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January is a time for renewal, and it’s a beautiful month to reflect on the past and start a new year. It’s also the time to buy birth month flower gift ideas for people with a January birthday.
Many people are making New Year’s resolutions and seeing January as the start of a new chapter in their lives. They hope to improve their health, travel more, and eat healthier. The hustle and bustle of the holiday season are behind us all by January 1st, so people are finally coming back into life’s everyday routines.
“January brings the snow, makes our feet and fingers glow.” – Sara Coleridge
If you’ve got a loved one with a January birthday, consider one of these birth month flower gift ideas to help them celebrate another trip around the sun.
What is the birth month flower for January?
The carnation and the snowdrop are the birth flowers for January. Carnations are a staple in almost flower shop you may visit. They often represent love and remembrance, but individual colors will have different meanings. Snowdrops typically represent optimism, innocence, or hope, but they may be used to embody compassion in times of crisis.
Botanical Background of Carnations and Snowdrops
The Carnation: The carnations are herbaceous perennial plants, otherwise known as the dianthus caryophyllus. Carnations demand full sun and well-drained, neutral to slightly alkaline soil. Carnations are often used in floral arrangements, corsages, and boutonnieres and are one of the most popular commercial cut flowers.
The Snowdrop: From the genus Galanthus, snowdrops are little perennial plants with linear leaves at the base. They are the first garden flowers to bloom in late winter or early spring, sometimes even while there is still snow on the ground.
Gift Ideas for January Birth Flowers
LED Light Carnation Flower Gift
For a gift that makes a great conversation starter, this carnation gift could go on a desk, in a classroom, or on display anywhere they might want to show off this January birth flower.
Snowdrop Flower Drop Earrings in Sterling Silver
These sterling silver earrings utilize hypoallergenic metals. They will not tarnish, either. Simple gift idea for a January birthday!
Carnation Flower Pop Up Card
These cards would surprise anyone who opens them. The pop-up carnation is laser crafted. It stands up on its own so that the card can become a piece of decor!
Framed January Birth Month Carnation Flower
Choose the size (available in 7×7 up to 20×20) and gift this unique piece to anyone celebrating a January birthday. It sits on a desk or a shelf but could also be displayed anywhere in the home or office.
Snowdrop Birth Flower Mug
Clear or ceramic personalized mugs are designed with the recipient’s name and a simple drawing of the snowdrop. Great for daily coffee or tea or for holding pens on a desk or table.
January Birth Flower Bracelet
This handcrafted pressed flower in resin carnation is the focal point of this simple bangle bracelet. Choose the size of the bracelet and pick their favorite color for the carnation.
Skandinavisk Lykke ‘Happiness’ Scented Candle
Using the perfume of carnations, lily blooms, snowdrops, and rosebuds, this candle emits a smell meant to complement rather than overpower a space. The candle comes in a painted glass votive with a pure cotton wick and an engraved, FSC-certified beechwood cover, sustainably farmed, non-GMO Swedish rapeseed wax blend. Plus, it’s cruelty-free and vegan!
Carnation Essential Oil
This carnation oil can be used in baths, soaps, candles, potpourri, room fresheners, and massage therapy. The oil has a rich, warm floral scent with sweet and sharp peppery undertones.
Antique Botanical Flower Print: Anemone silvestris or Snowdrop Anemony originally in the ‘Botanical Magazine” in 1788
This antique print is perfect for decorating a bathroom, bedroom, office – anywhere they might want to see florals! Get a frame to match their decor, and you’ve got a gift that can be enjoyed for years to come!
DIY Snowdrop Cutout SVG
For someone with a January birthday who enjoys a good DIY project, and has the right equipment, this downloadable SVG pattern could be a great activity! Cut out with your Circuit or laser cutter then paint, stain, glue, and put together. The completed project would look great as a decoration.
January Birth Flower Carnation Shirt
Highlight the carnation on a t-shirt in their favorite color! Available in adult, children, toddler, and onesie sizes!
Snowdrop Notebook
At 5x8in, it’s the perfect size to carry in a bag as a sketchbook or journal! Each print’s exact ink colors and lines may vary slightly, so no two notebooks are exactly alike!
Carnation Flower Sticker – Holographic or Paper
Never underestimate the power of a sticker! They’re easy to add to cards, gift baskets, or other more significant gifts.
January Birth Month Flower, Carnation & Snowdrop Art Print
Combine the carnation and snowdrop in one original watercolor illustration! The print is ready to be framed and displayed in almost any room!
Stained Glass Snowdrop Sun Catcher
This delicate pattern would make a lovely gift for a birthday or a new baby born in January! These snowdrops are made of stained glass, life-sized, and would be super cute inside an outdoor garden or indoor flower pot.
Carnation January Birth Month Flower Pendant Necklace
A delicate necklace with a pendant featuring the carnation would make a great birthday gift for someone celebrating a January birthday. A simple and elegant gift choice.
Carnation Cufflinks
When you buy these cufflinks, they are hand-cast utilizing the lost wax casting process and hand polished to order! Unique and handmade for a person with a January birthday!
Snowdrop Flower Cotton Tote Bag
This simple snowdrop tote could be used for so many things! There are so many options for use: a trip to the grocery store, between offices, for kids’ activities. You could easily use it as a gift bag for some other January birth flower gifts.
Laser Engraved Wild Carnations on Yeti Tumbler
One of these tumblers with engraved carnations could be handy for a person on the go! Pick their favorite color tumbler, and they’ll have a gift engraved just for them.
Birth Flower Jewellery Box
Custom made with your January birthday gift recipient’s name, this birth flower jewellery box is the perfect blend of practical and pretty. With vintage colors and pretty carnations on the front, the only thing that would make it better is if you tucked a special surprise inside to get their collection started.
Carnations and snowdrops are simple and elegant flowers to celebrate a January birthday! These beautiful botanicals make vibrant decor or wonderful statement pieces in January.
Birth Flower Gift Ideas for Every Month of the Year
