The Perfect Christmas Gift During a Recession

All of us have been affected by the downturn in the economy over the past 18 months. Now the holidays are looming large and we look at our Christmas gift list and our wallets and struggle over what to do. Here’s the perfect solution: give pictures. Not just any pictures but meaningful photos. You can never go wrong by giving someone a photo of someone or somewhere they love. There are many suggestions of how to present the perfect gift for little money:

• Take a few of the digital images from last summer’s vacation that have been on your computer for months and make a collage for your husband’s office.
• Take one of your favorite photos from childhood, reproduce it and give it to a sibling or childhood friend.
• Get photos of your children growing up and put them into a special photo album for the grandparents.
• Take a favorite photo and put it on canvas.
• Scan old family slides and photos and give a CD of all the images to your siblings.
• Take a favorite photo of yourself and give it to someone you love.
• Find an old photo of your great grandparents, scan and print it for your family.
• Take that really cute picture of you and your best friend, frame it and write her a note to tell her how much she means to you.
• New empty nester? Take the photos of your child growing up and give them a CD of all those photos for them to take with them into their new life.

The ideas are only limited by your creativity.
This is the year to give a perfect, meaningful and personal gift that will not break the bank.
Give us a call and let us help you create the star gift of the season.

R. Clark