LiW Gift ideas for SO?

[Nomsdeplume]

I need gift ideas for a man in his mid-20s, who loves playing poker, loves gadgets, loves games (computer or otherwise) is a huge football (soccer) fanatic (his favourite team is Juventus), travels a lot and is a professional sports photographer.
Please help!

 

[CurlySue]

What''s the occasion? How "big" do you want to go? Do you live near him (meaning, can you do something together, or are you going to need to send/mail this somewhere)?

A few things that come to mind:

You might be able to get him a jersey from his favorite soccer team... see if they can personalize it by putting his last name on it.

Does he have a lot of his photography posted or framed? It might be neat to see if you can do something with some of the photos (that he took) that he is most proud of. Get one framed or maybe find a way to have a professional collage made.

If he travels a lot, you might be able to come up with some sort of travel kit - hand-held game player, lots of batteries, gift card for iTunes so he can load up on his favorites...

 

[pluck15]

Another good idea for a gadget sports fan (as is my SO) that I''ve thought about getting is a portable XM radio and a subscription to XM. This way he can take it with him wherever he goes, and get all his sports games even when he can''t watch them on tv!

 

[Luckyeshe]

Possibly an autographed soccer ball or football by one of the big players of his fave team? Or the whole team!

 

[katomm]

Not sure if we''re allowed to mention other websites here but thinkgeek.com has some awesome gifts for those that like gadgets and stuff. If you search around you can normally find a code to get a little discount and their customer service is awesome.

 

[jmtomaui]

My DH is a photographer and I''m pulling together some of his best / favorite pics and creating a coffee table book through Shutterfly. I think he will be thrilled... Maybe this is an idea for you?

What I like about the book is that I can also have copies made up for his mom and his sons as memories of DH''s work.

 

[Nomsdeplume]

Wow you all have such great ideas! Thank you so much!

 

[ckrickett]

thinkgeek.com has some awesome stuff... check out brookstone.com too, they have a really nice poker set and alot of really great gadgets and stereos

 

[Squirrly]

j tumblers

general j merchandise

so how are you at photo editing?

in theory you could make him a deck of cards using his pictures on the face sides and the juventus logo for the backside.

however the custom sites for this seem a tad expensive

but if you were to say use moo cards and get the 50 laminated business cards on heavy stock, as well as getting the free 10 card customizable sample pack, you''d have your full 52 card deck, with room for a couple jokers/wild cards and of course a couple sweet i love you cards with pictures of you/both of you.

and to make the face side even easier
here''s a free card editor so you can let the program do all the hard work and your card faces are just a print screen and a crop away

hmm i may have to try this idea myself

one way or another i''m getting those free business cards

 

[Indylady]

Date: 7/24/2009 6:36:38 AM
Author: katomm
Not sure if we''re allowed to mention other websites here but thinkgeek.com has some awesome gifts for those that like gadgets and stuff. If you search around you can normally find a code to get a little discount and their customer service is awesome.

Dito! That site is awesome. SO has gotten me a ton of their little germ plushies and asked me out with a little keychain cactus!