[PlayingPretend]

Hm, I'm not sure what I can suggest as far as what plays into her interests (given the information you provided), but perhaps you can let your attention to her interests come out in other ways? It of course feels wonderful when your partner acknowledges them, especially when it comes to gift giving, but given that everything seems either out of your price range or is inaccessible, maybe the best thing to do would be to let your knowledge of her interests happen randomly. Since they're interests, the opportunity can, does, and probably will come up, so I'd take advantage of that another time.

As far as Christmas goes, along the lines of a gift card, why not use the gift card idea but personalise it? As opposed to giving her a gift card to, say, a woman's body shop, write a coupon saying it's good for a bottle of lotion/perfume/bubbles/whatever with a scent you choose together. As opposed to a gift card to a theatre, buy two cinema tickets/gift card worth that amount and say it's good for one movie date, any film she chooses and you can't protest. I'm not sure how sentimental she is, but I have always loved receiving gifts that spoil me in the form of attention and time spent with my partner. It's also interesting when those dates involve a spin on something you might have done a hundred times. For example, a silly example (I'm tired, give me a break) might be seeing who can find the most shells or the smoothest rocks on a beach trail you take once a week. Find ways to spice up old places and surprise her that way.

Little homemade things are also great. Something like a homemade card, in my opinion, goes a lot farther than a bought one, or if it's bought, use the card to capture her interests! FInd a Bieber card or something. But maybe do something nice for her before dinner. Or maybe after dinner, you can come back to yours and do dessert? I don't mean go all candles and music and massage oils on her (unless that's your thing, haha), but maybe set up a picnic blanket in a nice park or somewhere nice in your area or even in the backyard, maybe go old school with a boombox and some good music, and have dessert under the stars. But again, that might depend on how sentimental the person. However, I typically think that someone putting effort into a nice date, especially for a holiday, is well-received. A gift idea could be something silly like mistletoe and something serious like a bellybutton ring.

You say she's a photographer, so what about a scrapbook particularly for memories of you two? Or maybe even get her one of those photoframes with room for a few different photos and couple it with a trip to somewhere of her choice (within reasonable distance). Is there somewhere nice you could go within 2-3 hours drive/travel time? Maybe you can get her a frame and tell her it's for a special couples' photoshoot on a special day you two plan together or that you plan separately and surprise her with it. As you can tell, I'm more for sentimental ideas than material, but especially if she's got a lot of the material things already, maybe getting creative is the way to go.