GIFTS are what one likes to receive and give to family, friends, colleagues and neighbours. Gifts make occasions like birthdays, anniversaries, weddings and festivals memorable.

Long gone are days when every one of us would go gift hunting from Archies to Hallmark. But now the scenario has completely changed. With every thing available on net, I once heard my friend's son wanting to order a baby brother for him from Flipkart! When every thing is just a click away then how can gifts be far behind. But when you seriously think about it, it is actually interesting and exciting about choosing customized gifts with photographs. One can actually sit in the cozy home environment and search for appropriate gifts, with meaningful messages, suitable photographs and variety of options to choose from. It saves a lot of time spent on travelling and going from shop to shop.

The customized gifts can be distinguished into two categories-
PERSONAL AND CORPORATE

1. Personal- At personal level customized gifts can be ordered for new borns, toddlers, infants, adolescents, men and women in general. One can order photo gifts on bed spreads, pillow covers, bath towels, face towels, T-shirts, hand bags with special message engraved for them. Children also like and love customized photo gifts in the form of their favourite cartoon character. If we have to list the characters then Chota Bheem and Spider Man will top the list. It is even more tedious to look for gifts suitable for adolescents as they normally have their own whims and fancies and very strong likes and dislikes. For them I Pad covers, Laptop covers, mouse sheet, mugs, T-Shirts with a photograph or personalized message turn out to be ideal. But most cumbersome job is to look for men and women in general. The gift one chooses has to be ideal in terms of suitability and liking. The basic motive of sending the gift is to show your love and care so a lot of thought process goes into it to make it special and different. For men, travel cases, leather goods, T-Shirts with special message makes it even more exciting. Since women love to dress up, jewellery boxes, clothes and customized jewellery pieces can be ideal.

2. Corporate- It is now becoming trendy to give corporate gifts to old clients, new wannabe clients, suppliers, business friends and employees. The main idea behind this gift culture is to establish a bond for future growth. The customized gifts go a long way in developing a good rapport between company- client- supplier- employee. It becomes a top agenda to come up with unique customized gifts which propagates the company as well as turns out to be of use. These gifts can be in the form of calendars, diaries, planners, mugs, key-chains, wall clocks, pens, leather and crystal ware. For the employees in particular it works as an incentive to show the company's appreciation and praise their loyalty. For companies in particular, these customized photo gifts turn out to be less expensive than giving monetary incentives.

Thus we can list down a few prerequisites for customized photo gifts which are as follows-
1. Timing of the gift.
2. Thought with a personal touch.
3. Validity
4. Personality traits in case of personal gifts.
5. Outward appearance.
6. Attractive Packing
7. Timely delivery

One can sum it up by saying that exchanging gifts is a specific trait of humans. So every one take out time from your busy schedule and devote little time for ordering a perfect gift for the people you love and care.