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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: DIY: How to Give The Best Homemade Gifts [Watch (HLS stream): DIY: How to Give The Best Homemade Gifts](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fB9s44nF.m3u8) (2:36)  _Published 2014-12-17. DIY: Give The Best Homemade Gifts_ --- Jul 27, 2023 5:40 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [5 Healthy Subscription Boxes to Give as Gifts](/video/3AkFrRN4/) ### 5 Healthy Subscription Boxes to Give as Gifts [A Guide to Wedding Gifts](/video/ov6vhS1l/) ### A Guide to Wedding Gifts [The Gift Trailer](/video/RDyR3tpj/) ### The Gift Trailer --- ## Transcript Every year a debate rages on about whether gift cards are a better idea or getting someone a present from a store. And I think there's a lot of stress that goes into shopping for other people. Where you don't really know what they want and, you know, why don't you just get them a gift card. I'm more of the camp that there is a better way. There's a third option. [ MUSIC ] For people who are a little bit intimidated by the idea of making a personalized gift, either because they feel like they're not creative or not especially artistic, there are websites like customink. com and collage. com. That's you know, allow you to make mugs, and shirts, and calendars with images or inside jokes between friends and family. So, one example one of our staffers brought this in. One of her family members added their last name to a sweatshirt and everyone in the family got this. So they can wear them all at the same time. Let's say, that you wanna go a step further, and add a little more creativity, put a little more work in. You can use even just your, your phone camera. And make a little home video. In this case our staffer's sister made a you can do it work out video that I guess she gave out to the family. And then, also, of course, home movies are always very nice. And if you edit them, even just using the software on your computer, that can add a nice touch. And, you know, be a keepsake for, for years to come. So, hands down, the best personalized gift that I've ever received is from my best friend, Erin. On the surface, this, this looks just like a regular board game, the classic Guess Who? game. But inside ,. My friend, Erin, filled in all the tabs with the faces of my friends from college. We've been lucky to share the same group of mutual friends for the last decade or so. And, instead of asking questions about people's appearances, which we can do also, it gets a little more fun because you can talk about inside jokes. Who has the most hipster tendencies, who's allergic to what. It becomes a lot more sentimental. And the best part is we can play with any of these people. So this is definitely my favorite gift. Probably wasn't too hard to build. Just requires printing out photos [ MUSIC ] and, you know, going on Ebay and finding a version of the game. So even if you're spending less, the time and effort you put into a personalized gift means it's actually priceless. [ MUSIC ] ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"DIY: How to Give The Best Homemade Gifts","description":"DIY: Give The Best Homemade Gifts","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fB9s44nF/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-12-17T23:49:39.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fB9s44nF.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/fB9s44nF/","duration":"PT2M36S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/fB9s44nF/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```