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Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 09:39AM It's that time of year! I've got Christmas presents on the brain and am trying to think up new ideas for the grandparents and other hard to gift relatives.
The Family Cookbook: Long gone by are the days when I hand-wrote recipes on recipe cards and gave it to my brother for Christmas. I went to a Shutterfly home party this week and was shown the latest advancements in custom photo books. Turn a photo book into a cookbook with some of the cool text box editing features in their custom path books. Not only can you use the same text for a variety of relatives, you can switch the pictures out to customize it for a different set of family members. If you are like me, you exhausted the photo gift options when you had your first child and haven't revisited that genre... until now! Wow! Today, this book with a hard cover is $15.99!
Shutterfly Custom Photo CookbookA Family Love Story: Imagine the delight of you parents/grandparents if you retold the story of how they met/fell in love and had your own children illustrate it! You can produce a 7x9 hard cover book especially for someone you love, and you can order extra copies for other family members. You can have kids write the text in their own handwriting or you can have it typed by the company, Creations By You. There is also online production if you do not wish to mail in the artwork. This book kit costs about $21 and takes 3-4 weeks. Don't have a love story? What about another fun story, like the year the dog knocked over the Christmas tree. Or the infamous road trip that went wrong...
Illustory makes for an amazing keepsake giftChristmas Photo Cards: I'm surprising my mother with some custom Christmas cards with all of her grandkids photos on it. My parents are not the "photo card every year" kind of people, so this is a great way to help bring them into the modern era. It is also something disposable, as my parents are quick to remind you that they do not want any more clutter in their lives! (Yet this is more fun than coffee and other perishables!)
Find Photo Cards with multiple photos to fit all the grandchildrenGood luck with your holiday shopping! Send me ideas if you have any great family ones to share!
Reader Comments (1)
Sally - I love reading your blog and seeing your ideas! I was just thinking that I can't wait to see all of your photo Christmas Cards. I love the ways you display them. I am always in awe of your many talents and am thankful you are part of my family!