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27 Jan
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The 1st wedding anniversary is, without doubt, one of the most significant of all anniversaries. Like any first-time event, this anniversary is super special. It is the first time after marriage that the two of you are celebrating such a momentous occasion (not counting the birthdays). Expectations on her part run high — naturally. She is eager to know just what lovely surprises you have planned for her on this important day.
One of the ways to ensure that you capture her heart all over again on your 1st anniversary is by completely avoiding run-of-the-mill stuff. In other words, don’t present her with a faux leather handbag bought off a shelf in high street. You’re headed for the dog house if she happens to run into the neighbour across the street who is sporting the same bag!
To avoid such disasters, plan your first anniversary gifts in a manner that make them exclusive – and that means, personalised. What are the top 10 personalised gifts that you can give her on your first wedding anniversary? Read on…
1. Handmade card or a handwritten letter. There’s little that can beat a letter or card written in the giver’s own hand. It makes the gift so very personal and meaningful. While a store-bought card may be more extravagantly worded, it lacks your personal signature. If you are writing a letter, use good quality paper, take time over the words as you highlight all the big and small moments that have become cherished memories of the past one year. You can affix your wedding photograph on the card cover to make it really exclusive and personal.
2. A personalised piece of jewellery. Jewellery is the number one choice of both, men and women, when it comes to anniversary gifts. But, make it personal by choosing the gemstone that corresponds to the 1st anniversary year (freshwater pearl). Have her name or both your names engraved on a heart-shaped pendant, or a bracelet.
3. A personalised memory book. If you have planned to give this as a gift, then start preparations from day one! Create a memorable memory book for her in which you stick favourite photographs — wedding, honeymoon, other holidays and significant events – jot down romantic memories, verbalise your thoughts and feelings. Make her go all goose-bumpy when she gets hit by all that passion and romance that leaps out from every page.
4. A bespoke photo collage. Never underestimate the power of visual appeal. Decide the size of the montage you want to create — huge or medium or something that she can comfortably place on her bedside table. Let your wedding photograph dominate centrestage and fill in the rest of the space with other photos of the two of you.
5. Personalised apparel and crockery. For a newly-married couple (after one year, you still feel newly-married, right?), cute and romantic gifts continue to be charming. So, monogrammed tees, dressing gowns, coffee mugs or even personalised photo quilts and pillow cases with motifs of hearts and heartbeats make for wonderful first anniversary gifts.
6. A gift basket of all her favourite things. This tells her something truly heart-warming — that you are cued in to her likes and dislikes and have taken enough effort to assemble her favourites in one delightful hamper. Fill a gift basket with her favourite author’s hardback edition, her favourite bubbly, chocolates, bath and beauty products — and, of course, the mandatory red roses.
7. A song composed just for her! Have professional song-writers create a song just for her. Have the CD ready and waiting to be played when she wakes up in the morning of the big day. It will be your declaration of love to her that few gestures can match.
8. Personalised champagne flutes. Raise a toast to your love for each other with champagne flutes bearing your names on each glass, with your wedding date and year printed at the bottom. Don’t forget a bottle of sparkling bubbly!
9. Let your latent talent woo her! If you have a talent for painting, carpentry, or if you are a wizard with high-tech gadgetry, why not create something unique and exclusive just for her? You could paint her portrait (or, alternatively, get both of you painted in oil on canvas) or make her a table, a bookcase, a shelf, just anything that she’ll like and enjoy.
10. A bespoke poem. Have a poem written just for her. Add flourish by adding a special photograph alongside it. Have the whole thing framed attractively. It’s your ode to all her many wonderful qualities that made you fall in love with her.
If you have put in a little thought and advanced planning into your gift, be sure she’ll be over the moon. Nothing says, ‘You are special’ like a personalised gift.
| Category: brilliant gift shop | Tag: Dog House, First Wedding Anniversary, Quality Paper |
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20 Jan
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Nothing is more impressive and touching than giving a present that you personally made and prepared. These are also more inexpensive compared to items in a gift shop.
