by mahalie

I always thought that a personalized photo jigsaw puzzle is a cool gift to give in a love relationship.

Somehow most jigsaw puzzles just look artistic and beautiful as a wall picture.

This gift is ideal for boyfriends and husbands, when you want to remember your love between the both of you. Therefore it is suitable for any occasion, be it for a birthday, Christmas, anniversary or Valentine’s Day.

However I thought that as an anniversary gift, it is very appropriate, because a photo jigsaw gift is a very long lasting gift.

Anniversary gifts: Personalized gifts – Personalized Photo Jigsaw Puzzles

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My girlfriend gave me a personalized jigsaw before as part of a birthday gift series for my 22nd birthday.

As you can see on the right image, she used that to make a photo jigsaw puzzle.

And after sending the image for the gift to be made, she realized that she had a grammatical error in my gift.

O well, it is okay for me.

It turned out to be a small jigsaw gift puzzle, as large as the span of my hands.

How should you prepare a jigsaw gift puzzle?

There are many gift shops that provide personalized jigsaw puzzle as a service. Before you get one, please be reminded of the following pointers.

1. Check with the gift shop on the requirements for the image file or photo they require to make your gift.

Many gift shops emphasize a certain level of quality of the image that you need to provide. Any lower than that, and you jigsaw puzzle will not look crisp.

2. Get as much pieces that you can afford as possible, and let the pieces be as small as possible.

Jigsaw puzzles with many small pieces look better than others with large chunks of pieces.

3. In my personal opinion, a whole photo that covers the entire jigsaw puzzle looks better than trying to take several photos together and making a collage.

Below is an example of a whole photo that covers the entire jigsaw puzzle.

from islanddave

This is really about personal preference, but I really think that whole pictures just look better than a collage of many other images.

If you need to make a love message, sign it off like a signature on the photo by using a photo editing software like Adobe Photoshop, or Gimp.

Where can you order these personalized photo jigsaw puzzles online?

Below are some websites that offer personalized photo jigsaw puzzles.

USA, Canada and International Shipping

http://www.jigsaw2order.com/ (International shipping for countries that has a FedEx service)

United Kingdom

http://www.alljigsawpuzzles.co.uk/ (UK only)

Singapore

http://www.puzzlehup.com/

Final words for this post

Try to get a photo jigsaw puzzle of you and your boyfriend at least. I really think it looks cool for a gift for any occasion.

It really serves as a sentimental long lasting gift between the both of you.

If you have a photo jigsaw puzzle, why not let us know what you think of this gift at the comments below?

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