Friday, December 26, 2008

Match the color of gift wrapper and ribbon

Gift wrapper and ribbon are the two most important items besides the gift itself. Why? Nice-looking gift wrapper will give first good impression to the gift receiver. But do you know that gift ribbon also adds the look. I bet you know that.

We know that there should be matching colors when we want to draw. The same applies to gift making or gift wrapping. Using the correct color of wrapper and ribbon will bring out the gift elegance. Well, also take more notice on the color of the writing of the gift box if you don't use a wrapper but a box instead. There are many kinds of wrapper, box and ribbon to choose. Choosing bright and vivid color of ribbon is also good as long as it match the gift box or the gift wrapper.

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Funny things in pictures and videos

I came across a site where I found it very funny to post. It has very cool things and short introduction in pictures and some even have introductions in Youtube videos. If you like funny and unusual things, you can visit this site. The things which I like from the site are: Skippy racer (makes me think of "Scooby-doo"), water drawing plus ink and barrow bench. Those are their recent posts. Even though you can't give someone present like those, but I think with a little time thinking, you can create your unique gift by seeing the things in the blog. Click here to visit the site.

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Solar-powered Hello Kitty shaking doll

Hello Kitty doll is one of the most lovely gifts people will give as present. Whether it's for birthday or valentine's day, this doll is still suitable for present.

In this modern world, doll does not remain the same type as before, like in 1974 the year when Hello Kitty was born.

Not only does the world change the fashion of human. Dolls also have many different changes. From simple doll made of cotton, cloth, clay, etc. until electronic dolls which are battery operated ones.

In the recent years, more and more product designers create or design dolls with battery operated, but they also use solar battery to replace ordinary battery.

Many years ago, it's still very rare when you see solar battery operated items. Perhaps, only the calculator that uses solar power.

One of all Hello Kitty products that I like very much is the solar-powered Hello Kitty shaking doll. Shaking means when it receives lights especially sunlight, the solar battery will make the body and the head of the Hello Kitty doll shaking. That's why it's called solar-powered shaking doll. It doesn't need any ordinary batteries.

This kind of unique doll gift can be placed indoor where there's a little sunlight or placed in a car where it can received direct sunlight to keep it moving. But to those people who like Hello Kitty, shaking or not probably not important as long as it's Hello Kitty.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

My electric drill for gift-making

Gift maker will certainly need decorative items to beautify every gift he/she has made. One of the most common things that make a gift beautiful is the gift box. And for this purpose, a gift maker should have tools for making the gift box as unique as possible.

I'm not going to tell you about how to make a gift box on this post. But I'd like to tell you that if you want to create a unique gift box, sometimes you need an electric drill to make holes, especially on hard cardboard or triplex board.

Some gift boxes are form up by tying ribbon on six boards of which the holes are made. This means that you first make holes on the six boards (because a box has 6 sides - top, bottom, front, back, left and right side). Each board can have 4 holes. 2 on the left and two on the right.

This way of forming a box is mainly aimed at gift that is not too heavy ( I mean some light-weighted gift). Another purpose of making this kind of box is to give the gift receiver a chance to guess the gift inside, because the receiver will have to untie the ribbons which hold the box together.

Well, you can try your creativity with making holes on board and tie them together to form the box in another way. But remember to buy an electric drill first and also be careful when using the drill!

Monday, October 27, 2008

What gifts to give to the older people

Older people need special care and attention, therefore giving gifts to them should we make some consideration before buying the gifts. Some people might think that they need to buy what the older people perhaps their grandparents like. Actually not only that should be the consideration, but there certain points to consider like:

If the gift that old people might like will harm their health, better not buy. For example, something like wine or cigar. If they have health problems and wine or cigar are prohibited by their doctors.

Consider buying things that will improve their health, like Chinese medicine package. But buying medicine still better ask a medical consultant. If you are the children or grandchildren, you should know whether your grandparents like or not. This is just an example.

For another alternative of health improvement medicine package, you can buy massage chair or or other things that help them to exercise a bit.

If you have children, and you want to buy gifts for your father/mother, better includes a handmade card by your children in the gifts. Grandparents usually appreciate a lot when receive gifts given by their grandchildren.

