Archive for September, 2009

What types of businesses give out gifts to their clients and staff?

For example real estate agents give a gift hamper to clients when the sale is finalised.

Frankly I think they’re about the only ones. With the downturn lately nobody is getting any perks. You’ll still get something when you buy a house (we got a hanging plant) but it’s actually very minimal.

My mom is really hard to buy for and I’d like to get her something different and unique this year. Does anyone know of good websites to check out for unique giftgifts that aren’t too expensive?

You can go to http://www.gifts.com/finder and answer a few questions about her tastes, then it will generate a list of gifts that should be compatible with her personality. They have some cool stuff on there and it has helped me shop for people on more than one occasion!

I am looking for someone who can affordably sew skirting on baby creepers, I have some fabric, and high end quality baby onesies. I am lookiing to sale these for about $22, can anyone help me? I also speak spanish. My store is: http://www.proudtots.com

Check with your local dry-cleaning shops. A lot of them do sewing and mending work on the side, or they post business cards of seamstresses who are looking for extra money.

My organization hosts an annual Christmas party, and as a holiday gift, we give them a small token of appreciation. We have volunteers come in to make 100-200 of these small gifts, but we have little budget. Last year we made cocoa cones with hot cocoa powder, marshmallows, and crushed candy canes. The year before that we made a small ornament or decoration snowflake out of wires and beads. Do you have any ideas for small cheap homemade gifts for this year?

Hey, that sounds like fun! Can I help? lol
One year I made shortbread cut into xmas shapes and rumballs and wrapped them up pretty and another year I made little ornaments out of Polymer Clay. Polymer Clay is fairly cheap but sold in blocks of colour or you could use white and paint them. There are heaps of tutorials on the net. But that may be a little involved. Maybe Glass ornaments decorated with glass paint, glue and glitter?

I think the cookie idea is great too.
You could find your favourite christmas recipe and use only the dry ingredients, place them in a glass jar (they look nice if you use a funnel and layer the different ingredients) print a label of the recipe and place it on the jar and decorate the lid. You could also add one cookie cutter per jar. They will have to add the wet ingredients, ie milk, egg etc… that way the food will not go off. It’s cheap, you don’t have to bake and worry about mess and ovens etc and they can make it themselves!

The only problem is the glass jars…maybe you could collect them throughout the year.

Maybe a small plant.. you could buy them ready made or buy the pot plants, add the soil and plant a seed. Then add care instructions. You could also do a mystery seed with care instructions but they won’t know what it is until it grows.

If all else fails there is a great site that has heaps of handmade xmas ideas:
http://familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts/season/specialfeature/holiday_gifts_ms/

Hope this helps and have a great party and holiday

I would highly recommend you order something from Ten Thousand Villages. They are a non-profit organization that travels to remote places in undeveloped countries, gathers handmade products that can be sold in the US, and returns all of the profit to the communities. Not only does this help the local people, but it gives Americans a rare opportunity to own a unique piece they would never otherwise be able to acquire.

From their website…

"At Ten Thousand Villages, we work with over 100
artisan groups in more than 30 countries in Africa,
Asia and Latin America to bring you fair trade
jewelry, home decor, gifts and more. As one of the
world’s oldest and largest fair trade organizations,
we build long-term relationships with artisans that
are based on mutual understanding and respect.
Fair trade enables artisans to earn a fair wage and
provides the opportunity for a better quality of life."

If you purchase something from them, you will get a handmade, unique gift, as well as the satisfaction from knowing that you are helping someone in a third world country.

Happy shopping!

http://www.tenthousandvillages.com/

I research on google find hsshopping is a dvd box set wholesaler. any one konw i just want to buy few sets can i share the wholesale price? more important is the quality , do they as they say high quality? i am worried on these region free dvds can play on usa player?
Any one can tell me? thanks

Here you go
http://www.cheapdvdsshop.com/shop.php?k=dvd+box+set&c=1
Good luck.

We are getting married in August and are about to send out the invites. We don’t need anything for our house as this is both of our second wedding. We would rather that our guests, if they want to give a gift just give us the money that they would spend on a gift instead. I hate asking for money, but I don’t want to have to return gifts only to explain why in the future.

Just sell tickets to the wedding. It’s more straightforward. (Sheesh!)

I don’t want a cheesy frame or lame shirt. Something modern would be best.

You could check out the website - http://www.ExpressionPrints.com - it allows you to upload a photo of your own or use one from their gallery. Then you can add text such as a personal message or love poem on top of the image and it even allows you to apply effects to the photo. You could upload a photo of the baby and add a message on top of the photo thanking them for being the godmother and godfather!

I am shopping for personalized giftgifts for my children for the coming Christmas. Can anyone tell me the best place to look for personalized step stools, personalized elmo cds and/or Stephen Joseph personalized quilted backpacks?
Would appreciate the suggestions!

Thank you,

Look no further than Its Just 4 Me.

By far the best deals for Christmas gifts and childrens toys can be found there. Anything Elmo related and especially the step stools are marked way below retail.

do u become uncomfortable when u recieve gifts? i do

and what do u do when it’s christmas or an annaversery etc, and ur present is so much crapper than what they gave u, how awkward is this!

then stop being cheap, and spend some money