Here are some simple yet brilliant gift ideas:
A present from your very own kitchen will not only fill the tummy but will warm the heart as well. You do not have to be elaborate and grand. Little, personal touches will make a big difference. Collate your family’s favorite recipes. Then, you can either print those recipes on lovely paper (with the recipient’s favorite color) or write them onto a gaudy paper.
a. Buy some fresh veggies, spices, or tiny herbs and arrange them in a sweet, nice-looking basket or bin. Insert a card containing your well-loved menu for using each veggies or herb. This gift is ideal for a mommy on-the-go, a new bride wishing to experiment new recipes for her hubby, or for someone who loves to cook.
b. Grab a pack or two of mouth-watering and attractive candy sticks or canes. Dip them in sweet strawberry or chocolate melts (or any flavor of your choice) and allow them to solidify. Wrap in different colors of cellophanes with bows that will serve as coffee stirrers. Place them in an appealing beverage mug. Sweet tooth and coffee lovers will beam with delight with this homemade present.
c. Stuff a heavy, big oven mitten with delectable pistachio nuts or jellybeans (spiced or conventional) and knot with a vibrant trimming.
d. Gifts in a jar are wonderful for families with kids. Fill them with jelly ace, candy sprinklers, or cookies (chocolate chips, macaroons, brownies, or oatmeal). You can slip in a customized recipe for a darling cookie. You can also fill jars or bags with cupcakes, breads and packaged items like boxed milk, liquid or powder juices, tasty soup mixes, or connoisseur peppercorns.
Wonderful Wearables
Wearables make beautiful presents like beaded jewelries, hair clips, hats, t-shirts, and caps. You can expend your artistic imagination and employ a lot of inspired patterns, techniques, and materials to create your own craft.
No Sew Sassy Sachet
There may be colorful, attractive fabrics just sitting on your drawers for some time now. You can use them to make lovely sachets that will hold potpourris. Simple sewing is needed. Even children can try with assistance from adults.
To create a single sachet, set two identical 6-inch box-shaped cloths back-to-back. Glue or stitch the edgings on three sides. Stuff the sachet with roughly half a cup of potpourri. Fasten together the remaining open edge. You now have a superb perfumed sachet. After making several sachets, organize them in bright, colorful heaps and knot them as one using a cheerful string or ribbon.
| Category: brilliant gift shop | Tag: Creative Ideas, Favorite Recipes, Personal Touches |
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3 Jan
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Baby showers are becoming a massive trend in western society. They give friends and family chance to spend quality time with the mother to be before she is surrounded with dirty nappies and jars of baby food. They involve food, drink and novelty games, and of course gifts for her and baby. Most guests are divided down the middle when it comes to baby shower gifts. Half will be specifically for the baby and the other half for the mum.
You could naturally go for the age old option of clothing and accessories for the baby but bear in mind that if you don’t yet know what the baby’s sex is, then mum is going to end up with a hell of a lot of yellow and white wear for her bundle of joy. At the rate babies grow she probably won’t be able to dress him or her in all of them by the time they have grown out of them. So don’t pour your money down the drain, buygifts they can actually utilise.
As you more than likely won’t know the babies sex, practical gifts are always a brilliant option. The Nap Nanny is a really handy wedge shaped sleeper for babies and mums on the go. This light weight and decorated. The elevated design aids restful sleep for babies and the raised edges provide soft spongy barriers to stop the baby from rolling over the edge. It’s comfortable and easy to transport so it’s guaranteed to be a hit with any new mum.
A baby sleeping bag is another great way to have your baby with you on warm summer evenings outside or simply when you are just out and about. The comfortable design allows them to sleep in perfect warmth and the bags, known as Grobags, come in a range of different colours and designs. These snugly bags are so adorable and comfy that you will want an adult sized one for yourself!
A gift that will last forever and the mum will love, is a baby finger print kit. The little mould can be used to create personalised jewellery or photo frames that will last a lifetime. What could a new mum love more than a pendant necklace imprinted with their new born baby’s fingerprint? Mum could even have her print and baby’s print side by side on a silver photo frame with an engraving. Complete the picture with a photo of baby and mum and you can be sure she will treasure this gift for always.
When buying baby shower gifts for her or for baby; try to think outside the box. Consider things she may not have and that can perhaps make her life easier with a new baby. Engraved or printed gifts will last for all eternity as you can be sure they will be well preserved. So enjoy the baby shower in the knowledge that you have source a gift which is well worth its monetary value and that mum and all the guests love!
| Category: brilliant gift shop | Tag: Novelty Games, Practical Gifts, Quality Time |
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18 Oct
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Looking for a gift that everyone appreciates and is happy to have on display? For a reasonably price item consider the digital photo frame.
