4 Sentimental Gift Ideas for Your Loved One to Treasure

Whether it is your partner, your friend, your parent, or another family member’s birthday coming up, or else you are looking to start Christmas shopping (or indeed, hurriedly finish it), it can sometimes be decidedly tricky to find a gift that is both useful and sentimental. 

So, to help your shopping experience be much more enjoyable and considerably less stressful, continue reading to discover four sentimental gift ideas for your loved one to treasure forever. 

1. A Photo Album

These days, especially with the virtual takeover of social media, it is rare to see any new photographs taken in recent years proudly displayed on the mantlepiece inside a loved one’s home. 

Instead, photos are now electronically stored and shared and printing out photographs in ‘real life’ is becoming somewhat of an ancient art. An incredibly thoughtful and sentimental gift idea, therefore, would be to collate older and newer images of you and your loved one and position them into a beautifully covered book.

For extra friendship points, you could even include ticket stubs and other memorabilia within the photo album too. 

2. Best Friends Bracelets

If your bestie lives in another state or is even currently away either studying or working abroad, then you will presumably need a small gift which will not cost a fortune to send in the post. 

With this in mind, the best gift which is both light in weight, but heavy in sentiment, is a piece of jewelry, and as a way of being with each other in spirit when you are unable to be there physically, would be a matching piece of jewelry with each other’s names inscribed on the front. 

3. A Custom-Made T-Shirt Blanket 

Now, the third suggestion on the list is perhaps the most thoughtful and impressive of them all but does rely on you having access to your loved one’s belongings.

One of the impressive, high-quality, and truly stunning blankets made from clothes from a reputable and renowned online supplier would make for a gift which just keeps on giving, especially in the cold winter months. If your friend is a huge musical fan, for example, then gathering their musical t-shirts from various merchandise stands over the years would make them cry with happiness. The best thing about this is that it is personal to whoever you buy it for.

4. A Pamper Hamper

Finally, the fourth sentimental gift for your loved one’s birthday or Christmas present suggestion on this list is a personalized and customized pamper hamper, full of de-stressing treats and their favorite beauty products.

If you have the time and the inclination, you could construct one yourself, by purchasing a cheap wicker hamper basket from your local hardware store and choosing each piece for the basket. Instead, if you are either strapped for time or are just not feeling particularly creative, there is a fabulous range of baskets containing all kinds of pampering goods that you can buy ready-wrapped and choose which items you would include.