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Priceless Gift Idea

June 25th, 2008 at 06:31 pm

My husband is really into photography and he is great at it. He takes pictures every single day! For many of us, our photos remain on the digital camera or on the computer but are never printed. One day, he decided to print some photos of our trip to the Philippines, ones with his relatives.

Costco is definitely the cheapest place for prints and enlargements that we've found. He ordered them online and then picked them up in the store within an hour. He printed some 8x12 ($1.49 each) and 12x18 ($2.99 each) which are odd sizes, although common dimensions are available. But we found frames to fit them at Aaron Brothers, buy one get another for 1 cent. 8x12 frames were 2 for $10. Basically, if you take the matte out of some of the frames, they will fit these rare sizes. Creative thinking, I love it!

Once the photos were framed with simple black frames, they were amazing! Photos look different when they are in frames. You pay more attention to them. We hung some of the photos on the wall, and it is a special feeling to see not only my husband's artwork surrounding us, but also to see his relatives, who live on the other side of the world.

Photos make special, one of a kind gifts. My husband even created a hardcover, photo book for his friend's wedding in Kona, Hawaii. That was the best wedding gift for her.

You can now do more than put photos on mugs. You can put them on mousepads, make wallet prints, handbags, calendars, throws, ornaments, and even canvas prints.

6 Responses to “Priceless Gift Idea”

  1. miclason Says:
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    Back when we were married, ex-hubby and I would take family pictures on Xmases and birthdays, then frame them and give them to the families as Xmas or Bday gifts!- everybody loved them!

  2. klbb90 Says:
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    I got the grandkids together every year at least once and had their pictures taken and then framed them. The grandparents loved them and to this day you can see the progression of when a grandchild was born and added to the group and their growth year to year on the grandparents wall. Its fun, interesting and a conversation starter.

  3. momcents Says:
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    Nice idea! We aren't that great photographers but I doubled up on a buy one-get one offer and a few dollars off coupon at CVS and used their machine to put together pictures from our vacation. I sent one to my grandmother in California and she loved it.

  4. HouseHopeful Says:
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    That is a great idea. My grandfather was a professional photographer. We lost most of his work due to a family incident I won't mention, but I have a few choice prints that I was given for Christmas and/or birthdays. They make me happy to think of him and the good times we had.

  5. aevans1206 Says:
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    I made a family calendar for everyone's Christmas gift this year in my family. They all loved them and suggested I do it every year (which I'm now going to!)

  6. nance Says:
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    I just discovered that I can make adjustments on the photos I have taken, on line, and can turn some of the ones with poor color, into black and white, crop, change brightness, contrast, etc. and had a wonderful time creating great photos. Often you have a photo of several people where one person looks fabulous and the others look terrible. Just crop for the good shot, and that makes a great gift for that person.
    Photos make very meaningful gifts.

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