| Personalized Photo Gifts | | | | the middle of a glass cube, glass paperweight or a |
| Never underestimate the impact of a personalised | | | | glass frame making a timeless classic and elegant |
| present. | | | | keepsake. These are particularly good for photos |
| In today's disposable society where we use and | | | | of your children or wedding photos and make |
| replace faster than at any other time in history, | | | | fabulous desk accessories. |
| gifts that have a lasting importance are rare. Just | | | | Family Birthday Calendars |
| do a search for "unwanted gift" in eBay to see | | | | If you have a lot of family photos then consider |
| where many gifts end up being recycled. | | | | making a calendar with birthdays. I have had |
| That's where personalised gifts have their | | | | great success with giving calendars as gifts where |
| strengths. Not only do they delight the receiver | | | | each month features a photo taken in that month |
| with how much thought you have put into it, but | | | | and then I have photos of the members of the |
| the whole thing requires very little effort on your | | | | family superimposed on the photo with the day |
| part. | | | | of the month of their birthday. This can be a big |
| Your digital camera could be the way into a whole | | | | project and you'll need some digital image |
| genre of thoughtful gifts for your wife . Photo | | | | processing skills and software, but the results are |
| companies offer a huge array of products these | | | | definitely worth the effort. |
| days- they've moved on from the chunky coffee | | | | Fashionable Gifts |
| mug to an amazing range of high quality products | | | | I think it was Anya Hindmarch who first started |
| that, when used with a good image, capture a | | | | with those iconic designer bags and totes |
| special moments forever and make beautiful and | | | | featuring huge photos. Well now that option is |
| thoughtful gifts. | | | | open to you too! There are providers who will |
| Even if you're not so good at taking photos | | | | make a variety of high quality handbags, totes |
| yourself (although it's worth giving serious thought | | | | and shopper bags in a variety of shapes and |
| to this as a life worth living is worth recording...!) | | | | sizes- all with the image you choose to make any |
| you can easily procure photos from friends and | | | | style statement you like. |
| family via social networks like FaceBook and on | | | | And it's not just T-shirts, now you can get a |
| photo sharing places like Flickr and Picasa | | | | much wider selection of clothing and accessories, |
| Try to get into the habit of asking people for | | | | create your own catwalk worthy designs for |
| their photos after get-togethers and build a library. | | | | kitchen aprons, bibs, fashion tops. Choose a |
| I use Picasa on my PC and iPhoto for Mac users | | | | design, pick a colour, add an illustration or photo, a |
| looks great. With such programs you can " | | | | few well chosen words and you're done! |
| favourite" the best ones and then when you need | | | | Personalized photo gifts make fantastic presents |
| to make a photo gift you can just browse | | | | for your wife and other members of your family- |
| through your collection. | | | | just get yourself a system for keeping digital |
| Christenings, Weddings | | | | photos and it'll make an invaluable source of wife |
| Take, for example solid glass, laser etched photo | | | | gift ideas that you can rely on for all sorts of |
| gifts- the photo of your choice is laser etched into | | | | occasions. |