Are you looking for meaningful gifts that last long after the holidays end?
So are we!
That’s why we asked our partners and friends and family history influencers around the world to submit their top ideas for gifts that help families make and keep memories.
We’re so excited to share their list with you!
With options from FREE on up, and everything from digital products to heirloom items, these are wonderfully unique and creative gifting ideas that all leave a legacy. You know how we feel about that!
Support these mission-driven small businesses* by giving your family members gifts that will be treasures across time.
Under $50
- weGather: This app helps families capture the stories behind their favorite photos. Instead of letting your photos gather dust in a box, get them out and start telling stories with loved ones! weGather makes it collaborative and fun for the whole family. Plus, it’s FREE!
- Sassy Packrat Studios Felt Patterns: Make precious memories when you craft these cute felt ornaments and animals together with your kids. Great Christmas project. $2 to $7.
- Keepy.me: From kids’ artwork to photos and videos of birthdays, this is a fun app that helps you preserve important moments in your family’s life. Prices from $2.99 monthly to $9.99 annually.
- Legacy Tale’s Complete Guide to Google Photos: This information-packed and user-friendly e-book will show you how to use Google’s fantastic free tool for curating past and present pictures, from basic installation to advanced features. $11.99
- Timeshel app for iPhone: Timeshel is a subscription printing service from your phone. Select 10 or 30 photos per month through the app on your phone and they are automatically printed and shipped. (Use code EDEZL to earn $5.95 in credit; that equals 10 prints for free.) Gift a subscription to someone so they can order their own prints OR send a loved one a copy of your prints.
- The Filing Fairies eBook bundle: Your Story Matters and Organise Utilise Enjoy- photo organising guides for printed and digital photo collections. $12.50
- Personalized Aluminum Bar Key Chain: Carry a piece of your story with you in your personalized aluminum bar key chain. Lightweight metal won’t weigh on your ignition switch. $24.99
- Twile Premium Subscription: Create a timeline of everything that’s happened in your family from your earliest ancestors right through to today. Family members can collaborate to capture events, photos and memories together. Regular price $49.99/year. 50% off available only through this gift guide link.
- Vertical Bars Personalized Pendant Necklace: Tell the world who or what is dear to your heart when you wear this meaningful personalized pendant necklace. $49.99
Over $50
- Legacy Tale’s Guided Tale membership: This online course uses a step-by-step process to capture a lifetime of stories at your own pace. Includes coaching to write, edit, layout, scan pictures, and even print your history. Special holiday sale price $99.99 for annual membership or $9.99/month.
- Twile Family Subscription: Create a timeline of everything that’s happened in your family from your earliest ancestors right through to today. Family members collaborate to capture events, photos and memories together. Everyone in the family tree has complete access with the family subscription. Regular price $124.99/year. 50% off available only through this gift guide link.
- Roots Tech 2017: Send a family member to the largest family history conference in the world, February 8-11, 2017 in Salt Lake City, UT. Pass prices vary from $69-$299.
- Hannah Bergen Heirloom Kit: Holds everything you need to record and save your family heirloom stories. This beautiful 8’x10 5/8″X11 1/2″ hinged forever-keeping box has custom sections to safely protect archival-quality tags, stickers, and more. $85.00
- School Frame: Your child’s precious moments deserve to be displayed in the highest quality School Frame. $89
- StoryHouse’s Hanging Wood Recipe Print: We all have favorite family recipes that have been passed down for generations. Whether it’s grandma’s famous apple pie, or granddad’s BBQ pork, your family favorites are worth saving and displaying! This is a fun and elegant way to showcase a beloved family recipe. $95 per custom print.
- School Memories Video: Let Inspired Stories help you to create something that is truly beautiful and unforgettable for only $98.00! It’s a memory of your child that will be treasured for generations to come.
- Hannah Bergen Wedding Kit: Beautifully designed, the kit holds everything needed to record and preserve wedding memories. It offers a lasting way to create a personal collection of the mementos and stories of a wedding. $120.00
- Sasha Nicholas: Monogrammed dinnerware and gifts that tell your story. Sasha Nicholas makes dinnerware meaningful. Create new memories & keep the old by adding your handwritten inscription on back. Prices vary. Oval Platter is $272.00
- Coming Soon from Modern Photo Solutions: Photo Fabulous Full Solution – A step-by-step course to teach you Steph’s process, workflow, and apps, she used to create 1000 album/book ready pages of photos and memories in two years all on her phone. This course will take you from photo overwhelm to photo fabulous a few taps at a time.
If you find this list useful, we’d really appreciate you sharing it on social media! Help your friends and family find holiday gift ideas that add value for families. I know I’m excited for a holiday season filled with memories instead of mess!
What are your top tips for meaningful gift giving? Comment below and happy gifting!
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