If you don’t know what to give to your friends for a birthday, and such a problem arises often enough, then a good solution would be to ask about the assortment of stores whose purposeful activity is to provide its customers with a huge selection of interesting, stylish, fun and not-too-expensive options a gift. I would like to propose such an option as comic certificates. What it is and how it looks, what is the target audience and cost - this is what may be of interest, and we will devote this note to these issues. So the first one.
What is a comic certificate?
This is an analogue of any original document (diploma, passport, diploma, license, certificate), made in line with the humorous style. Accordingly, the document is equipped with a certain holiday date: international or state holidays, celebrations of each individual individual (birthday, promotion, marriage, birth of a child, mother-in-law's birthday , etc.).
The manner of performing this kind of souvenir
As mentioned above, comic certificates for the most part have a look similar to the original documents. That is, in most cases the original format is preserved. For example, a comic letter, certificate or certificate is a sheet of A4 format , laminated or glossy, with the same design as the original, filled in according to a humorous legal template. The style and manner of filling the text for any document is preserved - otherwise it simply would not make sense, this is the joke.
The target audience
Any person who has the slightest sense of humor, despite his age, will be able to appreciate such a gift. The bottom line here is different - to correctly select this most comic gift certificate so that it really fits the event and does not bear an offensive character for a given person. It is important not to overdo it with humor.
How much can this type of certificate cost
At the moment, according to the state of the market this year, the price limits for these products range from 50 p. and higher. The simplest options - paper, glossy, laminated, cardboard - can cost 50 rubles, and 79, and 105, 200. More solid options are possible, which will cost much more. This may include the wall version using silver or gold. Prices for such a product start from 2500 rubles and above.
In general, there are a lot of ready-made certificates that have been “done”. Here are at least some of them on the following topics:
1. Variations on a wedding theme (humorous “marriage contracts”, “license to use” one of the newlyweds, “operating instructions”, “certificate” for mother-in-law's love, diplomas on the anniversary).
2. On the subject of the birthday - letters, decrees on awarding, gift certificates.
3. Professional options - driver’s license, passports, diplomas, certificate of fisherman (doctor, teacher, lawyer, housewife, seller, etc.) master class.
What else should be known to the buyer
As an independent gift, comic certificates (not those for 4,500 rubles, of course) rarely act. It is better if they are an addition to something. For example, when a guy gives a gift to a girl in honor of their joint date (or another celebration of this kind), or the company congratulates his friend. Complete with other gifts it will be nice to combine a comic birthday certificate, if we are talking about this holiday. The budget version of the presentation for a twenty-year-old student from her friends is a cake and a piece of humor in the form of a “License to take out the brain.”
For young couples, a certificate for fulfilling a wish or for an invitation (in the kit, say, with movie tickets) is suitable. In honor of the holiday, you can give your wife a certificate of exemption from homework (it would be nice if the certificate is comic, and the release is real). If a quarrel has occurred in a couple, then present the Act of Surrender as a sign of reconciliation - and so on and so forth.
You can choose a background, template, text and make such a gift yourself if there is no suitable finished product for a particular case. And if there is, but it doesn’t fit on some parameter, however, do you have no time to turn over the pages of online stores or go through real ones? If you have a sufficient level of sense of humor and “direct hands” in relation to “Photoshop”, it will not be difficult to create your own unique comic certificates. No skill in Photoshop? Every third or fourth will be able to do what you need, just find such a person among your friends, or take it as a sign from above that it is time to start mastering this program - it will come in handy in life.
What else will need to be done (more precisely, preferably, for better preservation) is to laminate your work. In fact, it turns out that this is a handmade gift, and your efforts should be rated an order of magnitude higher. By the way, the price will be released approximately in the same framework as simply purchased in a store. Perhaps even cheaper (although much cheaper?). Therefore, if you have enough desire and creativity - go for it.