Gifts with your photos and creative inspiration for birthdays
Create completely personalised photo gifts so the birthday boy or girl can always have their most cherished shared memories with you always by their side. A personalised photo mug for their morning coffee, a practical smartphone case featuring their favourite photos, or perhaps a chic photo display for decorating their office are all perfect for surprising them on their special day. Get creative and make use of our various layouts and design possibilities to make a completely personalised birthday gift. Simply order a birthday gift of your choice in just a few clicks online and really bring a smile to their face on their special day.
Although every birthday is special, the big birthdays are really exceptional. So give your loved ones exclusive gifts. We show you a gift idea that lives up to any big birthday.
Give a loved one a completely personalised ifolor photo greeting card for their special day. You can either send the birthday boy or girl your birthday greetings from far away or personally give them the card along with their gift. Choose from the various formats and creative design templates available and create the perfect birthday card. Add your favourite photo or a collage of unforgettable photos to the birthday card. You can then either add your birthday greetings by hand on the reverse or inside of the card or print out your message when designing your card.
Thank you cards are the most wonderful way to say “thank you”: so surprise your loved ones with a very personal thank you through their letter box. With a photo greeting card you’re also giving them a wonderful memory of the birthday you celebrated together.
A personalised photo book packed with nice memories is sure to be viewed time and again and makes a great surprise gift for anyone's birthday. Create your own personal yearbook or gather together your best times shared together featuring amusing snapshots spread across up to 132 pages. Download the free ifolor software or simply design your photo book online. Our wide range of design possibilities and templates will enable you to create an unforgettable photo book for someone's birthday. Get creative and let the photos speak for themselves or add short texts to give your birthday photo book a bit more charm.
There are plenty of occasions to celebrate with friends and families. Capture the unforgettable highlights from last year in a fresh photo yearbook. You can relieve the great vibe at a big birthday, exciting festivals or the spontaneous summer party again. Your party yearbook is a great memento or cool gift idea for friends or your partner with our creative tips.
The high-quality ifolor wall decorations are always an original gift idea for someone's birthday. Your photos featuring times spent together will be prominently displayed in the form of a photo canvas or an elegant wall display. Thanks to the many different formats available, you're sure to find the right size to give someone for their birthday. Especially eye-catching is the new trio option, which automatically splits your photo into three sections and prominently displays them. Surprise the birthday boy or girl with one of their favourite photos displayed as a classy wall decoration and simply order your birthday gift online.
Looking for a birthday present for an animal lover? Then a photo poster is just the thing! Whether with a frame, a poster strip or just the poster itself, a photo of their favourite animal is sure to make them smile. Read our blog for even more ideas and inspiration!
Give someone a year packed of their favourite photos in the form of an ifolor photo calendar for their birthday this year. Simply choose the month after their birthday as the starting month for the calendar. The individually designable calendar comes in many different forms, such as in elegant panoramic format, as a family calendar with pages you can write on, or as a decorative desk calendar. When creating your calendar, you'll have many different design templates and layouts at your fingertips to make sure your photo calendar will be a completely personalised and one-of-a-kind birthday gift. Gather together your best photos to accompany the birthday boy or girl for the year to come and simply order your completely personalised photo calendar directly online.
Is the birthday boy or girl a passionate amateur chef? Then surprise your loved one on their birthday with a photo calendar full of delicious recipes you created yourself.
Your own birthday party should always be something special but is also always associated with a lot of work and planning. Issues regarding the size of the party, location, entertainment and catering in particular have to be clarified beforehand. We reveal 5 tips on how you can plan and prepare your birthday party ideally to reduce the stress.
A theme can make a birthday party an unforgettable experience. Funny, original, unusual or seasonal - there are countless ideas for a theme
Use our creative craft ideas to create one-of-a-kind birthday gifts. Gather together your best photos to create a completely personalised photo gift to surprise someone on their birthday. Get started today and create a gift with special sentimental value.
Gifts with a really personal note are perfect for surprising every birthday boy or girl. Bring a smile to the face of someone close to you with a photo book or photo calendar packed full with colourful memories of times shared together, special highlights, and important milestones. Use our versatile design possibilities and templates to create your own birthday gift that will be sure to be remembered. If you'd like to give someone a really special photo or a small collage of an unforgettable moment, choose one of our various wall decorations or one of our original photo gifts. This way the gift recipient will always have this cherished moment by their side in the form of a stylish photo canvas, personalised photo mug, or a practical smartphone case. You could also give them a self-designed mouse pad or a useful desk calendar for them to decorate their office with. Another idea that brings a smile to young and old alike is a self-created photo puzzle. If you unfortunately don't have the chance to wish them happy birthday in person, you could send your personal birthday wishes to them in the form on an individualised photo greeting card.
In many western countries, celebrating your birthday is just a given. In some other countries, it’s more common to celebrate the name day instead of the day of birth. The tradition of celebrating one’s own birthday can be traced back to ancient times. Hosting such a celebration, however, was usually reserved for such personages as kings, counts, and princes.
For many years, a person’s date of birth or baptism was simply recorded in church registers. Most people didn’t know the exact date of their own birth. Thus, many had to rely on accounts and narratives from their parents to get a rough idea of the time frame. Signs used to indicate the time frame were usually descriptions of the season and which trees were in bloom.
Alternatively, a person’s name day or the day of their baptism could have played a much more important role. It was customary to name a child only after they were baptised and the name was commonly from a martyr or apostle. It also often occurred that the baptism would be performed on the same day as the day of remembrance of the particular saint. Then, on this particular day of remembrance, all those who share the name of the saint celebrate their name day.
Emperor Napoleon I of France helped bring about a more comprehensive method of documenting dates of birth. Starting in 1804, every person’s date of birth was recorded in a birth register. It was also Napoleon’s opinion that everyone should know when their birthday is. This made celebrating one’s birthday more popular amongst the “normal” social classes.
Paying a visit to the birthday boy or girl, saying a few personal words, giving them a big warm hug and simply saying “happy birthday” remains one of the most heartfelt ways to wish someone a happy birthday. Unfortunately, doing this isn’t always possible. There are still some other possibilities, however, how you can still wish someone all the best on their special day even if you’re far away.
These days, it’s common to send someone a WhatsApp message or post something on their Facebook timeline. This alternative is quick, easy, and straightforward, yet not that personal or heartfelt. A much more personal touch is to call them and have a quick chat while wishing them a happy birthday to show them you care.
A more traditional and nice gesture is to send them a birthday card. By sending them a card in the mail, it’s pretty easy to convey to them how important they are to you. For a bit more individuality you can easily design and create your own personalised birthday cards using your own photos. This will transform a simple greeting card into something really special. Just write a few personal words on the inside of the card and you’re sure to bring a smile to their face.
Once you’ve bought a birthday card or perhaps even designed one yourself, it’s time to fill it with some personal words. The beginning of the message usually writes itself: a lovely greeting followed by your congratulations and wishes of health, happiness, love, and success.
If writing a card for someone who’s especially close, your message should be something heartfelt and personal. Describe, perhaps, things about the person that make you really appreciate them. Birthdays are the perfect time to articulate these. You could also mention some unforgettable memories you’ve shared together. Afterwards you can wish them all the best for the future and express to them how happy you are to be a part of it.