Gifts by Text

Choose a gift card or movie tickets at Giiv, enter person's cell phone and they receive a text message to redeem your gift!

Edible Greeting Card

'Nuf said!

Edibles Inc

Hostess Gifts

I like these hostess gift suggestions...just act surprised if I ever give you one!

Scented Drawer Papers - I love the designs!

Olive Set - Bella Cucina has a lot of other great ideas too!

Good Karmel - flavored caramels!

Dean & Deluca's Famous Black and White Cookies - And, tons more of great bakery items (like these birthday cookies)...I could spend hours on this website. But beware, you'll get hungry!

David Aubrey Bangles

I really like these bangle bracelets! He is always designing new ones so there's always a variety.

The Card Society

Port2Port Press is a card-of-the-month club that mails members two one-of-a-kind blank letterpress cards each month. Choose from 1 to 12-month subscription. Great gift idea for a letter-writing friend.

Adhesive Wrapping Paper

Why hasn't anyone thought of this before??

"The first-of-its-kind product is coated on one side with a low-tack adhesive invented by Hallmark, which sticks firmly to packages, creating a beautifully wrapped gift without a lot of extra work. It is being sold exclusively at Hallmark Gold Crown stores."

The entire back side is sticky, and it will supposedly peel off without leaving a mark!

Cake by Mail

Want to mail a birthday cake to someone? Just go to Carousel Cakes, pick your cake, and they'll ship it to the birthday girl/boy. My favorite is the Pink Velvet Cake for a Cure.

Greeting Card Organization

This was a tip that was sent to me...BUT I already do it! But I thought I'd share it here.

Quick Tip: If you send out a bunch of birthday cards, consider doing them all at once. Write the date they need to be sent where the stamp goes and keep them in chronological order. When you mail them out the stamp will cover the date.

Garden in a Pail

Everyone knows I don't have any shade of green thumb, but I might be willing to give this a try. Garden in a Pail is a galvanized pail filled with everything you need...gloves, soil, and seeds for your own mini herb garden or flower bed. This might look nice on my balcony, but I wonder how long it would take for me to kill it!

They have other items that would be fun to try or great for a gift:
Gardens in a Bag
Blooms in a Bag
Pocket Gardens
Mini-Bouquet Favors (I'm always a sucker for a party favor!)

Easy Greeting Cards

Whether you need a last minute birthday card and can't get to the store or whether you want to be really organized and plan paper cards to be mailed throughout the year or whether you live oversees and it's hard to mail domestic cards...CARDSTORE is for you.

They will print and mail your card the next business day, either to you or directly to your recipient, INCLUDING addressed and stamped envelopes. Or you can upload addresses, create a card, and set reminders throughout the year.

Pink Ribbon Jewelry

I just love this gorgeous hand painted "pink ribbon" jewelry by Angela Moore. And 15% goes to the Susan G. Komen foundation.

Cool Sugar Dispenser

The Sugar Please Automatic Sugar Dispenser dispenses 1/2 teaspoon at the touch of a button. It's pretty cool looking also.
You can buy it here.

Glossy Greetings Gift Tags

Sephora has some really cool Christmas gift tags by Cargo Cosmetics. Each gift tag includes a sample dose of lip gloss. There are 2 different types.
You can buy them here and here.

Real Simple - December 2006

Personalized Notepads

You can send a digital photo, choose a notepad size, and PicPads will create a personalized notepad.
You can buy it here.

Real Simple - May 2006

Ohso Travel Toothbrush

This wouldn't be good for a really long trip, but would be okay for a short one. The Ohso toothbrush has a vacuum pressure that sucks toothpaste from your tube at home into the toothbrush, so that you have toothpaste and toothbrush all-in-one. It might also make a creative gift for a traveler who has everything.
You can buy it here.

Real Simple - May 2006