Whether it’s your partner, a family member, or a lifelong friend, sometimes we all feel the need to make others feel special and remind them of just how much we love having them in our lives.
But with so many things at our fingertips these days, how can you ensure that your gift is thoughtful and unique at the same time?
Here are some of the more creative ways you can accomplish both, and make the people in your life smile a little more!
Buy them a personalised canvas print
Make a moment in time last forever with a canvas print of one of their most treasured photos. With technology these days, the transfer from image to canvas will still pop with incredible colours and have perfect definition.
Your loved ones will be able to display it in their home as a constant reminder of how much they mean to you. For a great canvas print, you’ll just need to upload an image, choose which option you’d prefer (whether you’d like a collage, etc) and in no time you’ll be getting it sent to you!
Make them a mixtape
This can be an old-school cassette or CD, or just putting together the ultimate Spotify playlist of their favourite tracks. What truly matters is that it’s personalised and that your loved one knows you’ve made something that’s just for them.
A good mixtape always evokes some old memories and makes us feel all warm inside. And your loved one will always be thinking of you with a smile, every time they press play.
Create a scrapbook of your best memories
Some gifts will be cherished forever, and when it comes to the kind of effort that goes into a gift like this, your partner or relative will be blown away at how much work you’ve put in to give them that extra special token of your appreciation and affection.
You can include some printed-off selfies, restaurant receipts, train tickets and anything else you can think of. What matters is showing that person just how well you know them and how many happy memories you’ve made together.
Project their favourite films on the wall
Make a movie night with a difference by screening their favourite two movies in the living room. For extra fun and sentimentality, make some actual tickets and put together a selection of sweets and popcorn in the kitchen.
For added partner/friend/relative points, you can even edit together some of your funniest captured moments together that you’ve recorded on your phone as if they’re trailers in between each film!
Write them a poem
No one expects you to be the next Shakespeare, but you can make your poem as personal and kind or as funny as you’d like! There’s nothing quite like poetry to express how you feel about someone else in your life. Give it a go. You may surprise yourself at just how good you are!
