I got them a personalized photo print from minted! (they live in TX)
Hope they don't get sick of all the photo gifts we give them 
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@chopsuey: Your family looks... different!
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@mrbee:
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Oh, I like that. I might need to go look at that for my parents. I haven't found something for them yet.
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@MamaG: lots of cute stuff at minted, and everything's 20% off now!
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I have 2 year old twins. Last Xmas and this one, they will get a photo album I make on Shutterfly of all the kids' photos. Then they each get something else that they ask for--they tend to send lists.
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Homemade treat (undecided food item) and pictures. I just don't know them well enough to think of much & now that we have LO, I totally use photo gifts as a cop out. They might get a hand print ornament too.
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Photo magnets from shutterfly and a gift card to go to one of their fave restaurants. They are impossible to shop for.
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I'm going to take a DIY photo of my daughter and SIL's daughter (their two first grandkids born this year) and framing it for them.
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Collage mousepad for FIL and collage fleece blanket for MIL (of the kids).
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@chopsuey: thank you for posting about the code! I have had a few items saved and was waiting for a good promo code. I made 3 collages of the photos we have of Ava. Here are 2 of them - the other has her full name so I won't post bc this isn't gold. THANK YOU!
To answer your question - we are getting my inlaws a nice new knife set. We got them shun knives on a great black Friday deal.
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You can't go wrong with photo gifts!
DH normally handles his own parent's gifts. However, since LO2 turned 1 at the end of November, I finished her one year photo album and they will get a copy, which will probably be delivered right around Christmas, so I hope that counts.
I ordered through shutterfly, which had 50% off of photo albums when I placed the order!
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For FIL - a next issue gift card (he just got an ipad and travels a lot for work)
MIL- a fork bracelet from etsy
DD got them each a Willow Tree figurine (Grandma for MIL and Grandpa for FIL)
For SIL we got her a pair of TOMS slippers
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FIL - shirt
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We got them some handmade candles. They requested things they can use up, wear, or eat since they are downsizing next year.
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That is a really cute idea!!!
We haven't bought any gifts for MIL and her boyfriend yet
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we get my parents & my inlaws tickets to a musical every year... and we go with them. so all 6 of us have a nice dinner/night out! we love it! we're going to see Once this year
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@chopsuey: That is such a cool idea! We don't have kids yet, but I am going to keep that in mind for when we do!
@anonysquire: Hahaha! That's about what I want to get mine.
I ended up getting MIL a scarf, a Vera Bradley makeup case, and DH got her some CDs she wanted. FIL I got him two books he wanted, a gift card for coffee, and tickets to a hockey game he wants to go to.
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Giftcards, lott tix, picture calendar, some art/craft thing from DS, and essential oil stuff that MIL wants!
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@anonysquire - PERFECT!
My husband's folks are split and both in new relationships.
We got his mom and her husband a box of candy from my parents' local confectioner, a bag of FANCY caramel corn, and will probably also get them them the book on tape by Chris McCandless' sister (my husband's mom loved Into The Wild).
We got his dad + dad's girlfriend a bottle of wine in a fancy holiday wine gift bag (which probably cost more than the wine, lol), and a box of smoked sea-salt caramels.
Our budget for each couple was $30, and I think we went over by about 30% on both. Sigh.
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We got DH's mum a fuzzy pair of new slippers, a B&BW 3-wick in one of her favorite scents and a new TV for her new apartment.
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I am getting my MIL a necklace with all of the grandkids' names and their birth stone.
We are getting my FIL a tablet case for his new tablet and a Seahawks beanie.
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A birdhouse that hopefully reminds them of their last vacation. Chocolate and Christmas booze.
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We got MIL a toaster she wanted and FIL a tshirt with a crude joke on it.
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MIL- a cute top and a can opener she liked
FIL- steaks and an iPhone power pack thing
Both- treats and a photo calendar of LO -
We got my FIL motorcycle gear and my MIL slippers and a pedicure gift certificate. I'm also planning on helping Sadie make them an ornament, but I haven't decided on one yet, and I'm cutting it close.
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MIL we got a couple books from a used book store and a gift card to a local desert shop she loves. FIL we got a book he has been wanting to read and tennis socks.
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My MIL wanted carry-on luggage plus we get the grandparents a photo book of everything from the past year (but at this rate it may be an after-Christmas gift)
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We got them tickets to Jerry Seinfeld stand up that's coming in a few months, although that is more for FIL so we got MIL a personalized calendar, perfume, and a mani/pedi.
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We get them a calendar from pinhole press each year with photos of the kids
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My in-laws always request cash. Plus, I will also give them my son's school pictures with our Christmas card.
One year, we bought them a nice set of bath towels and hand towels from Pottery Barn, but they complained and now want cash.
I even got them a gift card to Macy's one year before my DH and I were married, and they still complained. So cash, it is.
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Just a picture of LO. They specifically told us not to buy them anything but I feel weird not getting them anything! They can't complain about an LO picture, right?
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We made a calendar for them from shutterfly with family photos.
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Was I supposed to get them something? Yea....I didn't. Lol
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@DisneyBee: They REQUEST cash? How strange! And ungrateful!
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We are seeing my MIL for Christmas so I am making her a gift tower:
1) Body butter, Eos lip balm, Mascara (Bath & Body Works sale!, I found a top ten list of best mascaras and will get that from Ulta, Eos is at Target, which is where I found the gift box for the top tier).
2) Snowflake Pretzels (Crate & Barrel sale!)
3) PJs in her favorite color (Soma sale!)Gifts are more special when the presentation is pretty. The tower will have a rectangular base, followed by a round tin, topped with a smaller rectangle.
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@travellingbee: YES! I know, right?! My hubby and I argue about this a lot, but he tells me that it's an Asian thing. The thing is...I'm Asian! Lol. Oh well....one less thing to shop for.
I grew up with Christmas being a holiday of unwrapping gifts around the Christmas tree. Then I see them opening a card and waving the cash in their hands. Makes me sad.
One year, I was so mad that they didn't get my LO a Christmas gift for his first Christmas. But that's another story...
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An 8x8 picture book and a few prints.
I ordered through shutterfly, which had 50% off of photo albums when I placed the order!
I even got them a gift card to Macy's one year before my DH and I were married, and they still complained. So cash, it is.
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