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Last-Minute Graduation Gifts

Help your grad keep track of daily events with this planner that’s small enough to carry around in a purse. Personalize the cover and each month’s calendar with a different photo to make your gal smile wherever she is.

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A Beautiful Excuse to Get Those Photos Off the Computer

I’m always on the lookout for ways to actually use the 15,640 baby and kid photos stored on my laptop. And after Mother’s Day last week, you probably added a few more.

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Designer Stationery, Made by You

I have more than 22 gigabytes of photos stored on my computer. That translates to roughly 3,000 pictures gathering dust on my hard drive. Sure, the majority are throwaways, but there are a few gems in the bunch I would love to see outside my LCD.

Last year I wrote about a variety of ways to blow up snapshots into oversize canvases and murals, but for those looking for more diminutive keepsakes there’s Pinhole Press.

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Gifts for Moms that Love Dogs and Granddogs

Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 8th, so there’s still time to find a thoughtful gift for your mom to honor her special day.  And while your mom never wants you to spend money on gifts for her, moms with dogs and those with beloved granddogs will enjoy a surprise that speaks to their doggie devotion.

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Oh Snap! 5 Photo Gifts to Wow a Camera Happy Mom

If mama always has her label maker at the ready, Pinhole Press’s1-photo organization labels will put a smile on her face as she puts the house in order.

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Mother’s Day Gift

Mother’s Day is less than three weeks away, so I wanted to share our gift (my mom is traveling so she won’t see it!): We ordered her a framed photo from Pinhole Press, my friends’ amazing company. You just upload a snapshot onto their website, and they print, frame and send it right to you or your mom. It’s such an easy yet heartfelt gift. Thanks for inventing this, Pinhole! :)

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Birthday Book

My lovelies, I wanted to share my dad’s 60th birthday present (just because I’m so excited about it). I made him a hardcover photo book filled with snapshots from all stages of his life. It was so much fun looking through family shots and choosing favorites, including a few he had never seen! (How hilarious is his expression in his wedding photo, by the way?) When I gave it to him this past weekend, he was so touched and couldn’t stop looking through it. It was one of those truly special life moments.

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Photo Notepads from Pinhole Press

Here’s a fabulous addition to our list of Non-Cheesy Gifts for Grandparents. Super useful (even in this digital age, who doesn’t still have a few notepads around?) and super cute. By the time grandparents (or you, or aunties, uncles and friends) have used up the pad, your kid will have sprouted a few inches or learned a new trick – time to reorder!

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Photo Notepads

Have you seen these beautiful booklets from Pinhole Press? You upload a photo it makes custom notepads for you with the photo on every page. Put that adorable picture you have on there so you can see it every time you make a grocery list. They are very reasonably priced at $12.99.  Wouldn’t these make great Mother’s Day presents?

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Modern Photo Gifts

Finally! A company that helps you create personalized photo gifts that are clean, modern and printed on beautiful, thick paper. Print your family photos on calendars, day planners, tablets of paper, brag books, and softcover and hardcover photo albums all in simple designs with beautiful typography. These photo gifts are perfect to buy for grandmas and grandpas, and aunts and uncles. You can even have a diary printed for your child with his or her photos in it! Wouldn’t that be a super special birthday gift?

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