Christmas Gift Guide // Photographer’s Edition

The holidays are upon us! Maybe you’ve gotten engaged this year, or maybe married, or maybe you just celebrated life and had some fun family photos taken – why not use some of those images to give some personalized gifts this season? Here’s my top 10 list of things I think would make top-notch gifts that anyone would enjoy unwrapping on Christmas morning!

10. Christmas Cards from York Photo

Some say that sending Christmas cards is a thing of the past – with Facebook and Instagram and email, why do we need to send physical cards to one another at Christmas? It’s a legitimate question, but I simply love it! There’s something so old-fashioned and heart-warming about receiving a hand-addressed envelope filled with a card, maybe a little note, and a lovely reminder of how adorable the family is. Christmas cards – send them out!

– OR – grab a super unique Christmas Card design from Two Peanutz Designs! She’s got designs in her shop specifically and only for my clients! Do yourself a favor, and check it out!

9. Prints from York Photo

You can never go wrong with prints! Update those frames! Stuff new ones! Fill up your wallets with revised images to show off when you’re out and about! Prints make one of the very best gifts in my book!

8. Ornaments from York Photo

I love personalized anything & ornaments are so much fun! Ornaments are a tradition in my family: we have classics we put on our tree year after year and a few new ones get added to the mix every year. It is just so delightful to pull out that overflowing box of ornaments and gently unwrap each and every one, unearthing precious memories that go along with each. Why not add to your collection of ornaments with one memorializing the year 2015?

7. Accordion Minis from Mpix

As fun as ornaments are, you do only see them for a short period of time every year – if you want something to display all-year-long, go for Accordion Minis! Choose several of your favorite images and display them in a fun “book”! So much more enjoyable than a picture hanging on a wall, since you can pick it up and turn it over and look through it!

6. Playing Cards from York Photo

My family loves to play games. One of our newest favorite addictions is a card came called Nertz [Google it, you’ll become addicted too]. The only trick is, to play this game, each person playing needs their own deck of cards – and this is where Personalized Playing Cards come in handy! Take my word for it, they’re so much fun!

5. Keepsake Box from Mpix

These boxes are gorgeous! They are meant to hold prints, but why not fill it with other things too? I love love love the idea of having a Keepsake Box from your wedding day: a piece of ribbon from your dress, dried petals that the flower girl tossed down the aisle, your ceremony program, and of course lots of prints! How much fun would that be to dig into, say, with your daughter one day?

4. Stainless Steel Travel Tumbler from York Photo

With the winter season upon us, tis the season for hot coffee and tea! These Stainless Steel Travel Tumblers are perfect to take to work on cold mornings, re-fill at lunch with hot soup, and snuggle on the couch filled with hot cocoa at the end of the day. Do yourself a favor: toss out all those old freebie travel mugs you’ve picked up at expos and fill your cupboard with Tumblers you are actually proud to show off!

3. Dry-Erase Calendar from Mpix

These Dry-Erase Calendars are amazing! And so much more practical than traditional calendars! Just think – you can use this dry-erase version for years to come! Personalized with a few of your favorite images, what a fun reminder of centering your days around the things that truly matter!

2. Canvas Gallery Wrap from Mpix

Prints in frames on the wall are gorgeous, but guys, canvas on your wall? Now that’s a statement. What a commitment – am I right? I mean, with prints, you can easily change out the look any time you’d like, but with a canvas, that image is going to be there forever! And with the quality of a great company like Mpix – it literally will be around forever. Have an image you are just obsessing over? It should probably end up as a huge canvas – front and center!

1. Luxury Album from me

I’ve talked about albums before – I am 100% obsessed with albums, especially wedding day albums. Let me create your first family heirloom, that book that is going to get passed down for generations, a book that is going to stand the test of time. The book that will tell the story of your Day One, the book you will run to when you need a reminder of how amazing that day and your love is. The book that your children and grandchildren will want to look at again and again, just to see how young and hopelessly in love you were. Seriously, give yourself an amazing gift this Christmas – let’s work together to design the album of your dreams!

*The opinions stated in this post are entirely my own. I have not been compensated in any way by promoting either of these companies – I have simply worked with both of them in the past & find that they deliver amazing products and quality for fair prices.