A wedding gift that turned into something bigger than we ever imagined.
Starbound Moments began the way many good things do — with a problem to solve and not much time to solve it.
We're Matt and Rachael, and when two of our closest friends were getting married, we wanted to give them something that actually meant something. Not another toaster. Not a voucher. Something that captured their night — the exact sky that hung above them when they said their vows.
So we made a star map. We calculated the precise positions of the stars, designed the layout, printed it ourselves, framed it, and handed it over. The reaction was more than we'd hoped for. They loved it. Their guests asked about it. Then their guests asked if we could make one for them too.
And just like that, Starbound Moments was born.
We've always believed that life's most meaningful moments are written in the stars. Not in a mystical sense — in a literal one. Every moment in time has its own unique sky. The constellations that watched over your wedding, the stars that welcomed your baby, the night sky on the evening everything changed. Those patterns will never repeat in exactly the same way again.
That's what we capture. A moment frozen in the cosmos. Starbound — because the best moments are tied to the stars that witnessed them.
We work from our home studio in the New Forest, Hampshire — right on the doorstep of some of England's most celebrated dark sky locations. On clear evenings, we step outside and the Milky Way is right there above us. It's a reminder of why we started this, and it keeps us honest about the accuracy of every map we produce.
We're stargazers, not just printmakers. We know what the sky looks like because we spend our evenings under it.
Starbound Moments is a small, family-run business. Every star map is designed, printed, and hand-finished by us, right here in the New Forest. We don't have a warehouse or a fulfilment centre. We have a studio, a lot of care, and a genuine love for what we make.
When you order from us, you're not buying from a faceless corporation. You're buying from two people who still get excited every time a print comes off the press.
