I spent hours deciding on what personalized items to get...

United States
December 11, 2016 7:25pm CST
When it comes to personalizing gifts or even ordering photos - it takes me hours to decide because I'm super indecisive! I literally spent 4-5 hours on/off because it gives me a headache picking! On Shutterfly - you can create photo books, personalize photo cards & stationery, home decor, mugs, cups, blankets, and so forth! I had a few codes and free shipping to redeem I decided to take advantage of the deals. I ended up getting: - Holiday Cards - Metal Christmas Ornament (front has a photo of my parents and the back has my boyfriend & I + my parents) - 8.5x11" Notebook (the front is a collage of my boyfriend & I) - Personalized Birthday Card for my nephew - Wooden Picture Frame with my boyfriend & I's name engraved Do you like personalized gifts? It's really fun & thoughtful but VERY time consuming because I had to find the layout I liked, personalized the fonts, colors and find photos!
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• Agra, India
12 Dec 16
I love to give and get personalized gifts. It gets very unlikely that a person will not like it. Everyone loves his photos... I love to gift them and find th a good option than anything else.
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• United States
12 Dec 16
Yes - personalized gifts are awesome :) It is more thoughtful!
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• United States
12 Dec 16
@amitkokiladitya Yes! I can't wait to receive the items I purchased :) Next week I believe!
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• Agra, India
12 Dec 16
@infatuatedbby yes and shows the efforts one has put in for selecting them.
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@Madshadi (8840)
• Brussels, Belgium
12 Dec 16
I bet you are relieved that everything is ready for the big day.
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• United States
12 Dec 16
Oh yes I am hehe! :)
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• United States
12 Dec 16
@Madshadi No actually my sister is hosting X-Mas you?
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@Madshadi (8840)
• Brussels, Belgium
12 Dec 16
@infatuatedbby will you have a lot of people coming over?
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
12 Dec 16
I do and yes it really is time consuming because I like making it myself. Not only putting it together, but actually getting my creative juice out.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
12 Dec 16
@infatuatedbby I'm recently addicted to santoro gorjuss girls. You can do endless things with them. Two years ago, it was the fuse beads for me.
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• United States
12 Dec 16
@toniganzon Ohhhh - I never heard of them but I saw in your journal you posted last time :)
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• United States
12 Dec 16
I cheated since I use the online service. But , I do like doing hand crafted gifts . I used to make handmade cards for every anniversary with my boyfriend or scrapbooking but I stopped since it was very time consuming and it was a small phase I had. :)
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
14 Dec 16
I love personalized gifts from my kids. Personalized gifts and homemade gifts are my favorite, because it usually means a lot of time and a lot of love go into making and/or selecting the gift. And to me, those are the most precious gifts of all!
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• United States
14 Dec 16
Aww :) How do you display all your personalized gifts!
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• United States
14 Dec 16
@moffittjc Aww that is so precious :) I have personalized mugs - my parents' display them and not use them. Some personalized stuff but photo collages go in a binder because I print too many.
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
14 Dec 16
@infatuatedbby I have them everywhere around my house, and at my desk at work!
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@just4him (317089)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
12 Dec 16
It sounds nice. I've gotten some personalized Christmas cards in the past. My only concern for you is your relationship. Are you engaged? If you were to break up you might not want those items any longer.
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• United States
12 Dec 16
The Christmas cards are universal. Yes, engagement party is scheduled for February 2017. We haven't picked a date yet. I have to sync with his parents on when they'll be visiting. We have been together for almost 10 years now.
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@just4him (317089)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
12 Dec 16
@infatuatedbby That's a long time to be together. I'm glad to hear you're getting married.
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• United States
12 Dec 16
@just4him Yes! Thank you It's been almost a decade!
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
12 Dec 16
I honestly don't remember ever getting a personalized gift. A flask would be cool.
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• United States
12 Dec 16
With your initials or something would be cool :)
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• United States
12 Dec 16
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
12 Dec 16
@infatuatedbby - One of the best gifts you can get for someone that drinks, according to Modern Drunkard Magazine.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
12 Dec 16
I actually prefer receiving personalized gifts over those purchased in the store.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
13 Dec 16
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• United States
12 Dec 16
Yes it is more thoughtful & sentimental =)
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@much2say (55665)
• Los Angeles, California
12 Dec 16
I try to make personalized gifts myself if I can . . . but these days I don't have a whole lot of time to do that. But it's so nice that they have these services now . . . and it's way cheaper to do it these days than it was a while back thanks to printing technology. Yah, with so many options, I can see how it'd be a whirlwind of fun stuff to decide on!!
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• United States
12 Dec 16
YES! There is so many styles (pre-set) and we just have to fill in the blanks, but I am so picky. -_- Are you making any personalized gifts this year?
• Philippines
12 Dec 16
I used to think of those things, buying stuff and wrapping them weeks before the Xmas day.
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• United States
12 Dec 16
I am almost done :) How about you?
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
13 Dec 16
I love Shutterfly. I'm indecisive about everything. I guess I don't trust my own decisions.
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• United States
13 Dec 16
I love Shutterfly and TinyPrints. :) I am indecisive about a lot too!
@rina110383 (24492)
12 Dec 16
Yes, company jackets with the name of the firm, including umbrellas and bags.
@magallon (19279)
• Philippines
12 Dec 16
It's great to give personalized gifts or cards for Christmas because the ideas really comes from you. It is a real expression of your feelings for the person.
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• United States
12 Dec 16
Yes - more thought is inputted versus buying a card =)
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@magallon (19279)
• Philippines
12 Dec 16
@infatuatedbby That's true..
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@Mycanvas (108)
• India
12 Dec 16
Well your time & hard work in designing personalized gifts produced a good bunch of articles. Hope your near & dears would like it :))
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• United States
12 Dec 16
Yes it took a lot of time :) I hope I'll like them!
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@deadreak (653)
• Dagupan City, Philippines
12 Dec 16
i like the thing i"m not sure if it called "Caricature" . you that's how girls in term of personalized item it takes time oh men.
• United States
12 Dec 16
Oh Caricature is cute - At the amusement parks / attractions have those.
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• United States
12 Dec 16
@deadreak haha yeah that sounds like fun ~ i have one from an event i went to
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@deadreak (653)
• Dagupan City, Philippines
12 Dec 16
@infatuatedbby yeah that's the thing i want to have, i like to be my face on the drawing.
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@celticeagle (167015)
• Boise, Idaho
12 Dec 16
I think it is rather flattering to get a personalized gift. It means the gift giver went to some trouble making this a special gift.