Helping you un-stump your brain and find the perfect gift
Christmas
Jamming For Fun Without The Hassle of Bad Notes
Jun 29th
If you have a gift recipient who is interested in playing the guitar, the Strumstick is a kick-ass way to have some fun! (this is an amazing gift for guitar players of any skill level – you don’t have to worry about whether or not they are beginners or advanced guitar players because the Strumstick is about having fun and hanging out; remember this when Christmas roll around!)
Check out some cool videos of people playing the Strumstick!
Also, if you are looking for a gift for someone who is interested in learning how to play the guitar, read our overview of the Learn & Master Guitar DVD Lessons Set.
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New Skills Can Be An Enriching Gift
Jun 2nd
If you are banging you head against the wall trying to think of a unique gift idea for someone close to you, you may just have found something that will work for you!
If your wife/husband, parent, brother/sister, adult children, or close friend has ever talked about being bored at this point in their life, or wishing they had a hobby, or that they had pursued past attempts at playing an instrument or painting, or if you know that they have admired the ballroom dancing on Dancing With The Stars, then giving them DVD-based lessons could be the perfect fit.
For this gift idea article, I am highlighting DVD lesson sets from Legacy Learning Systems. Yes, we do have an affiliate relationship with them where we would get a commission, but the idea is genuine (as always!!) and the price is the same no matter how you get there.
Hopefully one of the following DVD lesson sets will spark your gift-giving genius and make someone close to you very happy:
| Guitar | Oil Painting |
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| Instructor Bio: Steve Krenz | Instructor Bio: Gayle Levee |
| Learn More (review on GiftStumped) | Learn More (review on GiftStumped) |
| Piano | Ballroom Dancing | Drums |
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| Instructor Bio: Will Barrow | Instructor Bio: Jaimee Simon & Mark Short | Instructor Bio: Dann Sherrill |
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Give the Gift of Memories
Mar 7th
It’s a wonderful world these days where it is now sooooo easy to organize your photos and publish your own photo book full of memories.
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Giving a custom-made, personalized photo book is a fantastic gift, and practically guaranteed to WOW!! the recipient.
Unless, you don’t take great pictures, or if slap something together as quickly as possible, or the person receiving the photo book doesn’t like the memories you are presenting….
There are so many occasions that fit this kind of present – anniversaries, graduations, birthdays, thank-you’s, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day (maybe), and even just-because.
Most people already have their own personal favorite photo-sharing website, but here’s a quick list just in case you don’t have a favorite yet:
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Shutterfly |
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Snapfish |
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Blurb |
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Vistaprint |
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MyPublisher |
Have fun creating your photo book, and get ready for the crazy amount of praise you are going to get!
For a twist on giving the gift of photo memories, you might look at creating an online video out of your pics:
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Animoto.com |
(Oh, and Mother’s Day is coming up soon enough, so put this idea on your list.)
The Gift of Healthy Sleep
Nov 28th
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GiftGuy owns a Zeo, and his ZQ currently ranges between 57 and 79…
Here’s a great gadget for that person in your life that is hard to buy for and/or has trouble getting enough sleep. The Zeo Personal Sleep Coach (think of it as your own personal sleep monitor) is currently priced at $250, was developed with leading sleep scientists, and lets you track your sleep at home. The company that invented and sells the Zeo is offering a 30 Day Risk Free Trial…
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The Zeo is a personal sleep monitor that you wear on on your forehead with a lightweight stretchy band. The Zeo monitors your brain activity provides data about the quality of sleep that you are getting.
The Zeo is NOT A MEDICAL DEVICE!!! It IS a cool gadget that can help you understand more about the quality of sleep you are getting when you make changes to your routine (by monitoring your sleep patterns and brain patterns at night while you are sleeping). For example, you might see that you have an average ZQ score between 50 and 60 when you first start (if you do not typically get high-quality sleep), but you might make changes in your life in the following and see how your score improves:
- Exercise!!!
- Number of caffeinated drinks per day
- How close to bedtime you have caffeine
- Eating sweets
- How close you eat to bedtime
- Alcohol consumption
- How many pillows you use
- The firmness of your pillow(s)
- Lighting in your room (e.g. if your digital alarm clock faces you or faces away from you)
- What time you go to bed
- How close to bedtime you watch TV
- Tobacco/nicotine
- Reading before bed (for pleasure or for business)
- Etc. etc.
You can learn a lot more at the Zeo Website…
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Unique T-Shirts for Unique People
Jul 21st
Everyone is special. And we all have our own tastes. You probably know someone who likes fashion, has their own style, and would love to have an item of clothing that is unique. Finroo recruits artists to put their artwork up on the site and only 100 shirts of each piece of art is ever printed (in other words, these are limited edition t-shirts!).
Give someone the gift of a Limited Edition T-Shirt!
| Miaow! | Design based on a recent sketch. | Art is dead |
| Kitty Invaders | JAG sketch black | KRY |
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| stars and stripes | A “plasmodi” on wheels | The birdman |
| stars and stripes | Plasmodi | L’home ocell |
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| Which therapy will it be? | Rock! | In 80 seconds around the tree |
| Therapies | Rock! | Zeppelin |
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| cube | Homodogz | wonder of life |
| Untitled Product | Homodogz | wonder of life |
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| cube | Homodogz | wonder of life |
| Just Friends | jogger | radiohead |
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There are many, many more unique t-shirts at Finroo, and I’m sure you can either find the perfect t-shirt gift or get a gift certificate to let your gift recipient pick one out themselves.
