Gift your Stories ✦ Grow your Roots
Handcrafted Artifacts & Rituals to Bring Your Village Together
Gift your stories. Grow your roots.
LIVING HEIRLOOMS is a bespoke storytelling experience for families & communities who wish to honor their stories, celebrate their journey, and grow closer in the process.
Together, we create artifacts & rituals that transform memory into belonging.
Perfect for reunions, milestones, and gifts of love across generations. ✱ CELEBRATION FRIENDLY! ✱
Created with emmy-winning storyweaver
Chrislyn
Story Capsules
Bring your stories, values, and wisdom to life through intimate, guided interviews with your loved ones.
Heirloom Creation
Weave your threads into timeless keepsakes infused with heart and history.
Ritual Integration
Gather with your village to celebrate and carry your wisdom forward together.
“A masterclass in facilitation”
So generous and open-hearted. It was really wonderful to be asked such deeply relatable questions. THANK YOU for your heart and grace.
— Erika B.
this is for you if…
You don't want your elders’ or community’s stories to be lost.
You want to preserve and honor them while you have time together.
You don't want to give another generic gift.
You want a heartfelt way to say “I love you” or “I see you.”
You don't want precious memories to gather dust or stay scattered in boxes, group chats, or hard drives.
You want them to live on, sparking reflection, connection, and meaningful traditions.
You don’t have the time to piece together your stories alone.
You want the peace of mind of working with someone you can trust to weave your stories with integrity, discretion, and deep respect.
You don't want to feel disconnected or stuck in old family patterns.
You want to open deeper dialogue, embody ancestral wisdom, and live into new cycles of belonging.
what this is not
NOT GENEALOGY RESEARCH.
This offering focuses on story gathering, meaning making, and communal practices to integrate wisdom. If you need research support, I can connect you with trusted partners in the industry.
NOT AUTOMATED OR ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL.
This isn't a plug-and-play app. It's a guided, human-centered, high-touch process. I approach your loved ones and their stories with the same care and integrity I bring to my own roots.
NOT PASSIVE THERAPY.
I create spaces that can support healing, but transformation emerges through your willingness to engage with curiosity, reflect deeply, and stay open to repair.
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✶ What’s Included on the Journey ✶
✔︎ In-Depth Interviews ~ virtual or in-person
✔︎ Handcrafted Heirloom ~ bespoke design*
✔︎ Guided Gathering ~ unforgettable experience
* Every heirloom is bespoke — crafted to reflect its unique spirit — because every story asks to be held in its own way. To explore what’s right for yours, reach out to begin the conversation.
“The highlight of our year”
…and it’s been a special year full of highs! Thank you for curating such a wonderful 40th anniversary celebration and memory book. Hopefully you'll pull off an even bigger surprise for our golden anniversary!
— Joon & Ching
About Chrislyn
Emmy-winning Storyweaver
I’m Chrislyn, a storyweaver devoted to crafting memory into meaning.
My path began with a memorial tribute to my grandparents — a gift that brought my family closer and revealed the regenerative power of remembrance.
Since then, I’ve guided families and communities through intergenerational storytelling journeys that carry our histories forward with love.
At the heart of this work is a conviction that our healing flows backward and forward in time. In the words of my ancestors, “As you heal, so do we.”
I root each offering in this reciprocity, so that every family I walk with feels held by a wider village, as we honor our ancestors and become better ones in this lifetime.
Ethos: the gift of story
Family stories are gifts that keep on giving.
When we co-create an heirloom, you offer your loved ones the gift of presence — and receive their wisdom as medicine in return.
This work is rooted in reciprocity:
To give is a gift. To receive is a gift. To witness each other is a gift.
And gifts aren't always tidy. Stories carry silence and shame alongside joy and pride.
I believe all of it belongs. Held with compassion, each contradiction offers a pearl of insight.
My role is to co-tend your roots with you — not to judge, but to witness, weave, and welcome the fullness of your becoming.
May the gifts we surface together ripple out beyond us, nourishing the villages you belong to for generations to come.
“Magic making in any way she can”
Chrislyn has a wonderful way of bringing people together through food, storytelling, and magic making in any way she can create connection. She asks questions deeply and is curious about everyone’s story.
— My China Roots community member
If you feel resonance, let’s begin with a conversation.
We’ll listen together for what’s ready to emerge this season.
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Every heirloom is shaped by unique contexts and varying circumstances, from the artists and loved ones involved in its creation, to the scale and timing of integrating it with a significant occasion or gathering.
To align our energies, we would work closely together to design the scope so that it feels in integrity with your story, vision, and resources.
To receive a custom quote, please fill out this form to begin the conversation.
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I take on only a few projects at a time so every story receives the care it deserves. If exploring a Living Heirloom feels right for you this season, reach out here to start a conversation with me!
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I do not use AI-generated graphics, videos, or music in the creation of Living Heirlooms. All artifacts and rituals are woven from our live ideation, lived experiences, personal materials you provide, historical or archival records, and licensed content made by human creators.
I believe the process is the heart and soul of the product. Even if it’s less efficient than typing an AI prompt, the character growth we gain — and the memories we make — from getting our hands messy in the creative kitchen are well worth the extra efforts.
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If your loved ones prefer to speak in their heritage language instead of English, we can involve trusted translators — from your community or mine — so that they can express themselves in the voice that feels most true.
If you have any potential translators in mind (e.g. family member or friend), please mention them when filling out this form to begin a conversation.
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I invite you to join our growing collective of heirloom artists!
Receive client referrals and make meaningful art that outlives you, transforming the stories of families and communities into beautiful keepsakes passed on for generations.
If you’re interested, please get in touch and introduce yourself!
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I partner with retreat hosts, coaches, churches, educators, and community organizers as an Integration Facilitator, helping participants transform their learning into meaningful artifacts that anchor and sustain their growth.
If you steward group experiences, I’d love to explore collaboration!