But the most appreciated of all gifts is the gifts given with sincerity and care. Old people don't really need any special gifts. What they really need is the care from their children and grandchildren. Visit them often (if you live apart from them) and that's the best gift I think.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Make your own Hello Kitty doll

Hello Kitty doll again. This time, I would like to recommend a webpage that tells you how to create a Hello Kitty doll. You can say this is doll DIY. When you visit the webpage, you'll see a big Hello Kitty doll pattern. Just print this pattern and draw it with a carbon paper on a piece of cloth or felt (different material will come out with different result). But you need to be patient to make the doll. It's still easier to follow the pattern and instructions rather than to think it yourself for the whole making of the doll. You still need some basic stitching skill. Click here to open the webpage.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

USB Mini Desktop Aquarium

USB Desktop Aquarium is a computer desktop gadget that uses USB power. It functions like a real fish tank just right next to your PC. Some people who love watching as fish swimming here and there, probably would love this one. You don't have to worry about changing the water in the fish tank or fish dying due to hunger. The fish look quite real and most of all, you can put it on the table as a decoration that works as stress reliever. Some people find that watching fish swimming can relieve their stress. It comes with high intensity blue LEDs for night operation. You can give it as a gift for your friends who like fish, especially those who always burn the midnight oil to help them reduce their stress after a long day work.

Friday, October 10, 2008

Heart shaped USB products

Gifts for valentine's day or for girlfriend's birthday are always related to heart-shaped objects. It could be a heart shaped objects. If you want to give a gift for a techie girl, you can try giving her a swarovski usb heart memory key or a usb mouse. These two products are quite famous on the online store.

The swarovski usb gift is something techie and also very elegant for gift. You can also put words like "Happy Valentine's Day" on the red heart-shaped mouse to express your love (sounds mushy). Whatever gifts you give, the most important is not the heart-shaped object, but it's the care and sincerity truly from your heart that counts.

You can also include some additional items, such her favorite chocolate or candies, roses or anything she likes. Wrap them in a heart-shaped wrapper and wishes for surprise. Also include a greeting card.

Cool USB flash disk collection

I have always been looking for a site where there are a lot of cool and unusual USB flash disk collections. And after searching for a while with different keywords, I found a blog which had a posting on a lot of cool usb flash disk collections. I also wish to make a special USB gift, of course what I mean is the design. Actually by removing the ordinary casing of a USB flash and make a new casing, we probably are able to have a new design. But the problem is it's rather hard because we can't shape it easily. Shaping is usually hard. We need at least the skill of clay making or wooden gift skill to make a new shape of a USB flash disk.

If you know how to make a tiny wooden keychain, then you'll be able to make a wooden usb flash disk keychain. And if you know how to make a clay figurine, then you'll also be able to make a new design of clay flash disk. It's just a matter of skill. By seeing the design of the flash disk in the blog which I found, you can have some inspiration of what kind of USB gift you can make for yourself or for your friend. Click the links for:
cool usb or toy usb

Monday, October 6, 2008

Accessories for gift box decoration

Sweet gift is every gift receiver wishes for. But to make a DIY sweet gift, probably could be a little hard for someone who has never made any gifts. If you want to give someone a simple gift, but want to make it special, you can simple put some effort on the gift box, wrapper and decoration. The gift inside maybe simple, or even not DIY. The DIY gift doesn't have to be all parts of the gift. Making some effort on the gift box, wrapper or even put some decoration on the wrapper is also a good and easy DIY.

Decoration DIY, one can go around the mall or shopping centre looking for some accessories, like hair clips with decorations. Just remove the hair clips and paste the decorations on the wrapper or gift box. These decorations from hair clips won't cost you much. I have ever bought some hello kitty hair clips for making some DIY gifts which I put on the gift box together with pink ribbon. I used pink ribbon for that gift, because it matches the box color which is pink and also the decoration that I took off from the hair clip. So, now try make your own DIY gift.

Monday, September 8, 2008

Moon Cake USB Gift

Happy Mid Autumn Festival! How do you celebrate your Mid Autumn Festival this year? Perhaps it's still early to say the greetings. Well, I am going to introduce you a new design of moon cake and IT product. It's moon cake USB stick. The combination seems to meet the seasonal IT product. Looks not bad, though. Don't bite when you are hungry! Ha...ha...ha... Anyway, it's a nice gift to give to someone you have missed a lot, especially a techie guy or girl. It's really good for gift. Or create your own design of USB perhaps using other material.

Photo Source: found in Creative Commons Search. Click the picture to visit the source page.

