ShellyGa, I ordered them via school from Original Works. I think you can also order them direct via originalworks.com if you have your own pics. If you need their 800 #, email me directly. Good luck. I love the ones I got this Christmas. Unfortunately the posts do not come with the flags. So I have been looking for them. I will save the flags now for Mother's Day since I can't find the posts/stakes. Think once this Xmas thing is over, the stores will start bringing them out. Pike might have them too. I haven't checked. Good luck. tc

Nice to see this string revived, for whatever reason. I don't care much for gag or tacky gifts, either. It's funny at the time, but in the end it feels to me like a waste of money. But I certainly understand not wanting everyone to have to spend a lot of time and money shopping. I liked it once when we had each adult randomly assigned the name of one other adult for whom to buy a gift, with a LOW maximum spending amount. It was great to see how everyone found something really good even at that level -- (I think it was $5, but that was probably 15 to 20 years ago). I even remember what I gave (a can of wrinkle-remover spray for someone who travels a lot) and what I got (an apron). Today I'd make the amount $10, or, if your crowd likes an additional challenge, make it some random amount like $12.38 and see who can come the closest without going over. That would be game enough for me. Another thing your group might like is to bring items to donate to a shelter or someplace instead of gifts to each other, or low-energy light bulbs to donate to your church, etc. Some people feel like this replaces merriment with earnestness, but others like it a lot; you have to know your group.

Thank you for your ideas. I went to Shutterfly and played around with gift ideas. I decided to make a photo book ellendi. I am really excited about it. I am going with traditional, classic, simple and a black background on the pages so the letter really stands out. I will have their "saying" a song title on the front, then their engagement photo (my mom said it was from a photo booth? - they had no money but it is surprisingly good for 1947). I will put a page of the letter on each page with a copy of the envelope and another photo at the end. Our love for them is what keeps us connected in any way at all and I am excited to honor their love in this way. :)

Here's an idea that may be good for the men in your lives (women too-- but I always find gifts for men to be the biggest challenge!) I bought my BIL an infrared thermometer gun-- it was part of a gift package for their high-temp pizza oven. Construction on their deckscape has been delayed so the pizza oven wasn't installed but my sister says he's been using it to check temps in their ac ducts.. a reviewer said he uses it to check car engine temps. It's just a versatile tool/toy .. Thermoworks has 15% off sitewide right now so I bought one for my other BIL for Christmas.