, the photographs, the day-to-day.”
— DaynaOur Purpose
We believe every life leaves a legacy worth preserving.
Our Mission
To craft memorials that hold more than a name — hand-finished keepsakes paired with private, lifetime-hosted digital tributes. Made slowly, by people who care.
Our Vision
A world where every life that asks to be remembered can be. We give you a space to preserve stories, so future generations can know the ones you loved.
Our Promise
Every memorial is hosted in perpetuity in a separate legal trust. Even if Memory QR were to wind down, your stories remain safe and accessible forever.
How it comes to be
From the riverbed and the foundry to your hands — the careful steps behind every keepsake.
Choose a keepsake
A stone for the garden. A plaque for a chapel wall. A pendant for a pocket. Every keepsake is hand-finished and shipped in protective wool felt.
We bond your QR by hand
In our Yorkshire workshop, the unique QR is sealed under sapphire glass with marine-grade resin. Tested for forty years of weather before it leaves us.
Build the memorial ÔÇö at your own pace
A quiet drag-and-drop builder. Photographs, voice notes, letters, songs, a timeline, a guestbook. There is no rush. You can take an afternoon or a year.
Invite the people who loved them
Up to twelve contributors. Each can add their own memories ÔÇö photographs you have never seen, recordings you forgot existed. You approve everything that goes live.
Choose who can see it
Public, unlisted, or password-protected. Most families choose unlisted. You can change the setting any time, including years from now.
Your keepsake ships, wrapped by hand
Wool felt envelope. Recycled-card box. A handwritten card from our team. Posted to 64 countries with tracking, free on orders over $120.
Touch your phone. The memorial opens.
No app. No login. Just the camera and the keepsake. The memorial loads quietly. Their life is there, exactly as you have built it.
Held in trust, forever
Lifetime hosting is included. Memory QR is structured as a legal trust so memorials outlive the business. The only thing we promise is forever.
What We Stand For
Principles that guide every piece we finish and every memorial we host.
Hand-finished
Twenty-eight makers in three small workshops. Every keepsake is signed by its maker on the underside.
Private by default
Every memorial is unlisted unless you choose otherwise. Password-protect at any time. Yours, completely.
Held in trust
Hosting is funded into a separate legal trust on every keepsake sold. Memorials outlive the business.
Built to last
Sapphire-glass QR window. Marine-grade resin. Salt-spray tested for forty years of weather, free re-bonding for life.
When you are ready, we are here.
Browse the keepsakes, or begin a memorial — building is always free, and you can take all the time you need.
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