Personalized Christmas Gifts for a Girlfriend

Exceed her expectations with a truly individual gift.

Christmas is a time to let your girlfriend know how much she means to you. Instead of choosing humdrum, generic gifts, think outside the box and give your girlfriend a present custom-designed with her in mind. Choosing a personal gift can guarantee that you'll spend many more Christmases together.

Photo Gifts

Use a favorite photo as the basis for your girlfriend's gift.

Photographs of the two of you together make romantic Christmas presents. Picking out a beautiful frame for a professional photo or favorite snapshot is a simple way to charm your girlfriend. Or consider getting more creative. For a tech junkie, try turning a favorite photo into a computer mouse pad. Create a photo calender with monthly themes for a gift that will last long after Christmas Day. For a grand gesture, have a favorite photo professionally transformed into a painting and framed.

Jewelry Gifts

Jewelry is a typical Christmas present for a girlfriend, but personalized details make any piece of jewelry more memorable. If you haven't been dating long, necklaces engraved with her first initial or birthstone are suitably casual but romantic (and usually easy to locate). For more serious relationships, bracelets or pendants engraved with your girlfriend's full name, or romantic and significant quotes, will make her feel appreciated. Save the engraved ring for a very special Christmas celebration.

Written Gifts

A handwritten love letter or poem makes a memorable Christmas gift for a girlfriend.

Even if you don't consider yourself a good writer, surprise your girlfriend with a personalized literary gift. Collect old love letters or messages from when you first started dating, and bind them in an attractive scrapbook. Or publish the letters in a small bound book for the coffee or bedside table. If you're talented at writing, a personalized love poem, framed or engraved on a plaque, is sure to make your girlfriend's holidays more memorable.

Gift Baskets

Instead of just picking up a prepackaged gift basket, select, assemble and arrange a gift basket custom-tailored to your girlfriend's personal interests. Try pampering her with lotions, shower gels and scrubs in her favorite color scheme and scents. If she's been considering taking up a new hobby, like yoga, photography, baking or hiking, try arranging a gift basket of items she'll need (yoga DVD, digital camera, cooking utensils or hiking shoes) and decorative Christmas accents.

References

• photoARTomation
• Viewpoints: Personalized Gift Ideas
• Rolling Ideas: Gift Ideas for Girlfriend

Resources

• Blurb: Make Your Own Book
• Red Envelope