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A personalized gift is unique, symbolic, and incomparable. Because of its great sentimental value, a personalized gift is very meaningful to the person who receives it. This is even truer when the gift immortalizes the memory of a departed loved one.

The moments surrounding the passing of a dear one are full of photos and memories. These emotional moments can be an inspiration to create a personalized commemorative gift to honour the deceased and allow the bereaved family to smile at their memory.

In addition, creating a commemorative gift allows a unique memory to be multiplied. Although there is only one wedding dress, a photo montage of it offered as a gift allows all the guests to remember and preserve the memory.

Create a personalized gift with photos and words

A personalized gift offers great meaning through the use of a significant photo and/or words. Sometimes a single photo or word is enough to evoke the memory. Paying tribute through a combination of photos and words may perfectly reflect the personality of your loved one.

In addition to photos, which allow you to remember your loved one's physical traits, you can also highlight personality aspects by emphasizing a predominant quality. Find inspiration in the dictionary and create a personalized definition.

When creating a personalized commemorative gift, look for inspiration in anything that reminds you of your loved one.. Don't limit yourself to photos of the person. Any object or place that reminds you of him or her is acceptable in the creation of this personalized gift.

How about adding a photo of an object or place that automatically reminds you of him/her?

• The Kit-Kat he ate after every round of golf
• The restaurant where she loved to eat every birthday
• The chair where he always watched the news
• The old shoes he wore, even with holes in them
• Her favorite flower
• The dream car he never had, but often talked about

Adding a personal touch to a commemorative gift

Like a fingerprint, handwriting reveals a person's uniqueness. Here are 3 easy gift ideas to achieve with the deceased's calligraphy:

1. His or her signature
   How did your loved one sign their name? In full letters, abbreviated or by his or her nickname?
   
   
2. A handwritten recipe
   Isn't there a classic recipe from your aunt or your grandmother? Doesn't it taste better when the recipe is in her handwriting?
   
   
3. A love letter or sweet note
   Are you lucky enough to have found a love letter between your parents? A little note to wish you a nice day? A kind word inside a greeting card?

In this day and age when the keyboard is replacing the pen and handwritten letters, incorporating the handwriting of your loved one into a personalized memorial gift will add an even more personal touch.