Why Personalized Gifts Matter More and Why You Need to Rethink Your Gift-Giving Plans

Let’s be honest. We’ve all given, and received, presents that bore absolutely no relation to our needs, wants, and desires. Often we’ve been uninspired, lacked the time, or even, in some cases, the motivation or care to try harder. But be aware and warned, your present buying mistakes are not going unnoticed, and you reap what you sow.

Some people enjoy the process of thinking about getting gifts and then making the relevant purchase. They know what to get and where to get it. However, most of us are just not that good at the entire step-by-step procedure. 

In many ways, personalized gifts make life easier for you and give you the added bonus of looking like you put a whole lot more thought into the act than you actually did. 

Here are some key reasons why personalized gifts may well be the answer for you this year.

Unique and Thoughtful

Custom-made gifts are precisely that. They are presents that have the added bonus of being a statement themselves. Take, for instance, personalized necklaces; they can be stylish, elegant, and sophisticated. They also have the additional selling factor of being something of a luxury item, and then you add into the mix that they are saying something very specific to the person who receives this item as a gift. 

Perhaps the personalized nature is a direct tribute to the recipient. Perhaps it’s for your wife or husband and your way of showing them how special they are to you. It might be in the form of a romantic nickname you have for them, adding more significance that is shared specifically between the two of you.

The personalized necklace might also be a way of celebrating your children. This is how many choose to wear such pieces, including many celebrities. So you can choose to have their names in the form of the jewelry item, giving the present another hugely personal aspect to it. 

Market Is Growing

Clearly, when you shop online, and that’s where pretty much all our shopping now occurs, the options are pretty much limitless, and the expansive success of sites that offer personalized gifts is growing similarly wide.

This means that efforts to find a personalized gift are much easier, and the search for items that fit your budget and taste is similarly taken care of. To top it all off, the fact that so many players are in the market means that the prices of such gifts are also very competitive.

Perfect for Those Difficult Gifts

There are three types of people when it comes to getting gifts. There are those who know exactly what they want; they make it clear to you from day one (in fact, way before day one, but you get the picture). They even send you links to make it even easier for you. Now, this is great when it comes to not having to think too hard about what to get, on the downside these people tend to want expensive presents. 

Then there are the types of people who are very hard to judge. These might be individuals you don’t know too well but can just as easily be people you’ve known your whole life. You know, the type of people who don’t wear their likes and dislikes on their sleeves, people who are just not that easy to second-guess and might not have hobbies and interests that are advantageous to gift giving.

Then you have a third kind, and this is the hardest of the lot. This type pretends they don’t care and gives you no clue as to what they’d like. You may well have a mother or mother-in-law who fits into this category, and their catchphrase around the birthday season is “I don’t need anything”….

Now for this portion of your gift buying travails, a personalized gift is perfect. Mainly because any item, which now has their name or nickname placed on it, suddenly becomes more relevant, and it will look as if you took a long time thinking over the gift. 

Truly Personal

Of course, personalized gifts aren’t just those you visit a specific store for; a personalized gift can be truly personal. 

This is especially important when it comes to getting presents for the love of your life, your wife, husband or partner. Here the personalized nature may not be their name literally engraved or carved into a material of some kind; here, the personal aspect is based on your shared connection.

Think, for instance, of a photo album that acts as a chronological tale of your time together, where you may have revisited certain locations to collect newer images to illustrate the passage of time. 

It might be a star chart that displays the way the night sky aligned on the time and day you first set eyes on each other. It could be as playful and childish as an apron for the kitchen that has an amusing personal message that only means something to both of you.

Here it really is the thought that counts. This is also a good way to surprise your mother or father, some kind of present that shows your love for them, it can be created along with the help of the extended family and could be some sort of celebration of a family’s close relationship.

Versatile

On the whole, personalized gifts are very versatile. They can be as relevant to a colleague sitting at the desk opposite you as they are to your husband of twenty years. This is because the personalized nature is the meat of the present itself, in whatever form it takes. It makes your shared friendship or relationship the dominant aspect of the gift itself.