Hello and welcome to this week’s FOREVER Digitization Connection! Today, I want to explore unique gift-giving ideas you might not have considered—gifts digitized at FOREVER.

When we go shopping at a store, we see everything from summer clearance items to Halloween pumpkins, Thanksgiving decorations, and even some holiday items already displayed. But the holiday season is so far away… or is it? Christmas and Hanukkah are less than three months away. That’s less than three months to do our shopping!

I don’t know about you, but I love to give gifts that tug at the heartstrings. Bringing tears of joy to a loved one means I've hit the jackpot in gift-giving. For the past few years, that experience has come through gifts I've created using FOREVER Print products from photos I've had digitized with FOREVER. Some of my favorite gifts include a photo book celebrating my 93-year-old mother-in-law's life, a blanket for my last living aunt, a photo book of my mother’s handwritten recipe cards for my siblings, coffee mugs for my nieces and nephews featuring their childhood, a canvas of my daughter hiking Machu Picchu, and puzzles for my grandchildren. This year, I plan to do something different.

For this holiday season, I plan to give flash drives filled with photos of my sister's life, as she passed away last November. But this requires planning and time. If you'd like to also create gifts using digitized items, the process is several steps, each taking a few weeks. If you want to give a gift using pictures, start by gathering your photos, slides, and negatives you want digitized. Send the pictures off to FOREVER using a FOREVER Digitization Box. When your memories return digitized, you can make your gifts through Create & Print to create something memorable!

Consider restoring or colorizing a favorite photo that has seen better days, then have it printed and framed, or turned into a beautiful canvas.

Do your parents have reel-to-reel films they haven’t watched in years or VHS tapes collecting dust? You can have those digitized and put on a flash drive for them. Imagine how special it would be to sit together over the holidays and watch cherished holiday memories from the past.

The gift-giving possibilities are endless. Trust me, you won’t be disappointed with anything you create through FOREVER, made with your love and thoughtfulness.