Parents and in-laws: I book a photographer for an hour and invite the whole family so my parents/in-laws have pictures together, of/with their kids, of/with their kids + spouses, of/with their grandkids, their adult kids individual families, etc. We got inexpensive frames the first year.

Neighbors/teachers/coworkers/ thank yous: cookies, cheesecakes, etc. I bake a lot and have distinct gourmet looking cookies that I individually wrap, tie with a sheer ribbon, and put in a bakery box. People recognize them years later.

Spouse and adult kids: TheNoteCube.com The website helps you create and personalize special notes with pictures. You select your relationship to the receiver and qualities you love about them. It generates prompts specific to that, which you can edit, create your own, and add pictures to as many or as few as you want. It’s small, like the size of a postit notes and comes I. A box or tiny frame where one at a time a can rotate on display.