Memories

Memories last a lifetime.  Capturing memories make for great gifts and there are a number of different ways you can do just that.  

"We do not remember days; we remember moments."  

~Cesare Pavese, The Burning Brand
The Quote Garden

9 ways to capture memories for a gift 

1. Give a scrapbook or photobook full of memories. You could make this as themed as you want e.g. past holidays as a more general scrapbook, or zone in on one holiday you've had and do a scrapbook or photobook on that.  
   
   
   How about a Classic Frame from Inkifi, just the thing for your favourite photos!    
   
   
2. Give them a product with a photo on it - a cushion, a mug, a picture frame with photos in it.  Or for people who love plants, how about this Personalised Photo Upload Plant Pot?   This could have a photo of a special time you've shared, a particular memory or just celebrating your friendship! 
   
   
   
   This Personalised Photo Upload Plant Pot
   is available from Find Me a Gift for £14.99.
   
   
   
3. Give them a photo album in which they can put memories of their choice in it.  They can use this to gather memories as they wish.   If you give them this at Christmas time, they could use it as a way to record their memories of things they've done on their own or with loved ones in the following year.  
   
   
4. You could give them a memory book or memory scrapbook or journal, in which they can write their memories rather than focus on the pictures, rather like a diary.
   
   
5. Treat them to a memory the two of you can share together, such as an experience day or an event to go to, or just simply a meal or a photoshoot!  
   
   
   
   There are photoshoots for the family, couples, babies, teens and pets through Into the Blue
   
   
   
6. It could be an in memorium gift, something to remember a loved one by, such as a plant, a rose bush, a tree, or even some acreage of woodland.  When my father died, I decided to sponsor acres or plant trees - and that means every Father's Day, Christmas Day and on his birthday, I do something positive for the natural world, which he loved.  
   
   
7. You could also give a pet owner something to remember their most cherished family member with, such as a pet photoshoot or a photo of their pet in a frame.
   
   
8. There are many travel memory gifts, including personalised maps of the world and photobooks.  For someone who loves to travel, this could be a great way for them to record their travel experiences, in the past and in the future.  The process of recording these could help them work out what other places they want to visit and help focus their minds on future plans. 
   
   
9. You could give a gift commemorating an event, a person or a theme - for instance, something which celebrates it and holds on to it.  
   
   

You could also give them the opportunity to create a  memory by giving them an experience day, or a day out, or a gift membership which could give them lots of days out.   Into the Blue and  both Virgin Experience Days have lots of experiences covering lots of interests.