Monday, September 1, 2008

Search gifts by personality

Are you feeling headache when thinking of buying a gift for someone? Well, you can go searching for the gift through the search engine. Still feeling hard to choose? Let me recommend you this site. This is a site I found through search. After visiting, I found that it has very good analyze on personality and gifts. So, you can easily select the gift and decide what to buy for someone. You can also browse for gifts according to Recipient, Occasion, Personality, and Category. I believe you'll find a suitable gift. This is the link to the gift site:
http://www.gifts.com

Friday, August 29, 2008

Special "computer cake" idea

Thinking of making a special cake for your techie friend? Don't know how to make the cake special? Well, you probably can make good use of candy, biscuit, stick cookie and some other cake decoration. With the combination of the stuff, you can make different look of your cake or bread for friend. Unlock your creativity. I found this picture when I was looking for some funny computer hardware pictures. Suddenly, I thought of putting the picture on this blog. And that's the creative idea you can use to make a special computer cake.

Photo source:
http://www.englishrussia.com/?p=407 ---> found under Creative Commons Search.

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Water powered calculator

Solar powered calculator is something quite common. If you want to give a calculator as a gift, why not give a water powered calculator? It's new and fresh. Suppose you have a friend who is an accountant. You want to surprise him/her with a simple gift. You can give the water powered calculator. Water powered battery has now been used on small daily electronic products like calculators and clocks.

Monday, August 4, 2008

Family Fun Website

FamilyFun.com is a great site for kids, parents and even teachers. You can learn how to make crafts for fun. Use the tutorial on this site you add more fun to family. Make the crafts with your children. You can learn from the video and follow the DIY with your kids. Then, if you plan for a party, you'll also find many tips, too. You can make printable crafts and send it as a gift for your friends. Have fun and enjoy the tutorial.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Garfield - Cartoon character gift

This is a gift given by some of my students. A few years ago, when I was about to resign from my work from teaching, my students gave me. I have lost contact with them for very long time. Who knows they'll see this post. But it seems quite impossible.
Nowadays, cartoon character gifts have become very popular. And this kind of gift can be found almost in every toy shop, from original to imitated ones.
No matter what cartoon character, original or imitated ones, it's the heart of the sender that counts in the giving of a gift. Add some meaningful words to express your gratitude against someone will increase the value of the gift you give.
Another cartoon character that I like most is Doraemon.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Hand soap flower

This is a hand soap, but it's in the shape of a flower. Probably not very clear. I bought it at a quite cheap price as a gift complement, about US $0.50. (But to me, I think it's quite expensive if we treat it as soap alone)

There are many types of flowers that can be given for gift. From real flowers, glass flowers, paper flowers, plastic flowers until this like one, soap flowers.

This should not be a gift alone. It can just be a complement to the main gift given. Or what about giving someone a collection type of flowers. Make a big box with many compartments. Then fill the inside with many types of flowers as mentioned above.

Monday, July 14, 2008

Make fun stuff for gifts

Flickr.com is a website for sharing photos. Almost every internet user knows this site. Besides, photo sharing, this site also enables users to make fun stuff. Things you can make are:
  • Capital One Image Card
  • Blurb Photo Books
  • ImageKind Prints
  • MMO Cards
  • QOOP Photo Books and Calendars
  • HP Photo Cubes and Books
Unlock your creativity with clicking here to start making your fun stuff.

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Giving plants as gift

Some people call this kind of gift as green gift. Probably they refer to trees with green leaves. Giving plants as gift could be something unique, especially for those who like plants. Giving this kind of gift also has a caring meaning. As we know that plants won't grow beautiful without care. You need to do many things from seedling, watering, fertilizing, etc. Planting is also a kind of hobby that needs lots of care and patience. And thus, giving a plant to someone we care also means that we really care for him/her. Why? It's an expression of care and patience. It takes a lot of effort to make it grow, day by day. Some people prefer growing bonsai and indoor plants. And this kind of plant can be give as unique gift.

Monday, June 16, 2008

Egglings mini herb pot

Have you ever seen plants grow in an egg? Well, this is not a real egg. It's just a mini-ceramic egg. You can buy it as a nice gift for someone who loves indoor plants. It has enriched soil in it and seeds. Crack the egg open and water the soil. In a few weeks, it will grow to a nice plant. If you give it to your friend, you can write "I hope that our friendship grow too" on the egg or other message you want to convey. Good luck.

