With the crashing state of the economy budgeting out gifts is now more important than ever. When buying for someone close to you pictures are an easy and thoughtful solution to this. Selecting the perfect picture frame for someone’s style is only half the battle. Choosing the perfect picture is what really counts.  Pick something that you did together and then match the frame to the picture. If the gift is for someone younger or even someone who just graduated a scrape book is another great alternative that won’t break your bank but will show tremendous time and effort. For my 18^th birthday my mother made me a scrape book that included pages from my friends and sections from her journal as I was growing up and to this day it means the world to me and I hope to one day do the same for my daughter.