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The Art of Giving: Finding the Perfect Engraving

The best engravings are short. A name, a date, four words that only two people understand. Length is the enemy of legibility, and legibility is the enemy of sentiment only when the words are wrong.

Start with the moment, not the message

Before you choose words, choose the moment you want the wearer to return to. The words follow.