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.)

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…

Kimberly Foley of Wee Can Shop contacted us about her site and in particular a REALLY cool product they sell…

The Wish Pearl Necklace by Lucoral

The Wish Pearl Necklace includes a mollusk shell and a sterling silver necklace with a heart pendant. Well that sounds kind of weird. What is so exciting about it?

First off, the mollusk shell contains a cultured pearl that has been growing for 3-5 years.

Second, it’s what you do with the mollusk shell and necklace that makes it special:

• You hold the wish pearl shell
• You make a wish
• You open the mollusk shell
• You put your pearl in the heart pendant
• You have a beautiful necklace featuring your very own wish pearl
• Your wish comes true (ok I can’t guarantee this but…)

They have four different colors of pearl to choose from (white, cream, peach, gold and lavender – each with their own meaning) and the cost is only $24.99 plus FREE shipping.

I think this is such a great gift. Everyone loves making wishes and everyone loves a thoughful gift. The Wish Pearl Necklace is a great gift idea for girls, moms or girlfriends. It is jewelry, fun and sentiment combined.

*You could even have it before Mother’s Day if you buy now!

Derek Semmler, the author of The Man Page at the Sparkplugging Blog, recently wrote an article titled The Unofficial Guide to Buying Your Wife a Gift.

Derek admits to these past gift-giving faux pas:

• Lingerie (who’s the gift for, anyway?)
• Truffles (when she was dieting)
• Clothing (of the wrong size)

The Unofficial Guide has a basic, two-step process:

1. Listen To Her
2. Ask Her

Of course it’s not that simple, so I’ll let you read what Derek has to say for yourself (and there are some fun comments on his post too).

At the end of the Unofficial Guide, there is the basic assertion “If she isn’t happy with the gift, then you did something wrong.” True.

Then again, you can always get a little gift-idea help from reading the GiftStumped blog!

Take a look at our Gifts For Women category for some inspiration…

I – love – earrings. They are fun. They have character. They add elegance. They add charm. They can make or break an outfit. Plain and simple.

Earrings (in particular dangly ones) have become huge over the past few years with celebrities wearing everything from simple hoops to huge elaborate masterpieces. Where you used to have to go to a jewelry store, you can now find fashionable earrings just about anywhere (Have you seen Target’s earrings these days?). Earrings are fun and can make a great gift.

Ok MsGift but what makes earrings such a unique gift? People have been giving them for years.

I am not talking about just ANY earrings for that special someone, but earrings from one Joan Hornig.

Joan Hornig is a jewelry designer who not only creates beautiful pieces but donates ALL of the profits made to charity. The best part is that she doesn’t donate the profits to just any charity, she lets YOU choose which one you would like to donate to. (See her foundation page for more information on the charities supported)

She has everything from necklaces to bracelets to charms to jewelry with special messages. I personally would LOVE to receive a pair of earrings from here.

To note: The earrings (and the rest of the jewelry) are not cheap. The prices range from $325 to $2500. But when you know the person receiving them will be happy and you know the the money spent will make 50 people happy…it makes it worthwhile.