It’s a wonderful world these days where it is now sooooo easy to organize your photos and publish your own photo book full of memories.

Giving a custom-made, personalized photo book is a fantastic gift, and practically guaranteed to WOW!! the recipient.

Unless, you don’t take great pictures, or if slap something together as quickly as possible, or the person receiving the photo book doesn’t like the memories you are presenting….

There are so many occasions that fit this kind of present – anniversaries, graduations, birthdays, thank-you’s, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day (maybe), and even just-because.

Most people already have their own personal favorite photo-sharing website, but here’s a quick list just in case you don’t have a favorite yet:

	PhotoWorks
	Shutterfly
	Snapfish
	Blurb
	Vistaprint
	MyPublisher

Have fun creating your photo book, and get ready for the crazy amount of praise you are going to get!

For a twist on giving the gift of photo memories, you might look at creating an online video out of your pics:

Animoto.com

(Oh, and Mother’s Day is coming up soon enough, so put this idea on your list.)

GiftGuy owns a Zeo, and his ZQ currently ranges between 57 and 79…

Here’s a great gadget for that person in your life that is hard to buy for and/or has trouble getting enough sleep. The Zeo Personal Sleep Coach is currently priced at $250, was developed with leading sleep scientists, and lets you track your sleep at home. The company that invented and sells the Zeo is offering a 30 Day Risk Free Trial…

The Zeo is a personal sleep monitor that you wear on on your forehead with a lightweight stretchy band.  The Zeo monitors your brain activity provides data about the quality of sleep that you are getting.

The Zeo is NOT A MEDICAL DEVICE!!!  It IS a cool gadget that can help you understand more about the quality of sleep you are getting when you make changes to your routine.  For example, you might see that you have an average ZQ score between 50 and 60 when you first start (if you do not typically get high-quality sleep), but you might make changes in your life in the following and see how your score improves:

• Exercise!!!
• Number of caffeinated drinks per day
• How close to bedtime you have caffeine
• Eating sweets
• How close you eat to bedtime
• Alcohol consumption
• How many pillows you use
• The firmness of your pillow(s)
• Lighting in your room (e.g. if your digital alarm clock faces you or faces away from you)
• What time you go to bed
• How close to bedtime you watch TV
• Tobacco/nicotine
• Reading before bed (for pleasure or for business)
• Etc. etc.

You can learn a lot more at the Zeo Website…

Everyone is special. And we all have our own tastes. You probably know someone who likes fashion, has their own style, and would love to have an item of clothing that is unique. Finroo recruits artists to put their artwork up on the site and only 100 shirts of each piece of art is ever printed (in other words, these are limited edition t-shirts!).

Give someone the gift of a Limited Edition T-Shirt!

Miaow!	Design based on a recent sketch.	Art is dead
Kitty Invaders	JAG sketch black	KRY
stars and stripes	A “plasmodi” on wheels	The birdman
stars and stripes	Plasmodi	L’home ocell
Which therapy will it be?	Rock!	In 80 seconds around the tree
Therapies	Rock!	Zeppelin
cube	Homodogz	wonder of life
Untitled Product	Homodogz	wonder of life
cube	Homodogz	wonder of life
Just Friends	jogger	radiohead

There are many, many more unique t-shirts at Finroo, and I’m sure you can either find the perfect t-shirt gift or get a gift certificate to let your gift recipient pick one out themselves.

Whether it’s Father’s Day or any other occasion, Dads always want a sign they are loved & understood!

I came across a very cool site, StationBay.com, that has a huge selection of awesome tin signs (like the large selection of mini clocks I found recently).  Because Father’s Day is around the corner, I wanted to highlight some tin signs that Dad would be proud to display (and it’s a very reasonably-priced gift!):

Golf Signs

My Wife Thinks…	Golf – Believe	Talk To Me Birdie

Fishing Signs

Three Stooges Fishing	American Fisherman	Wanted. A Good Fisherman

The Garage

Dad’s Fix It Shop	The Busted Knuckle Garage	What Happens in the Garage…

Nothing Wrong With a Beer or Two

Beer for Dinner	Bar Rules	Beer Will Change the World

StationBay.com has many, many more kinds of signs – sports, motorcycles, cars, outdoors, humor, and more. You’ll definitely be able to find a sign for whatever kind of Dad you have!

I’ve given a few people eBay gift certificates/gift cards as presents.  But, I’m still not sure that it was a great idea or not.  What do you think?

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