Sentimental Gift Ideas For Your Girlfriend
The gift she keeps is the one only you could have made: the texts you two have sent since the first one, printed as a book, or a letter with three specific memories in it. Eight ideas follow.
Eight Ideas For Her
1. Your Whole Conversation As A Book
Every message, in order, with both names beside what was written, set as pages of type. A hardcover sits on a shelf like any other book. What it looks like.
2. A Letter In Your Handwriting
Name the day you knew. Name the thing she does that nobody else notices. Keep it to a page.
3. A Year In Photos
Forty photos from this year, each with a date and one line. Fewer photos with captions beat a full camera roll.
4. A Print Of A Place
Where you met, where you first lived together, the city you keep going back to.
5. The Texts From One Stretch
The week you met, the summer apart, the month before you moved in. A book can be made from a stretch of dates instead of the whole thing.
6. A Dedication Only She Will Understand
Whatever you give, write one line inside it that refers to something only the two of you know.
7. A Recipe From Her Family
Ask her mother or grandmother for the recipe she grew up on, written by hand, and frame it.
8. Next Year Planned
A card with twelve dates on it, one plan for each month. Written down, it stops being a someday.
What is the most sentimental gift for a girlfriend?
The one made from your own words. A book of your texts holds every message you have sent each other, in order, with both names, and nothing is rewritten. It is a record of the relationship that she could not buy herself.
Is a book of texts romantic or embarrassing?
Both. Most of any conversation is plans, jokes and complaints about work, with the important moments in between. You read every page first and can take out anything you would rather leave out.
Can the book cover only our first year?
Yes, you choose the dates when you make it. The book can run from the first message to today or from any stretch you pick. 700 pages are included, and a longer conversation carries on in a second volume.
What if we text on more than one app?
Make the book from the app where most of it happened. iMessage, WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, Telegram and Discord each have their own steps, and screenshots work for the rest.
When should I order a printed book for Christmas?
Order by December 4 for a printed book, and earlier is better. It arrives about two weeks after you approve it, and no delivery date is promised. The digital edition and gift cards arrive the same day.
What does it cost?
The paperback is $49 and the hardcover is $89, with free US shipping and the digital edition included. The digital edition by itself is $19.
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If You Want It As A Book
Choose the dates, design the cover and write the dedication. Most people spend under ten minutes on it. Or start with the free receipt.