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Customized Gifts for Mom and Dad

Just in time for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day!

Picture Puzzle

$20 and up, shutterfly.com

Turn a treasured family photo into a fun activity by creating your own Shutterfly Photo Gallery Puzzle. Choose to add just one picture or upload as many as 17. You can also pick from a variety of background colors and difficulty levels ranging from 60 pieces to 1014.

Message Cookies

$38, uncommongoods.com

Send or gift something sweet with these Custom Message Shortbread Cookies. Add a meaningful date, inside joke, or heartfelt message to the top of a delicious, buttery treat. Once you’ve written your message and ordered, two dozen cookies will be placed inside a pretty box that keeps them fresh through delivery.

Whiskey Glasses

$65 for a set of four, huckberry.com

Whiskey Peaks makes 13 variations of these hand blown whiskey glasses, including a set that showcases the Rockies. Each glass in the set features a raised topographic impression of the Rocky Mountains, ideal for whiskey-loving Coloradans. Other impression options include the Grand Tetons, Mt. Whitney, and the Grand Canyon.

Gift Box

$11 and up, shopboxfox.com

Build your own BOXFOX stashed with hand-selected goodies like chocolate bars, cozy socks, candles, and cookbooks. After you pick the items you want to send, you’ll be prompted to choose a card and type in a note. Once you’re done, the gift box will be sent directly to the recipient.

Printed Tie

$40 and up, knottytie.com

Perfect for the working dad, these Knotty Tie Co. Neckties are decked out in Colorado-inspired prints. Gift the Denver Skyline, Aspen Grove, or Vintage Ski Patch designs, or customize your own tie by choosing from hundreds of patterns and color options.

Sentimental Pie Plate

$84, etsy.com

Take a photo of a family recipe, send it through Etsy, and it will be hand painted in your loved one’s writing onto this ceramic Moonflower Memories Pie Plate. It’s a personal way to celebrate the best baker in your family.

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