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Some people are harder to buy for than others.
A personalized gift only works if it says something true about the person. These are grouped by who is receiving it, and what tends to land with them.
Six people, six approaches
Who is it for?
For Mom
She still has the card you made in 2003. Anything with your handwriting or your childhood address on it outperforms anything expensive.
For Dad
He’ll say you shouldn’t have, then keep it on the desk. Desk-sized and understated beats wall-sized and sentimental.
For Grandparents
The photo they’d want printed properly — usually one they took, not one of them. Larger type is not a small detail.
For Your Best Friend
The one who’d know your order. Inside jokes print better than declarations.
For a Pet Person
Fifteen years is a long time to have someone at the door. Portraits and memorials from phone photos.
A short, opinionated guide
Three rules that hold for almost everyone.
We have made a few thousand of these. The pieces that get kept have very little to do with price.
Specific beats sentimental
“14 March 2019” lands harder than “forever”. A real date, a real address, a real number of miles.
One idea per piece
Names, dates, coordinates and a quote on the same print reads like a certificate. Pick one thing to say.
Match the room, not the person
A beautiful piece in the wrong format gets put in a drawer. Ask yourself where it would physically go.
