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…

I have to say – this is one of my favorite gift ideas so far.  Favorite primarily because this company, Miniclock.com, has an incredible selection of small, miniature clocks!

Because it is time-consuming to add images and links into a blog post, I cannot do Miniclocks.com justice with the few mini clocks highlighted below.  These aren’t even necessarily the coolest or most-interesting clocks, it’s just that I was overwhelmed with all of the choices.

“Fries With That?” French Fries Clock	Golfing Time Golf Clock	Gone Fishin’ Fishing Rod Clock
Got Up, Now Have to Stay Up Espresso Machine Clock	It’s Beer O’Clock Draft Beer Clock	Cut & a Blow Dry? Barber Shop Clock

Here are just some of the clock ideas/types that you can find there:

• Firemen
• Barbers
• Golfers
• Clocks for Kids
• Animals – Cats, Dogs, Elephants, Snakes, Birds, and more
• Perfume Bottles
• Kitchen Appliances
• Jukeboxes
• Slot Machines
• Fishing
• Keychain Clocks
• Phones
• Pool (the game)
• Makeup

More, more, more!!!

9 days left until Mother’s Day!

For those of you out there who tend to procrastinate, here are 5 gift ideas that you can still deliver (notwithstanding flowers!):

1) Gift Certificate for a Proffesional Organizer – Help mom reduce her stress and get more organized.  Find a local professional organizer that can help out.

2) Tickets Are a Good Idea, Just Give Them a Choice – Let them pick the show they want to see.  And all you have to do is buy the gift certificate!

3) eBay Gift Certificate – Give Mom the joy of shopping on Mother’s Day!  She could find her favorite collectibles, or even start a new collection.

4) Movie Basket! – Pull together a last-minute gift basket to help Mom enjoy some movies & snacks.

5) Organic Flowers – OK, I was steering us all away from flowers.  But ORGANIC flowers, now that’s a nice feel-good twist!

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We were recently contacted by Jason Danzi of My Teddy Bare via our Suggest a Gift form.

While we receive many suggestions for reviewing gifts, we don’t write about them all. I thought this one was a pretty cool romantic gift idea!

There are a variety of options that are listed on the My Teddy Bare site:

• Lingerie Bear
• Pajama Bear
• Bath & Spa Bear
• For Him Bear
• Couples Bear
• Bridal Bear
• Bachelorette Bear
• And – Stuff Your Own Bear!

Think romantical thoughts…