Unique Gift Ideas for the Holiday Season! Go Digital!
Instead of scouring the mall for gifts this holiday season
why not consider using your cherished photos to create a
unique personalized gift for family and friends? There are so many ways now, made easy with online sites and
programs, to create unique personal gifts using your digital
photos. Photo Books offer a way of creating a high quality
photo album, book bound with text and artwork options.
Calendars are always a perfect little gift or stocking
stuffer, what Grandmother would not love a calendar of her
precious grandchildren? Online sites offer easy ways of
editing pictures as well, change to black and white, sepia,
antique, add frames, create post cards, stickers, blur
edges, so many ways to spruce up your photos and have a
little fun in the process! Place your photos on mugs,
Mouse Pads, aprons, magnets, coasters, tote bags, and tee
shirts. Create personalized Holiday greeting cards as well. Another unique idea is to have a collage of your photos
created. Collages are perfect unique gift ideas for anyone.
Photos are blended together for a seamless look. Themes
include; weddings, babies, children, parties, trips, family
reunions, or anything you can think of. Collages can then be
framed for display or used on Mouse Pads, calendar pages, or
any other photo gift. A calendar for the grandparents, using pictures from
throughout the year and a few themed collages. New baby in
the family? A baby collage printed on a Mouse Pad for the new
mother or father to have for their office. A collage of
wedding photos for a newlywed couple, matted and framed and
tied with a red ribbon makes a lovely gift! So this year, forget the bath salts and take the plunge into
the digital era and give unique gifts that your family and
friends will cherish forever! Barbara Ryan operates Cherish Collages, a business dedicated
to creating unique personal photo collage keepsakes from digital or
scanned photos. http://www.cherishcollages.com, email:
info@cherishcollages.com
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