Custom Gifts

Have a look at suggestions of what can be done with your personal photos. We restore photos but if you have photos that don't need restoration there are other applications that can turn them into unexpected gifts! *Custom Gifts for National Holidays and* *Special Occasions*
*Please call 619-397-7600, for deadline dates.*
Contents: Heirloom Lockets and Ornaments Personalized Puzzles Mouse Pads Gift Card Decorating with Photos Several Kinds of Collages Photos to Video Photos to CD	Valentine's Day Mother's Day Father's Day July 4th - Independents Day Memorial Day Christmas/Hanukah Generational Portraits, see mother's day Funerals/Wakes/Memorials
If You Want To Give The Ultimate Personal Gift You Need To Plan Ahead.
Start with your own collection of photos. Then look at photos your parents have, ask your brothers and sister if they have any special photos that you may restore and copy. These type of gifts take time and planning. The person you give it to will know that. Be ready for those birthdays and anniversaries through the year, that are coming up sooner than you think. Any ordinary photo can be made special and given for whatever reason on any off season to lift someone's spirits.
When looking at photographs use your imagination on the possibilities to bring life back into tired old photos. E-mail us a photo and we can tell you if we could improve it. Look at our Photo Gallery Categories to see photos similar to what you have. You may a have photo that was not a great shot but could be cropped and fixed to look like a professional portrait
*After fixing his collar and cropping it for a professional looking composition,* *we turned this 5x7 color photograph into black and white portrait by enlarging it to an 8 x 10*
Decorating with photos is another custom gift option. How many times have you been attracted to a decorative frame and the photo you think of just will not fit the frame or is too damaged to want to display, never mind giving as a gift.
These are National holidays but don't forget those personal ones! Birthdays and Anniversaries.

	February 14 - Valentines Day Give Custom Memories
Valentine's day doesn't have to be about chocolate, roses and balloons, attach a sentimental photo! That says you planned ahead. The time to express your love to anyone you love, not only your romantic love. Don't forget your family.
Create a scrapbook with a theme thanking them for everything they do to show their love for you with photos throughout the year. If you don't have these photos start catching your loved ones doing the things you love about them, throughout the year and get busy scrapbooking for next Valentine's Day, birthday or Christmas.
Turn any photo into a puzzle. It comes in a little box in 30 pieces. As they begin put it together, watch their expression change as their sentimental photo appears before their eyes! Just think of a photo you have of your sweetheart that may have been damaged and you give it to them repaired. Or a small photo they liked so much and you had it enlarged and frame for them!
Buy a single or a double locket and have photos reduced to fit. See "Custom Gifts"
*May Mother's Day*
*Make Her Gift Not Just For Her...* *Make It About Her.* Last day to submit your photo for restoration is April 30th.
Give mom a restored photo of her mom.... A photo of dad that she had tucked away and you restored or enlarged. Or a collage of her grand children
If you or your mom are into genealogy, find her photos of her mother and yourself and your daughter and create this beautiful generational collage. You can do the same for dad. *Mother's Day*
*June - Father's Day*


1. Give him a photo of his dad. 2. Create a generational photo with his dad, him, you and maybe your son? 3. If dad has military photos to restore or copy, receive our 50% discount
4. A restored photo of dad's favorite car, for the car enthusiast
Little fish???? Big Story???? *Back up dad's "Fish Stories".*
*July 4- Independence Day* Create a 4th of July scrapbook of all the different barbeques in your back yard, through the years and share it with everyone on the 4th.
*November - Veterans Day*
Honor A This Veteran's Day! Find a photo of them and surprise them with a restored version! See our "Military Tribute" in appreciation and support of our troops.
If you have two images look what we can do with Special Effects!
December Holidays Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanzaa These celebrations are a free for all. Restored sentimental photographs are very popular gift at this time. Create a theme scrapbook of each year, it's always fun to reminisce when there is a family reunion
Dead Line for Christmas 2007 is Dec. 14th. But why wait get your shopping done now, you will be glad you did
Don't forget Personal celebrations like Birthdays and Anniversaries. Restore their baby picture or wedding portrait....it is always a hit!



