What is a good Christmas gift for a couple?
One that belongs to the two of them and to nobody else: a photograph from their wedding, or their names and the date they married. A shared gift for a couple is hard to choose because it has to suit two people, and something made from the day they made a promise suits both of them.
We make three things, each made to order from your details. We don't sell experiences, hampers, jewellery, cards or anything to hang on a tree; these are pieces for a wall, a shelf or the kitchen cupboard.
Gifts made from their wedding: the three we make
A portrait of the two of them, made by AI from a photo
Upload a photo of the couple and choose a style: oil painting, watercolour, pencil sketch or pop art. An AI image model restyles the photo in that style; no person paints it, and a likeness isn't guaranteed. Verify your email and you can make up to three free watermarked previews a day, so you can look before you pay.
Their wedding photo, printed as it is
If the photograph already exists, we print it as it is. Upload it and each size is graded against it; a size the photo is too small for is not offered, so the size you pick will print cleanly.
Their wedding date, set in type
Their names, the wedding date and the venue, under the heading “The Wedding Of”. No photo is needed, which makes it the easy choice when you don't have one.
A joint gift for a couple
When two friends or two families give together, the gift has to be about the couple rather than about either giver. The wedding date print and the wedding photo both do that: neither belongs to one half of the pair. A portrait works the same way when the photo shows both of them.
What to buy a couple who have everything
A couple who already have the towels, the candles and the good glasses are not short of things; they are short of things that are about them. A picture of their own wedding is one thing they won't already own unless someone gives it to them. A unique wedding gift and a Christmas gift for the same couple start from the same source.
By who you are buying for
- Newlyweds. Their first Christmas married has its own guide: first Christmas married gifts.
- Parents. A photograph from their wedding day, printed as it is, or their names and date in type.
- Friends. For friends who married this year or years ago, the same three pieces work at Christmas. If you missed giving them a wedding present, see wedding gifts for a couple.
- Each other. Start with the photograph you already love, or the date. If you got engaged recently, see engagement gifts.
By budget
Prices depend on the product and the format, and each one is on its own page, read from our price list. In general the smaller formats, a mug, an A4 print or a digital file, cost less than a large canvas or a framed piece. The personalised wedding gifts page lists the formats side by side.
Frame, canvas, mug or digital
Prints go on the wall unframed as a poster or a canvas, or framed: a framed poster in black or natural wood (A3 or A2), a framed canvas in black, dark wood or natural wood. A mug or a water bottle is a smaller gift. Which formats each product offers is shown on its page.
Getting it there for Christmas
Everything is made to order, and we can't promise a date. Free UK delivery takes 4 to 9 working days from your order; Priority delivery, at checkout, takes 3 to 6. Leave room for both. Each of the three also comes as a digital file, which is the option if the gift is late. Arrives damaged or with a print fault? We reprint or refund: delivery and returns.
The picture above is an AI-made scene.
Related: How couple portraits are made · First Christmas married gifts · Wedding gift for a couple
