I live in a small town where tourism is a large industry. I do not work in tourism, but there are some major upsides which benefit me, like having over a dozen restaurants and bars which manage to stay open due to the out of town customers. Due to the tourism town aspect, making […]
Ticket Gift Ideas for Everyone
I have talked about experience gifts several different times in the past, and so have some guest posters, including Jordann’s post on Minimalist Wedding Gifts. The great thing about experience gifts is that they create a memory for the recipient. If I were to ask you what you received for Christmas last year, chances are […]
10 Expensive Wedding Gifts
Sometimes in life, you want to purchase expensive wedding gifts. Perhaps it is the wedding of your grandchild, or your best friend. Maybe you have been asked to register for some things which would work well as group wedding gifts and are looking for some inspiration. Here I present some fairly common expensive wedding gifts, […]
Jewellery You Can Truly Make Your Own
I have heard a lot about Pandora bracelets, apparently they are all the rage! I know that a lot of people have been receiving them as gifts from their spouses on their wedding day. Charm bracelets are one of those things that give you a lot of choices going forward, so you’ll always have a […]
A Wedding Gift full of Zest
Wedding gift registries usually have a great many little things, like lemon zesters, garlic presses and even avocado slicers and spice racks. One of the reasons that towel cakes and wedding shower cakes have become so popular is that they are a fun way to make a unique and creative wedding gift. If you would […]
The Importance of Gift Wrapping
My friend Sarita writes about gifting, at her blog I Love Gifting. Recently, she wrote a piece titled 5 Ways to Return Proof your Gift, and the last point really hit home with me. It is something that I am not very good at, even though I love to pin many images of gorgeous […]
Taking Meals to Grieving and Celebrating Families
Those that follow me on twitter may have seen that someone in my community died in an accident on Sunday. This prompted me to ask for ideas for a meal train, which was met with a lot of “What is a meal train?” questions. A meal train is just a more formalized way of taking […]
Bridal Shower Gift Basket – Cleaning Supplies
If you have been around Unique Gifter for awhile, you may remember this guest post on a Bridal Shower Gift Basket from quite awhile ago. It includes some great sayings to go with a cleaning supplies gift basket, that make use of product names. You may be thinking, “who on earth wants to get […]
Wedding Gift: Don’t Forget to Bring a Towel
Towels Nice, fluffy, soft, voluminous towels are a very frequent item on a wedding gift registry. However, like many wedding gifts, you might think that they are a bit too boring. Awhile back, I wrote about making a Spa Gift Basket as a gift idea that works for towels. This is a completely different […]
Baby Shower Food & Bibs!
Last week, I wrote about the wedding shower gifts that I took to two bridal showers in June. Next up is the baby shower gift, for the same week! Baby Shower Gift #1 Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to attend the baby shower, but I still managed to send something along. I am a big […]
Wedding Showers and Baby Showers!
In the past little while and upcoming as well, I have had two wedding showers and two baby showers, plus a coworker also had a baby. Whoo! I am a big advocate of keeping a gift stash, and for tracking gift ideas using Google Drive documents. You’ll also note that I believe strongly in giving […]