Originally the technology was not meant to go commercial but as more and more consumers realized the potential in these frames to store their digital pictures and enjoy them endlessly the caught on without much effort. Coming in all different sizes and styles you can tailor one to the needs of recipient.
The majority of frames come with features that will allow the owner to browse the photos, perform video playback, e book reading and the convenience of an electronic calendar. Some frames are outfitted with an electronic clock and some are not. If this feature is important to you be sure that is listed in the description before you purchase.
Some come equipped to play music that you pick to represent the memories of the pictures. The digital picture holder can be personalized by the receiver to make this a truly remarkable gift and one to be enjoyed for many years to come.
If given to those in a professional setting, they may be able to reduce the stress and tension of the workday by providing a pleasant way to relax if only for a moment or two. If given in the personal sense they are a wonderful way to preserve memories for parents, grandparents, significant others. Gather up pictures that have meaning to the recipient pick appropriate music to honor the memories being recalled and enjoyed again.
If sharing with an older family member or friend be sure to set all the settings if possible so they do not have to concern themselves with these and don’t forget to include the instructions that came with the photo frame for later reference.
The future is bright for digital picture holders. Though they offer several wonderful features there are more on the drawing board. Expect to see frames the size of your standard living room wall with features that may have you producing your own home movies in a totally new way and concept. The frames are expected to become even more personal and tailored more on an individual basis as opposed to the mass marketing we have seen thus far.
The appearance will change and become more streamlined in the future. Added features to ensure your home or offices security is also on the horizon.
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25 Jul
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Let us see how a combination of phones and Christmas celebration are interrelated. There is no dearth of options as far as gifts are concerned. And, if the occasion is of some festival then it becomes necessary that you choose the best gifts for you and for your near and dear ones. These days, gifting gadgets has become a common trend. This is because now buying one latest gadget is no more a big deal. Online gadget stores come up with great offers so that you can buy them on less prices. Going with the tradition, many mobile phone retailers are also offering some really nice deals through websites. On the occasion of festivals, many of them have come up with Christmas offers. You may find LG mobile phones and Motorola Phones with Christmas offers. These phones are manufactured with state-of-the-art technology and now they are also coming with great offers. It can be said that this is the right time to purchase these gadgets.
Keeping the Christmas in mind, the mobile phone retailers have launched innovative gift ideas along with their products. If you buy phones from online stores then it is likely that you will get lucrative Christmas offers. All major phone manufacturers like LG, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and Motorola are arriving with awesome mobile handsets. Some of the LG mobile phones that can be bought along with Christmas offers are the LG KU990 Viewty, KE970 Shine, KG271, KG195 and some others. These are mobile phones with loads of specifications. Mobile retailers in collaboration with LG have prepared themselves to make you happy with free gifts and amazing deals. All you need to do is to search for the LG mobile handsets with Christmas offers and you don’t need to go to the retail shops for that. Just start your PC and choose the one that you want with nice offers on the websites. Mobile phone selling websites are loaded with a colourful range of Christmas offers.
Such offers make the purchasing deals more lucrative. You have the options of all styles of handsets. You can buy clamshells to candy bars and sliders to swivels and simple ones also. All kinds of mobile phones are available with attractive free gifts as Christmas offers. You can also choose latest and fascinating Motorola Mobile Phones with Christmas offers, like the Motorola RAZR 2. You have enough choices at your hand and in this way, you can make the most of the Christmas time. Handset manufacturers have already announced their future plans on the special Christmas offers and these plans have nothing but happiness to offer you. Online shops have brilliant gift ideas.
Free gifts like the iPods, Xbox, Sony PSP, phone accessories etc. are offered with the LG Mobile Phones on the occasion of Christmas. Christmas offers also include discounted line rental, free texts and free talk times. It can be said that perfect deal is waiting for you. If you wanted to change your mobile phone or if you want to gift the latest one to your family and friends then do it at the Christmas time. Because then you will have the latest gadgets and also lucrative offer and fancy gifts. In fact, this is the way a festival should be and this is the relationship of mobile phone, celebration and Christmas.
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