Systems and methods for creating a physical memento with digital tracking are provided herein. In one example, a system may comprise receiving, at one or more processors, a personal message; transmitting, at the one or more processors via a network interface device coupled to the one or more processors, a secure message based on the personal message to a distributed ledger network, wherein the secure message is recorded in the distributed ledger network and the secure message comprises a timestamp associated with the message; and engraving, via one or more engraving tools, a physical item with information relevant to the message.