The hard/ impossible person on your gift list.
I’m sure we all have at least one (hopefully not more!) hard to buy for person on our list. If you are like me you have combed the internet looking for gift ideas. I feel like I’ve looked at 100’s of articles titled “The perfect gift for your husband or father or mother…..” and found absolutely nothing suitable. Slippers, mugs, water bottles, candles, bubble bath, Covid tests, and bamboo toilet paper?- surely we can do better!
Again, ask for a list. It’s always nice to get exactly what you want. (I’m not a big fan of lists because I feel I should be able to come up with something on my own but, it’s not about me, is it!). Lists can also give you a jumping off point for a special gift.
What to do with the person who has absolutely everything they need and want and will not give you a list (this was my parents)? Think about what they enjoy, love or miss. For my mom it was hard to find butterscotch carmels and raspberry filled hard candy. 2 things she enjoyed and missed from holidays long past. A simple gift but something she liked, missed and appreciated the effort to find it.
My best gift successes for the hard to buy for have been based on memories.
For example: A long lost, now found photo, matted and framed. Copies of a cookbook with handwritten recipes by grandma. A photo Christmas ornament of my mom and her sisters from the 1940’s. Hard to find old movies watched at the drive in with family. A photo quilt for my FIL of his champion beagles. The basis for some of these gifts was here waiting to be transformed into the perfect gift.
Again making and /or baking may be a solution. Does the problem recipient love your peanut butter cookies? Mix up a batch along with some gift vouchers for future cookies or a copy of your special recipe and the ingredients.
LastIy, will leave you with the following articles to ponder. Hopefully one of these articles will inspire or give you ideas for the perfect gift.
12 Questions To Find The Perfect Gift For Everyone On Your List
9 Tips That Will Guarantee You Find the Perfect Gift for Everyone on Your List
8 Crucial Questions To Find The Perfect Gift Every Time
Tomorrow, wrapping it up!
I’m sure we all have at least one (hopefully not more!) hard to buy for person on our list. If you are like me you have combed the internet looking for gift ideas. I feel like I’ve looked at 100’s of articles titled “The perfect gift for your husband or father or mother…..” and found absolutely nothing suitable. Slippers, mugs, water bottles, candles, bubble bath, Covid tests, and bamboo toilet paper?- surely we can do better!
Again, ask for a list. It’s always nice to get exactly what you want. (I’m not a big fan of lists because I feel I should be able to come up with something on my own but, it’s not about me, is it!). Lists can also give you a jumping off point for a special gift.
What to do with the person who has absolutely everything they need and want and will not give you a list (this was my parents)? Think about what they enjoy, love or miss. For my mom it was hard to find butterscotch carmels and raspberry filled hard candy. 2 things she enjoyed and missed from holidays long past. A simple gift but something she liked, missed and appreciated the effort to find it.
My best gift successes for the hard to buy for have been based on memories.
For example: A long lost, now found photo, matted and framed. Copies of a cookbook with handwritten recipes by grandma. A photo Christmas ornament of my mom and her sisters from the 1940’s. Hard to find old movies watched at the drive in with family. A photo quilt for my FIL of his champion beagles. The basis for some of these gifts was here waiting to be transformed into the perfect gift.
Again making and /or baking may be a solution. Does the problem recipient love your peanut butter cookies? Mix up a batch along with some gift vouchers for future cookies or a copy of your special recipe and the ingredients.
LastIy, will leave you with the following articles to ponder. Hopefully one of these articles will inspire or give you ideas for the perfect gift.
12 Questions To Find The Perfect Gift For Everyone On Your List
9 Tips That Will Guarantee You Find the Perfect Gift for Everyone on Your List
8 Crucial Questions To Find The Perfect Gift Every Time
Tomorrow, wrapping it up!