Piggy bank with chocolate inside

A year ago when I was shopping, I found a special gift (maybe not special to you) which I think children will like it. It's a piggy bank with chocolate inside. This kind of gift will be great for children because they can eat the chocolate, and then the medium (I mean the piggy bank) can be used again as a piggy bank. Here I provide a picture which I got it from Creative Custom search. Not the same one as I had seen, though. But they have the same functions. Chocolate gift and piggy bank!!!

Click here to visit the site where I found the pictures. Who knows you'll find other gifts.

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Father's Day Greeting Cards

Want to send a greeting card for your dad on Father's Day online? If you are now abroad, far from from your family, you can send a greeting card for you dad on Father's Day. Surprised your dad with beautiful customizable e-card. Click here to visit 123Greetings website. It's a site with wonderful collection of beautiful e-cards.

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Custom-shaped USB products

Promotions are usually related to free gifts. Nowadays, almost everything can be customized or personalized. I think any gifts can be personalized.

If you are promoting your computer store, probably you can give out USB products as free gifts. You can give USB Flash Disks with your company name printed on it. But do you know that you can also make it more special by customizing the shape? Now, I would like to recommend you a site that provide custom usb products.

On this site you can order custom-shaped USB flash disk. For example, if you are selling furniture, you can order them to make USB sofa-shaped flash disk. It seems very unique, right?

Click here to visit the site.

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Digital Photo Keychain? Why not?

Digital Photo Keychain is quite popular now. Unlike ordinary photo keychains, it has special functions. You can store photos (usually around 50 photos) digitally in a keychain. This kind of keychain stores photo using USB connection. So just plug your keychain into your USB port and start transfering your favorite photos. It's also a unique gift for your partner or friends.

Try clicking the links to see more digital photo keychains

http://www.flashwear.com/online_store/photo_viewers_13.cfm
http://www.findgift.com/gift-ideas/pid-103275/

Personalized Wedding Dolls

Want to have clay dolls specially made for your wedding? With your wedding photo, you can have dolls made for you. Just the look like you.

Visit these sites to see what personalized wedding dolls are!
http://www.uniquedoll4u.com
http://www.yourowndoll.com

You can also have unique and exclusive family dolls and of course your own personal doll.

Monday, June 2, 2008

Giving free gifts according to the weather

Giving free gifts according to customers' interests or needs is important. It's a bit hard to know your customers' interests. But you can also give free gifts according to the weather.

I remembered a scene in an old movie that told me how to do business. The scene in the movie was about doing business in different season or weather. In the movie: a man gave his friend an idea of selling umbrellas during wet season and fans during dry season. This is a very common practice in business. But, to me (as a primary school student that time), it was a very logical and useful theory of business I had to remember (I was quite funny, though) . So, until now, I still remember the scene of the movie.

In doing business, never neglect promotion with free gifts. If you really want to think for the promotion, you will find a lot of great ideas for it, then use it on certain days or seasons.

Let me give you an example. If you own a provision shop selling rice, grain, etc, you can use my idea for promotion during new year (use it for Chinese New Year or maybe Idul Fitri). This is how:
On Idul Fitri, you can give out rice cracker (there are many kinds of rice cracker). If you just own a small rice business, you can give out homemade rice cracker for every customer. Don't forget to give a warm greeting. If you are afraid of losing money, you can set a target of gift giving according to their purchase.

Use keywords like: promotional gift wholesale or promotional merchandise to search of items you can use for promotion.

Giving free gifts for birthday or first visit

Well, this post of mine is not intended to tell you any gift idea. But I am going to tell you that using free gift idea can boost up your name or your company name. If you own a shop, don't forget to give your customer free gifts as a promotion. If you can't find any good day for promotion, you may visit:

www.123greetings.com ---> this site will tell you what's special about today. You'll also find that the site provides a complete list of special days in a month. In fact, to give promotions, you don't have to find any excuses.

If you have a complete list of your customers' birthdays, you can give out free gifts on their birthdays when they visit your place. A tuition centre is a good example. If you are managing a tuition centre, I believe you will have a list of your students' birthdays.

If you give them any small gifts, I believe they will remember you, at least give a card or even just a birthday greeting.

You can also use the software I mentioned in my previous post, Perfect Alarm Clock to remind you for the birthday.

