Custom/ Personalized Gifts

It’s Not Too Late To Get Mom a Wearable Piece of Art!

We were recently contacted by Dee Boswell of DeeBozzz, who creates unique, one-of-a-kind silk scarves. (she used our Suggest a Gift contact form)

Dee suggested we take a look at her scarves to see if we wanted to review them.

Honestly, my first thought was “do I want to review scarves?” Interesting enough? Unique enough?

But, after taking a look, I:

  1. Saw how beautiful the scarves are
  2. Realized how unique they really are
  3. Thought that they would make lovely gifts for women & women who are art lovers
  4. Noticed that Dee can make custom pieces for you
  5. Decided that I was late in getting a Mother’s Day gift idea post out (although we do have a nice list of Mother’s Day Gift Ideas on the site)

Here are some of the scarves that jumped out at me:

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Magenta Silk Scarf Mauve Check Silk Jacquard Scarf

Turquoise Line Oblong / Square Silk Scarf

$56.00 small or $70.00 large
$66.00 small or$70 large
$55.00 small or$70.00 large

Dee let us know the following about her products and company:

[Dee creates] silk scarves, silk shawls, and silk apparel. They are all hand-painted, and one-of-a-kind.

The mission of this fiber art company is to “create beautiful and unique designs through the art of silk hand painting and dyeing”.

What makes these accessories so different is that they are so unique. Every scarf and wrap is fashioned by hand from beginning to end. Patterns may be similar, but every scarf is one of a kind! They have a luxurious feel, yet they are easy to care for.

I create my wearable works of art in my Toronto-based studio.

Dee also has a nice blog and videos of how to wear your scarf. Small business owner, great products, blog, how-to videos… you can see why I decided to write about this.

If you do purchase something from Dee for this Mother’s Day, you will also have a nice story to tell Mom about how you found a cute site called GiftStumped and found unique, hand-painted scarves created by an artist in Toronto. She just doesn’t need to know you almost waited until the last minute!

Help Them Get Organized! (or pay a pro to do it)

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mess_collage1.jpg Know someone who can’t find anything in the mess they created for themselves? Then, a great gift idea is to treat them to a gift certificate for a professional organization session!

There is even a trade association, the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO), that can help you locate a professional organizer in your area through their searchable online directory.

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Search NAPO’s online database for a professional organizer near you.

Not only can you search for organization consultants by location, you can also search by area of specialty.  Some of the specialties that you can use in your search include:

  • Closet Design and Installation
  • Closet Organizing
  • Estate Organizing
  • Feng Shui
  • Financial/Bookkeeping
  • Garages/Attics/Basements
  • Garage/Estate Sales
  • Home Office
  • Kitchens
  • Moving/Relocation
  • Other Rooms
  • Photographs/Memorabilia/Collections
  • Time Management

Of course, you can always offer to do it yourself.  But, you run the risk of ruining a perfectly good relationship!

Help Someone Start a Collection

Here’s a unique gift idea – help someone start a collection of some kind.

I got this idea initially because I saw that a friend of mine had a really cool collection he was building for himself. He started collecting stock certificates of companies that had either gone bankrupt or were no longer in existence:

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Enron Penn. Railroad Company Gray Manufacturing Co.

He would buy them on eBay and then frame them. This collection made sense for him because he is a portfolio manager at a financial services firm.

(A train fan might also like this idea if all of the stock certificates were for railroad companies of yesteryear.)

My former brother-in-law had a collection of antique fans:

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I have a small collection of antique mini oil lamps. I prefer the copper/brass bottom and glass top, but there are many, many varieties to choose from:

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Here are some other ideas for collections:

Feel free to share other kinds of collections that would make good gifts…

Frame a Wedding Dress

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My husband brought this gift idea to my attention (he read this blog post about how to display a wedding dress).

My first thought was, where’s MY wedding dress and why haven’t you framed IT?

The bride-to-be can spend weeks and maybe months trying to find that perfect wedding dress. There is the time and then the expense that goes along with it. The bride wears such an exquisite and beautiful dress only once. It becomes a sentimental part of her existence. Yes, I know there are pictures and video but why not have the dress framed and hung in a special place so that she can pass by it for years to come and get reminded over and over again what a special wedding day she had.

This gift can be given long after the wedding is over. What a grand surprise it would be for your first anniversary, or even a milestone anniversary such as 10 or 25 years. You are sure to WOW her with this one of a kind gift.