Illustory-Buy from the Illustory Inventor

Illustory-one of the best gifts you can give.

Craig Ebel invented Illustory 12 years ago when he saw a book his daughter brought home from school. Since the early 1990s, Illustory has been available in stores like Wal-mart, Toys r Us and Target. In that, time hundreds of thousands of Illustories have been purchased. In this last year alone, we are proud to report that we will have sold over 1 million Illustories. Given the growth of the Internet, this creative and educational toy has been available online on multiple sites for years. Creatively Ever After is now offering you the opportunity to purchase this keepsake gift from the inventor.

After 12 years, illustory is still one of the best educational, creative and keepsake gifts you can will ever give your loved one.

Your Illustory book will:

  • Contain Art created by you
  • Be a story written and created by you
  • Be an illustory hard bound keepsake!

Have your illustory displayed on YouTube and featured on our site!

To submit your video, simply record your story page by page as you read it aloud like other illustory authors have done. Upload your video to YouTube.com, and email the link to Craig Ebel via the Contact Us button.


To buy a kit, please click on the purple Buy illustory button at the top left of this page. (By the way, remember that illustory is not spelled illistory, illastory, ellastory, ilestory, ilustory, or illestory-it's Illustory!)

Questions for the inventor of Illustory, Craig Ebel;

Why do you believe "Illustory" is so popular?


Illustory is a unique product. The process of writing a storybook gives kids the freedom to unleash their creativity. When they receive their own finished book in the mail, their hard work is rewarded in the form of a permanent book which they can be proud of. In today's day and age, it is good to know there are still products available which are better for children that T.V. or video games.