Giving free gifts for birthdays, or even first visit seems to be a very small thing, but if you do, you'll probably win their hearts. But you should consider whether to give this for a long term (I mean every year) or not. Everything is up to you. I just give you my idea. Good luck!

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Don't forget his/her birthday

If you don't want to forget someone's birthday, you may consider using the reminder of your mobile phone to remind you when the birthday is near. It's not really hard to use. But if you want to use your computer for this task, you may download the reminder software to help you.

http://www.celescom.com/downloads/alarm.exe

Try not to forget to give a present eventhough it's just a small one to let him/her know that you care for him/her.

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Cheap Wholesale Jewelry

If you are thinking of starting a jewelry business, you'll probably think of the capital you need to invest in it, even if it's only a small shop. Of course, products are one of the most important factor in a business.

You can start your business from a small shop selling cheap but elegant jewelry. About a three months ago, I found this website that sells cheap wholesale jewelry. The products are quite nice, though. And the prices are also reasonable. Try visiting now and see the products online.

http://www.cheapwholesalejewelry.com/shop/

Wedding Gift Supplies

Thinking of starting your business? Selling wedding gift supplies? Or just preparing gifts for your own wedding? Visit http://www.wedding-gifts-supplies.com
This site provides a wide-range of wedding gifts that you can use for your own wedding or your own wedding business. It's located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Making MP3 player a more special gift

Are you going to give a girl an electronic gift? You can find some tips for it at:

http://acespower.blogspot.com/2008/05/unique-usb-products-as-gift.html

Why not give her something special? You can try searching for unique USB gift. There are many kinds of unique usb products.

I would recommend you to give an MP3 or MP4 player. It's quite ordinary but if you are giving her a birthday present, you may give her an MP3.
But you should make it special by singing a birthday song for her.

If you know Flash, you can also make birthday animation for her and put it in MP4 player. She'll be surprised hearing your voice and your animation.


Of course, if she doesn't like MP3 or MP4 player, you should consider her interest first. Am I right?

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Making good use of musical card

Well, musical card and musical box have the same principle, but they are different objects. The same principle that both holds is they both can give out music.

If you are thinking of giving your best friend or maybe a special friend or even your spouse a surprise. You may try moving the electronic components that make up a musical card into a custom made box.

Remember, a musical box or card sometimes means ROMANTIC to certain girls (ha...ha...ha...), therefore some people will cherish more if it's a personalized one. Do you agree?

Custom made box means a box made by yourself (of course you may ask someone else to do it). Moving the musical components of the box is easy but fixing the components on the box is not really easy. But don't worry, just try it. When you have a problem, you can just ask someone who knows electronics. Actually you just need very basic electronics knowledge to do this. If you can't find someone who can help you, you can ask me by putting comment on this article. I'll try to help you as I can by posting a new article.

Remember! You'll never know till you've tried. I wish you success.

And hope that the person who receives your gift will really cherish the

CUSTOM MADE MUSICAL BOX.

NB. If you make the box by yourself, remember to personalize it by putting the name of the person on the box.

Monday, May 12, 2008

Creating Personalized Card

What about making a personalized card?
It's very simple. Just visit:

www.smilebox.com

follow the instruction.

Try it.

Giving a birthday card

If you are thinking of giving a special gift to a girl, you should first know what she likes.
If you are just giving something that she doesn't really like, or not necessarily important to her, then the gift would seem less meaningful.

When giving birthday gifts, we can always put a card. It can be ready-made card or custom made card. If you intend to make a card, you can choose a hand-made one or a printed custom card.

Hand-made card means you make it yourself, probably by cutting the card shape (maybe a heart shape). Sometimes you may need special scissors which can cut out the shape like zig-zag scissors. Then design it using many decorations li


Printed card is card that you print by yourself, maybe using Microsoft Publisher. You can type the name, greetings, and even put pictures of the receiver. This is easier. Then you can print on a photo paper.

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Finding gift making tutorial

If you find it hard to decide, then why not make your own gift, maybe you can try
www. youtube.com

Type "making gift" as the search keyword.
You'll probably find TUTORIAL for the making the gift.

If you still can't find the tutorial you want, try this:
www.about.com

Giving Gift


Well, gift giving is quite important in maintaining personal relationship. If you are thinking of giving someone a special gift, you can search by keyword on search engine like: Google, Yahoo, etc.
Just type keyword like:
special gift, gift for her, birthday gift, making gift, gift idea

Then you'll find a lot of site leading you to decide what to give.