*Heirloom Lockets and Ornaments* You purchase the locket, supply us with the images and Photos Made Perfect will restore and fit the photos in the locket. You have created an heirloom to pass down to the next generation. Cost depends on the the restoration needed. Same for these porcelain ornaments.
This 8x10 photo, reduced to fit into this tiny antique locket. Don't forget to include your contact information especially your e-mail.
Personalized Mouse Pad For that computer person in your family that has everything.

*One of a Kind Personalized Puzzle*
This photo was restored and colorized then made into a 30 piece puzzle. What a fantastic surprise to receive a gift box with no image on it that turns out to be a puzzle with a vintage photo of grandma! After it's put together you can secure it to a foam board and frame it!
See Colorizing.
Comes in a little white boxes ...that you can decorate however you want.
*Decorating with Photos* So you fell in love with a picture frame and took it home only to find that the photo you thought might fit, did not. You have two options, take it back or come see us to fit everyone of the photos you wanted for your theme. Ever notice how nice the frame looks with the store photograph in it? and when you get home and put your photos in it, your not so in love any more? It's because your photos were not designed for that space. Next time you find a photograph frame to die for, go ahead and buy it and call us. Resizing cost the same as scanning, see estimate page.
Chinese silk screen replica, front (left image)..
If you thought about just cutting the original photo...think again. Not a good idea. What happens when the frame gets tired looking or you change your decorating theme? Never cut your originals, they should always be stored in an acid free environment.
See more...on decorating with photos.

*Photos to Video* We receive so many request for this service that it's worth saying...we do not provide this service. First and foremost ask who ever you contact if they do the work on site or ship them out. Most people don't want their precious memories shipped out anywhere. Finding someone local is no easy task. If you are interested in having your photos transferred onto CD or video, transferring your video to DVD or transferring an 8mm film to DVD you may want to try some of these below. For your convenience we have listed links to these service from different states just to get you going. We are not responsible for the quality of service from any of the services listed here. We only list these people as possibilities. Use at your discretion, if you have a problem with them let us know. If you used someone else and you loved them let us know we will list them here, thanks.

Pennsylvania Timeless DVD 642 Cowpath Road, #281 Lansdale, Pennsylvania 19446 Timeless DVD specializes in video tape to DVD transfer, video slideshows, DVD duplication, and assorted video services, with a focus on a providing a high-quality gift DVD keepsake.
Anywhere USA
YESVIDEO, find a location near you.
veryone has a story to tell. StoryArts helps people collect, organize, and celebrate life's stories. We would be honored to help you preserve and pass on the stories of your family, friends, organization or community to future generations. StoryArts is a nonprofit consortium of community artists and custom publishers, helping people shape hard-earned daily life events into stories, which recognize and maintain meaning in life, to be shared with their families, friends and communities. We believe that honoring, archiving, and sharing life's stories is vitally important to building a strong, healthy society. Call 760-436-3970
Call Legacy Videos 1-858-456-7861 1790 Nautilus St. La Jolla CA 92037 Family Histories on Video & CD ROM (If any of these numbers go out of service please let us know).

*More than a ....Collage!* You don't have ruin your originals for scrapbooking. White Background Create themes like; vacations, weddings or generational groupings. You could use two images to create one great sentimental effect. Saves space! 9-12 photos depending on the photos, great gift for the office desk. Black background
Memorial Photo and a poem.

We not only restored this photo we also changed the order of the photos to put the one we favored in the middle. The yellow paper was speckled but you can't see it here because it was pastel.
Make a generational grouping!
Father circa 1930 Son circa 2003
Father and Son What two photos of yours would you like to see together?
These two Sisters enjoy this photograph today, taken from the two photographs, making it twice as special.
The image of mother behind them in the 1900s didn't have to be a quality photo. This one was cut out from a collage on poor paper, you can see part of one photo at the bottom. Since it was going to be faded out a bit anyway giving it a heavenly appearance.
*Funerals/Wakes/Memorials* Often clients have called to say that they need a photograph of someone for their funeral, wake or memorial. The problem was that they couldn't find a nice enough image for the occasion. Or they couldn't find a image of that person alone. The third problem is that they needed it in the next few days. They have a nice photo but it was damaged or too s Every case is different but in most cases, what we were able to do is to isolate the person and remove people or the background. We can enlarge an image to be used on an easel. Our usual turn-around time is 8-10 business days, but in this case we can have it done usually in 3 days
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