6 tips for choosing gifts for your special unicorns
How do you shop for all the special unicorns in your life? If your person’s hit parade of awesome isn’t on the typical “Gifts for…” lists, here are some tips for building your own. Remember: when you’re giving, whatever and to whomever, it’s the thought that counts! To help you think it out, we’ve got lots of clicky link love — for ideas and inspiration — and examples of these tips in practice.
Break out the “Grab-bag of Useful Stuff” instead of giving individual holiday gifts
From the comments of our roundup of gifts for people you really like but hardly know comes this great idea from Homie sjcottrell…
Photo books, teapots, and stuffed mammoths: a holiday gift round-up for babies, kids, and grown-ups
Just in case the abundance of cheestastic music and colors and that old bearded dude hanging out in the mall hasn’t tipped you off, the holidays are upon us. This means a lot of things, and one of those is that it’s very likely gift-giving season in your neck of the woods.
Gifts for only the most black-hearted bad asses
Welcome to the forth edition of the Offbeat Home gift guides. This gift roundup was pretty fun to put together, because while I may be a total nerd, I definitely have a dark soul. So welcome to my roundup of gifts to get your black-hearted, bad-ass, totally-fucked-up-in-a-good way loved ones.
Gifts for the outdoorsy and adventurous types who won’t tell you what they want
Bird asked: “Anyone have ideas for what to get outdoorsy and fairly minimalist people?” Ooh ooh! Me! I do! I LOVE shopping for outdoorsy people because the products are usually so useful and creative, and then creatively useful. Here are my favorites for all the outdoorsy, adventurous, and travel-fiend types — brothers, sisters, parents, best friends, co-workers, etc.
Gifts for every geeky girl and boy
Do you have a geek in your life that you need prezzies for? You’re in luck! Geeks are easy to shop for because we’re total geeks and get excited over the most ridiculous shit. But if you’re still struggling to find that perfect geeky gift, no worries I GOT YOU! Here’s Megan’s guide to gifts for geeky girls and boys alike.
Gifts for people you really like but hardly know
Holiday shoppers, stop stressing: Offbeat Home has gotchu covered this year. All this week we’ll be bringing you helpful Homie shopping guides. First up: gifts for people you like but don’t know that well. This can be co-workers, perhaps a couple of in-laws, what about your trainer or tutor? These things will please EVERYONE, and make you look like you give a shit about ‘ol what’s-his-name.
What kind of pregnancy announcement gifts do you give hip grandparents-to-be?
My husband and I recently found out I’m pregnant and would like to tell our families around Christmas. I think it would be fun to get cute Grandma and Grandpa gifts and see their reaction when they open them. My parents are really HIP though — like hippie cool, and would never want a necklace that says “Grandma’s Angels” or a sign that says “What happens at Grandpa’s stays at Grandpa’s.”